Outdoors...

Lake Mackintosh Park & Marina was developed in 1993 and is the primary water reservoir for the citizens of Burlington, NC.. It covers over 1150 acres and has a shoreline of 61 miles. The lake is fed by two tributaries, the Greater Alamance and Little Alamance Creeks. These creeks have been the primary source of stocking fish for the lake. PHOTOS TAKEN ON 19 AUG 2023 -- IT WAS A TOUGH CALL TO PICK EITHER ONE FROM THIS BEAUTIFUL PLACE OR FROM THE BURLINGTON DENTZEL CAROUSEL. SO, SINCE THE CAROUSEL WON OUT - I'M SHARING THIS RESTFUL PLACE WITH YOU. 5 PiP ACROSS TOP

The Burlington City Park Carousel is a 3-Row Dentzel Menagerie Carousel built around 1906-1910 at the Dentzel Carousel Company on Germantown Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Carousel was purchased by the City of Burlington in the summer of 1948 from Mr. Carl Utoff, the owner of Forest Park Amusement Park in Genoa, Ohio. Mr. Utoff purchased the machine in about 1924 from Locust Point Amusement Park in Oak Harbor, Ohio. * TAKEN FROM * www.burlingtonnc.gov/232/About-the-Dentzel-Carousel

NESTLED IN THE BRANCHES OF A WHITE DOGWOOD TREE - A NEST - SO FAR, ALL I KNOW IS WHAT IT IS NOT - HEARD THE PARENTS ACROSS THE STREET - VOCAL BUT UNSEEN - THE ONE EGG [ THINK THERE ARE 2 IN THE NEST ] - IS EITHER WHITE OR A PALE BLUE - OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF MY FRIENDS WHO KNOW ABOUT THESE THINGS -- 4 PiP ACROSS THE TOP [IF JD HADN'T TRIMMED THE TREE, I PROPBABLY WOULDN'T KNOW IT WAS THERE]

- to 'patch' our road - the City came out - unloaded equipment - loaded it back and left THIS IS NOT PATCH JOB TO BE DONE THE CONTRACTOR/DEVELOPER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS DAMAGE FROM HIS DUMP TRUCKS HAULING DIRT ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET BELOW-IN 2014- PHOTOS OF HOW IT SHOULD BE DONE [IN MY OPINION - IT IS MY ROAD - MY NEIGHBORS ROAD WE DO NOT WANT A HALF _____ PATCH JOB] www.ipernity.com/doc/peggyc/33398543

OUR 'HEINZ 57' 4-LEGGED NEIGHBORS - THE BEIGE ONE - ABBEY - DON'T KNOW THE NAME OF THE BROWN/WHITE ONE - WHO IS YOUNGER AND RUNS ALL OVER THE YARD - HAS CAUGHT HER TAIL A FEW TIMES - NOT A CLUE - WHAT TO DO WITH IT ! FUN TO WATCH BUT IF THEY SEE ME NEIGHBORHOOD BARKING BEGINS PiP 2

NORTH CAROLINA US SKY OF BLUE DOGWOOD BRANCHES WITH BUDS PiP 1 LEAFLESS CREPE MYRTLE WE HAVE HAD RAIN - LOTS OF IT COLD WEATHER SUNNY SKIES BUT NO SNOW NOT EVEN FLURRIES THE NHL STADIUM SERIES GAME IS IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS YEAR CARTER FINLEY STADIUM @ NC STATE UNIVERSITY ON 18 FEB 2023 IS THE SITE ALL 57,000 TICKETS HAVE BEEN SOLD AND THERE IS A WAITING LIST JUST IN CASE SOMEBODY CAN'T COME THIS IS A REALLY BIG DEAL FOR NORTH CAROLINA FOR SO MANY YEARS WE HAVE BEEN LOOKED AT HOCKEY? IN THE SOUTH? BUT TNE NORTH CAROLINA HURRICANES [ CANES FOR SHORT ] ARE IN 2ND PLACE ON THE HUNT FOR THE STANLEY CUP IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS SPORT THAT IS REALLY BIG DEAL ! THE ICE IS READY, Y'ALL

LISTEN AS THE BREEZE GENTLY PASSES THROUGH THE LEAVES THE BREEZE KNOWS NOT THE COLOR THE SHAPE NOR ANY DIFFERENCE FROM WHEN THEY WERE GREEN THE BREEZE DOES AS ALWAYS CREATING THE RUSTLING OF LEAVES OF COLOR - Photography and words by Peggy C North Carolina US PiP 3

THIS FIR TREE WAS A LIVE CHRISTMAS TREE PURCHASED BY THE ORIGINAL OWNERS OF OUR HOME - IT WAS PLANTED IN THE SIDE YARD - DON'T KNOW WHEN THE DOGWOOD TREES WERE ADDED - OR THE FLOWERING ALMOND IN THE CENTER - IT IS A MAGNIFICENT TREE - STATELY - ONE WE TALK TO - MANY BIRDS NEST IN THE ARMS - AND AT THE TOP - A MOCKINGBIRD HOLDS COURT - PiP 2 -- CREPE MYRTLE - DEEP PINK 2022

Our Garden Spider Argiope aurantia I look forward to her yearly visit Sometimes she is a bold Lady with a large web This gal was still working on hers On top of the Hydrangea Will check later on to see how the web has progressed And also, see if she becomes the larger .. 1 PiP This was the first one seen here .. www.ipernity.com/doc/peggyc/27016953