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the glade...

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Concentration...

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Portrait of a guitar teacher in his lair...

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Yellow Indigo... a native midwest prairie plant cultivated in North Carolina...

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Violet Woodsorrel in the NC Woods

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the Old Well near the end of Spring Semester at UNC...

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Ian Malcolm: "life finds a way"

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Dwarf Crested Iris found in a North Carolina forest area... a wildflower that is also often cultivated...

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variation on red...

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thanks to imiging for the recognition... always nice to be appreciated on tumblr... 🌞👍💯❤️

variegated...

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along the creekside trail in Chatham County, NC...

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Star of Bethlehem... originated in Europe and Asia and migrated to the U.S. as an ornamental garden plant, but got away and is now considered a wildflower here too...

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Sweet William in the North Carolina woodlands...

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Slender Yellow Wood Sorrel in the North Carolina Woodlands... my first encounter with this species! Can be used as a food source in limited quantity because of high oxalic acid content which gives it a bitter taste... seen by some as a yard weed, which is a pity...

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from the local forest...

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there is a neighborhood down the road from where I live, just outside Chapel Hill, NC... it's called the Southern Village... among the many nice homes, in the center of the village is a town square with restaurants, a grocery store, movie theater and medical offices, and a greenspace in the middle of it all, used for viewing films outdoors and for music performance... the other night Nettie and I took in a performance of the Sugaree String Society... it was a lovely warmish April evening and the music was quite good... covers and originals in rootsy old-time Appalachian Mountain style... there are quite a number of performing musicians playing with similar old time influences in this region where I live...

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After I purchased a new guitar last summer, I realized shortly thereafter that it needed a set-up badly... I hunted fruitlessly high and low for a guitar luthier/tech in the Triangle area for months, and then realized that at the shop where I take music lessons were located two of the best techs in the area... they have a steady backlog of work and do a great job... they were kind enough to let me make portraits of them at their work...

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