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Photos of homestead life in western North Carolina, from horizontal beehives, fence lizards and home brewed elderberry lemonade to the spring lizard that shot out of the spigot. Posted every few days.

Photo of the Day – Reef Before the Storm Hits

Published October 4, 2026

I found myself aboard *Grit* the night before I launched her into the Pamlico Sound. It was windy out and I wondered what conditions she would encounter when I launched her. I have a feeling it’s going to be a windy visit to the Pamlico Sound. It’s a timeless tradition to feel a bit nervous the night before heading out on a sailing trip.

Here’s a photo of Grit moments after I arrived at the town dock in Oriental, NC.… Continue reading →

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Photo of the Day – Mule Cracker

Published October 4, 2026

My beloved mule Cracker. He's the mule, along with one of my other mules Brick, that I rode 7 months from North Carolina to Idaho

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Photo of the Day – Lake Mattamuskeet wagon sundown

Published September 30, 2026

On the scene of Swan Song, the PBS NC documentary about my winter ramble with mule Polly through Hyde County and Lake Mattamuskeet, North Carolina

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Photo of the Day – Watercress, garlic and blueberries

Published September 26, 2026

The haul from our creek and garden

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Photo of the Day – Walking border collies

Published September 22, 2026

I clearly need to get out more. Or is it less?

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Photo of the Day – Eastern Hercules beetle in our driveway

Published September 18, 2026

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Photo of the Day – Diggity and the axe

Published September 14, 2026

Our rescue border collie Diggity hanging with a rusty axe. I don't use it for much more than splitting kindling these days.

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Photo of the Day – A moment with Lucky and mule Polly

Published September 10, 2026

Haning with our critters before heading out for a trail ride

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Photo of the Day – Brick, the horizontal bee hive and me

Published September 6, 2026

My mule Brick (foreground) checking out the horizontal bee hive I built this summer. It's insulated and is home to what I call the Hood colony, a swarm of bees I caught in a nieghbor's tree.

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Photo of the Day – Waiting to go for a trail ride

Published September 2, 2026

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Photo of the Day – Barn Broom

Published August 29, 2026

From mouse crap to horse pellets, it's swept it all out the tack room door

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Photo of the Day – The New Cover I Sewed for the Wagon

Published August 25, 2026

Here's the new cover that I sewed for a wagon I borrowed from my dear friend Ronald Hudson. I made it from a 12' x 10' canvas tarp I bought from Tractor Supply.

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Photo of the Day – New Shoes by Brother Moore

Published August 21, 2026

Brother Moore shaping a shoe before nailing it to Nancy's mule. I asked him if his name had a religous bent to it and he said, "No. When I was a kid, my brother just started calling me Brother Moore. And it stuck." (Cripple Creek, Virginia)

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Photo of the Day – New Shoes by Brother Moore

Published August 13, 2026

Brother Moore shaping a shoe before nailing it to Nancy's mule. I asked him if his name had a religous bent to it and he said, "No. When I was a kid, my brother just started calling me Brother Moore. And it stuck." (Cripple Creek, Virginia)

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Photo of the Day – Shrub Digger Richard Gragg

Published August 1, 2026

Richard Gragg wearing a felt hat and rope scarf, smiling

Richard Gragg lives in Gragg, North Carolina and digs wild shrubs for a living. He put me up while I was riding my mules through the area. When I asked him what advice he had for newbie shrub diggers, he said, “Don’t let the copperheads bite your ass!”

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