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This complex is a residence cum restaurant cum guest house.</div>
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Excellent view from that dining pavilion.</div>
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Typical Jamaican fancy architecture with a shop</div>
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Nine Mile restaurant in the Montford neighborhood of Asheville</div>
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An excellent mural by the artist Blue Sky in Columbia, SC. The perspective is spot on and </div>
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Blackville, SC. At one time this was a vibrant building for residents </div>
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Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09833827731051536820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454440343931579389.post-59770122489160998472014-01-30T19:50:00.001-08:002014-01-30T19:50:45.734-08:00Peterborough Lift Lock<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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amazing experience to see the Lift in action.</div>
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The Gervais Street Bridge crosses the Congaree River from</div>
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These interesting structures, known as beehive kilns, were built in the early</div>
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and 18' high. The four kilns and a brick office building</div>
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Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09833827731051536820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454440343931579389.post-34288934988042332662012-07-07T16:42:00.001-07:002012-07-07T16:42:32.697-07:00Cape Fear River, Wilmington<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Jammin' on the river walk in Wilmington, NC.</div>
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Lots to see and do in this coastal city.</div>
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Bob Marley Jamming ....</div>
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Fiddlehead ferns ...playful sculpture at the UNCA Kellogg Center</div>
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in Hendersonville, NC. Excellent art and craft at</div>
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the Center for Craft, Creativity & Design.</div>
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This mill uses a turbine instead of a water wheel</div>
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Gardens are special...especially mountaintop gardens.</div>
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This garden has a view of mountains beyond mountains.....</div>
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some 40 miles away.... and is woven</div>
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around and on top of natural rocks.</div>
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Another view of this peaceful garden....</div>
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I could spend some serious time in that chair.</div>
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Earth Day celebration at Warren Wilson College..</div>
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Lots of musicians and mountain crafts..</div>
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And good barbeque pork sandwiches.</div>
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<a href="http://www.warren-wilson.edu/~ELC/New_ELC_Website_/earthday2012.php">http://www.warren-wilson.edu/~ELC/New_ELC_Website_/earthday2012.php</a></div>Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09833827731051536820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454440343931579389.post-88484143776362570022012-03-30T20:17:00.000-07:002012-03-30T20:17:06.042-07:00Twelve Bones Smokehouse<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsWuinWPLhe9eMAj7ol7YKji5h1-6ArPoMGzXK_jGMjjjIzhYC8Mipf4z8CHUrUrnnaxNqWCoA4NeY3O1yavL3g7bndjkGzARKXFXZZVrYppwTOd9JMbjydGuCFPwrKPN4nm5ehEiBitE/s1600/100_1075.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dea="true" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsWuinWPLhe9eMAj7ol7YKji5h1-6ArPoMGzXK_jGMjjjIzhYC8Mipf4z8CHUrUrnnaxNqWCoA4NeY3O1yavL3g7bndjkGzARKXFXZZVrYppwTOd9JMbjydGuCFPwrKPN4nm5ehEiBitE/s400/100_1075.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Folks in Asheville love their ribs and the best place</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to eat the best ribs is at Twelve Bones Smokehouse in the River Arts District.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you don't believe me ask Obama. Yes, THE President himself. The </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">last time he visited Asheville his first stop after getting off</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Air Force One was, yup, Twelve Bones.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This place has it all..their food is delicious.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Check it out...Obama has - twice.