MEANDERING THE LOCAL ROADS (Mark)

I will probably have more posts with similar titles over time; I see so many interesting scenes driving around the North Carolina roads here in the Winston-Salem area.

This photo is the on ramp to the Highway 52.  Since a number of the freeways have flowers planted in the land between the on-ramp and the actual freeway, the amount of color is amazing.

Another shot of the same area but for a different reason.  Check out the clouds!  We were soon driving toward what looked to be smoke from a fire obscuring the roadway, but it was rain.  And it was coming down, hard.  Big fat drops, as Forest Gump would say.

Our house is located at the end of a cul-de-sac.  I walked outside one evening and saw the moon setting down the end of the street and had to go running back inside to grab my camera before it went away.

Being on the end of the road has lots of advantages, no traffic and lots of birds every morning to wake up to.

We were driving around in the Germanton area when we saw this structure on the side of the road.  It is not unusual to see lots of buildings in various states of (dis)repair while driving.

Just had to stop and get a photo of these farm animals (when Cheri told me to).

I love the expression on the face of the fowl:

Check out the chimney on this house.  I guess you could call this an environmentally friendly fireplace.  The interior also appeared to be well ventilated:

My guess is that the owners of this building do not get a large electricity bill from Duke Energy.

Of course they also may have to use a lantern after the sun goes down.

Driving just three or four miles from our house looking at property to build on, we came along this scene.  Most of the hay here is rolled into these large rolls, and then wrapped; very different from the hay bales I was used to seeing.

When we were bailing hay as kids I had the easy job, driving the tractor.  My older and younger brother sat on the bailer poking the twine through and tying off the bales.  Dad made sure everything was working correctly and feeding into the bailer at the right speed.  These look to take less manual labor!  And they do not have to be picked up on the trailer and then unloaded and stacked in the barn.