Life here along the banks of the Neuse River, overlooking close to four miles of water, is a sharp contrast to living in a city. Most months, it is idyllic; then, there are the months that remind you that Mother Nature is definitely in charge.
This neighborhood of houses face the Neuse River and backs up to several acres of farmland -- most years, soybean --- then thick tracts of pine forests to the main road.
I love to watch the sea gulls, sometimes the pelicans, and cormorants or egrets and the occasional eagle or osprey. The cute visitors are "chickens" that my neighbor called me about photographing who were grazing in her yard. Even at 100 feet away, they were skittish and flew to the further neighbor's yard but just enough for me to photograph them for identification. These "chickens" turned out to be cattle egrets. The flock numbered about thirty -- by the river bank...not sure why they picked her yard.
I suppose you could say this blog is an occasional picture-book of life in Pamlico County or whatever comes to mind at the time.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Red Wings Rising
Traveling near Mattamuskeet recently, a flock of black birds rose out of the grass...we stopped the car and I caught the flock rising to the sky at late afternoon.
Administrative work with the Council is taking a toll on working with my own art.
Nice work, Evie.Red winged blackbirds are one of my favorites. I gave up hunting in Louisiana after I shot one, then held it in my hand.
ReplyDeleteYou look absolutely grand!
I'm no longer living in Charlotte, but very much west-- or very much east, depending upon whose map you're looking at.
--- Ekim Notluf
PS I have more gray hairs than you do.