Oriental, Sailing Capital of NC

Oriental, Sailing Capital of NC

Greetings from the Neuse River

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.

Friday, July 29, 2011

DOG DAYS & DRAGON BOATS

The 2nd Annual Dragon Boat race happened last week in Oriental and we are still in dire need of rain. It should be about 99 degrees today - maybe 100. Unless some much needed rain gets here, farmers may well lose the crop of soybean across the street -- the bushes are wilting.

The flip side, of course, is that the ditches are dry and way less mosquitoes. But, the birds need water and I bought a better "watering hole" for them.
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