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.12bones.com/">http://www.12bones.com/</a></div><div align="center"></div>Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09833827731051536820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454440343931579389.post-37024415467171739822012-03-24T17:02:00.001-07:002012-03-24T17:02:00.260-07:00Two Beauties Sizing Up Each Other<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmMe5XWU7rHMAOTT-ZizS9Pp2ZoMe5mmVTRus6orXq0eAX-TgXu52KDPixnNlr3Hf2XoSnZTeTalFn5oisKtII8e7gsT3wRcWBY88FQmClcDpVejJ99NfMXZP2TgEN8z22C1Fw23eN3ls/s1600/IMG_1252.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img aea="true" border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmMe5XWU7rHMAOTT-ZizS9Pp2ZoMe5mmVTRus6orXq0eAX-TgXu52KDPixnNlr3Hf2XoSnZTeTalFn5oisKtII8e7gsT3wRcWBY88FQmClcDpVejJ99NfMXZP2TgEN8z22C1Fw23eN3ls/s400/IMG_1252.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>The Peacock</strong></div><div align="center">Pretty bird, Oh pretty bird</div><div style="text-align: center;">You walk like a chicken</div><div style="text-align: center;">And crow like a cat!<br />
Pretty bird, Oh how lovely</div><div style="text-align: center;">You'll sit on my roof</div><div style="text-align: center;">And run from the dog!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pretty Bird, Come eat from mine hand</div><div style="text-align: center;">Don't perch on the porch</div><div style="text-align: center;">Your poop's on the ground!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pretty Bird, Silly bird</div><div style="text-align: center;">A tail five feet long</div><div style="text-align: center;">And a head with a fan!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pretty Bird, Strut your stuff</div><div style="text-align: center;">Waddle around and shake like a jerk</div><div style="text-align: center;">Your feathers are grey underneath all the eyes</div><div style="text-align: center;">And your neck is blue and turquoise too!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Your eyes are black like cold dumb coal<br />
Surrounded by black and white like two fish in a pot!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Come listen to my music or perch on my fence</div><div style="text-align: center;">You are a silly bird, I'll tell you again</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pretty Bird, Oh pretty bird</div><div style="text-align: center;">You walk like a chicken</div><div style="text-align: center;">And crow like a cat!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>© jamieduck</strong></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"></div>Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09833827731051536820noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454440343931579389.post-66713575950764000232012-03-23T17:00:00.000-07:002012-03-23T17:00:03.025-07:00USS North Carolina<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizdclxGvm2GU2gE59ZDJ5TjxI6V6gOU0ArTwCWO7ayyQeP1D8hEES8xX6pv8zkulsrJWSYGWawS61M3N2-AtKXPRSnQWKFVnupXdC_ivVYDnEaUUOtulcbLWFnN_qf-tbbDgc4TNxaQJg/s1600/US+NC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img aea="true" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizdclxGvm2GU2gE59ZDJ5TjxI6V6gOU0ArTwCWO7ayyQeP1D8hEES8xX6pv8zkulsrJWSYGWawS61M3N2-AtKXPRSnQWKFVnupXdC_ivVYDnEaUUOtulcbLWFnN_qf-tbbDgc4TNxaQJg/s400/US+NC.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A visit to the USS North Carolina in Wilmington, NC </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">is well worth the time...It is an education in </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">ships, sailors and history.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.battleshipnc.com/">http://www.battleshipnc.com/</a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLRXuWB0BaR2YyBg2jWSCfDjLUFZeVb-i-tk-prD62LkxC13olGbV4AkE2SD-QdcK7FZT63jj0eNnoiYS7Nua0OqAY0jqFGsVq-7vxOZU9VD-reYnpqMzLEqrNHNHcl35qEDNV-7yRyV8/s1600/100_1039.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gda="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLRXuWB0BaR2YyBg2jWSCfDjLUFZeVb-i-tk-prD62LkxC13olGbV4AkE2SD-QdcK7FZT63jj0eNnoiYS7Nua0OqAY0jqFGsVq-7vxOZU9VD-reYnpqMzLEqrNHNHcl35qEDNV-7yRyV8/s320/100_1039.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div align="center">Yes, this bench is not for sleepiing...</div><div align="center">no matter if you have nowhere else to lay your head..</div>Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09833827731051536820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454440343931579389.post-38703237949645154502012-01-17T18:00:00.000-08:002012-01-17T18:00:22.789-08:00Jerk Center<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO3v4L5aKWP8Gg-yXN-DnnViZxqDzNLOFbaoY9TPOiJ02Ozwtq6spyo5oaqqJHJFLCPycWEw6UEplyTKA2vByceHZum6-jnO6pnhNbdRzCkBYSf1JSEUF31APLUu-N3S5HEJtzi0ET9YM/s1600/100_0999.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="323" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO3v4L5aKWP8Gg-yXN-DnnViZxqDzNLOFbaoY9TPOiJ02Ozwtq6spyo5oaqqJHJFLCPycWEw6UEplyTKA2vByceHZum6-jnO6pnhNbdRzCkBYSf1JSEUF31APLUu-N3S5HEJtzi0ET9YM/s400/100_0999.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For good Jamaican food in Tarpon Springs try the Jerk Center...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...simple, good tasty food from the old country.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.site.thejerkcenter.biz/Home_Page.html">http://www.site.thejerkcenter.biz/Home_Page.html</a></div><div align="center"></div>Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09833827731051536820noreply@blogger.com0