Friday, June 5 was our fifth wedding anniversary. As a treat we took ourselves to the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro, North Carolina, about a two hour’s drive from Wake Forest. We had a fantastic time walking the five miles of trails, watching equally the exotic animals and the exotic rednecks with which the Zoo [...]
Theres this ditch down the side of our house and when it rains heavily it fills right up and threatens to flood. In fact once it did, only due to the fact that the accumulation of leaves were blocking the flow and everywhere pretty much flooded, the road, the field across the road, our driveway. [...]
As I was bathing Poppy Drew runs into thee bathroom and says theres a fire next door and fire engines everywhere. We look out of the bathroom window and theres firemen hurrying into the house next door but no sign of flames. I carry on giving Poppy a quick bath and Drew is running around [...]
Yesterday on our daily walk we took a stroll through the historic district of Wake Forest, one long stretch featuring century-old homes that shine as gloriously as the day they were built, if not even more so. I didn’t actually snap very many pictures of the houses because people live in them and the last [...]
We’ve lived in Wake Forest for almost three years now and we always seem to go to the same places. So why not try somewhere new, right? This afternoon we went for a drive down to Raleigh to visit the Raleigh Rose Garden. Cardinals, chipmunks, squirrels, flies, and two women dressed as belly dancers greeted [...]
Wake County’s had tornado warning several times in recent weeks so when a storm quickly moves in with gusty winds, we’re thinking there might be a twister. Yesterday evening strong winds started blowing all of a sudden. Tons of people came outside to see what was going on. We took some video. Just to warn [...]
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