Our State Magazine Has Announced The Winners Of The 2009 Photo Contest

The mail last week brought the current issue of “Our State”, the magazine about North Carolina. The photo essay for this months issue was of the winners of this years Annual Photo Contest. Unfortunately, our state did not put that online, so if you want to see the winners, you’ll need to track down a [...]

2009 High Country Farm Tour | Blue Ridge Women In Agriculture

I am a big fan of the Watauga County Farmer’s Market and have always wanted to attend one of the High Country Farm Tours…I won’t make it this weekend, but, if you can you should. The ticket revenue goes to a good cause…Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture.

Saturday August 8th and Sunday August 9th

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The Grandfather Mountain Camera Clinic

This is one of the High Country events that I have on my life list of things I must do…I’ll make it yet.

August 15-16, 2009

2009 speakers include Bill Fortney, John Chastain, Duane Hall and Melissa Southern.

The Grandfather Mountain Camera Clinic was founded in 1952 by the late Hugh Morton.

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Brinegar Cabin

On the eastern edge of the Blue Ridge way up in northwestern North Carolina there sits a cabin. Built by hand in the 1880′s it is said by one Martin Brinegar for his bride Carolyn Joines. For six score of years this cabin has watched the seasons roll around the calendar. Winters turning into [...]