Poppy would have walked straight into the pond and swum with the ducks had we not restrained her. The ducks are pretty tame and cultured at Duke Gardens. I don’t think they would’ve minded swimming with the not so ugly duckling.
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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 [...]
Why stay home for Christmas? Emily’s family sure didn’t.
Grandpa and Grandma Hayes traveled from Rundu, Namibia, to South Africa to Nigeria to New York to Raleigh to Greensburg, Pennsylvania, to Williamsburg, Virginia, and back to Wake Forest again. Aunty Sally spread her wings and flew from London to RDU and rode the nine hours to [...]
North Carolina, owing to the Wright Brothers, is supposedly “First in Flight,” being the originators of the first airplane in 1903. How fitting then that Poppy, a native of North Carolina, should take her first flight from this historic state.
Unlike the Wright Brothers, however, Poppy only flies in style. She’s not subject to the normal [...]
For Poppy’s first Fourth of July we decided to go exploring with our new little, week-old gal. During the beautiful 90F heat we headed out to Falls Lake, only about a 15 minute drive from Wake Forest. Swimmers and beach bums flooded the beach as the day went on. Only 10 or so minutes into [...]
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