Pictorial Succotash
We spent some time in the Outer Banks with our son, daughter-in-love, and our precious Zoë. Needless to say the camera was seldom put away. You’ll find here in this mish-mash of photos some pelicans – there were actually five of them flying low over the surf, but my lens was not wide enough to capture all five of them together clearly. But it was a great thrill to see them, and a lot of luck to be walking the beach at that time!
I’ve also included, for the sake of our Colonialist, to whom I had to explain about what the Outer Banks are and some of their significance, some quick photos of the Wright Brothers Memorial Obelisk and the life-sized model with statues representing the people who were there on that famous day over 100 years ago. The actual first flight took place in Kill Devil Hills, NC. People often mistakenly think it was in Kitty Hawk; however, Kitty Hawk was the nearest place to KDH with a telegraph office. Enough history – on with the photos!
By the way, the chickens belong to our eldest son, Josh and his fiancée. You’ll notice near the end some of our wild irises, some of our roses, clematis, pansies, dianthus, and blooms that mean we might get some blackberries this year! The last photo shows the view of our perennial garden getting ready to POP! I’m sorry I couldn’t caption everything properly. Everything at WP seems to have gone kerflueyon me while I’ve been away!
These wild flowers – a gorgeous purple and violet, grow by the roadside on the OBX and are apparently favorites of lady bugs!
Shy. . .
Just grooming for the camera! This bird and the ducks below were on Collington Harbor Sound.
Got all your ducks in a row?
The reeds reflected in the evening sunlight so beautifully.
Beautiful cloud formation 
Live Oak trees, some very old. are found all over the southeast coastal lands 
A good morning kiss – both still half asleep!
Have you captured any light lately?
There so many pics there that will make nice note cards. Beautiful job Paula.
All you need to do is click on the Fine Art America box or go to Red Bubble, and most of my shots are for sale as cards, and/or prints. I’ve even managed to make a few sales lately! Blows my mind! Thank you Karen – and Perry! 😆
Lovely set of shots, indeed, and quite amazing ones of the Wilbur and Orville launch site.
Actually, the actual launch lite was several hundred yards west of where this photo was taken, I believe, but it was placed where it could be easily viewed from both within the park and outside the park. I may be wrong. Any Wright scholars out there? Thank you for you comments!
Interesting to note the handy hill. I wondered why they didn’t think of using it as a launch site to build up speed for the flights.
My understanding was that there were better prevailing winds, and more hills west of there. . .but then again I’m not sure, and it’s not like I haven’t visited there 401100 times. . .sorry!
Wonderful collection ~ loved the lady bugs, the reeds in the water, the morning shot of Zoe, the dune/ fence shots, and the contemplative shots of Ashley.
Thank you, Nancy! There are a couple of my beach photos that are up there by mistake (I’ll get around to editing them out one of these days. But I’m rather fond of how Ashley’s portraits came out, as well – but I thought that was my own bias peeking through. . .glad you like them too!
Enjoyed your Adventures in Photography, Paula. I was curious about the opening in the sand dune with all the growth around it. What critter lives in that cave? Your purple flowers and red bug were outstanding. Sir Ashley looks relaxed for your camera—would be interesting to have him with a palette and brush painting a picture of the tree or part of it. Maybe with a smock on.
You sure get your subjects in focus and backgrounds purposely out of focus for a great picture. The history of flight goes with the area which I have never seen but wondered about. Thanks for the tour. Little Zoe and daddy makes me want to take a nap.
Keep up the good work!
Ann
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