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POTD: Lost Booties

Posted on May 29, 2021 Updated on May 29, 2021

[Update… blogger and skincare specialist Ruth has pointed out my terrible storytelling and possible crimes against proper sentence structure (I’m so laughing, Ruth…). No, I didn’t find these booties walking down the sidewalk all by themselves. I should have inserted “while I was” ahead of “walking”, hopefully indicating that *I* was doing the walking, not the empty booties. Thanks, Ruth. I really must behave myself in the future!]

Found these […] walking on the sidewalk. The stone on this wall is at the corner of the James Cheek house property (c. 1875). I guess they weren’t wanted anymore.

I am forever finding strange things in this town. ~Vic

Picture of the Day

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POTD: Book House

Posted on December 26, 2020 Updated on December 26, 2020

We have several of these things in the area. Take a book, leave a book. ~Vic

Book House Image — At Turnip Patch Park
05-29-2020
Click for a larger view.

Picture of the Day

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FFTD: Dogwood Bloom

Posted on April 28, 2020 Updated on July 21, 2020

Dogwood Bloom Image — Dogwood tree in the center of town
heading towards the Colonial Inn.
04-10-2019

Flower for the Day

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Town Tuesday: Old Courthouse

Posted on April 21, 2020

Yep…another new post heading. I will be doing a series of shots from my town. Hillsborough is one of the oldest towns in North Carolina and was the Capitol for a short time. It’s a very interesting, eclectic place. All photos are my personal collection. © ~Vic

Previous Post: The Town.

Boone Expedition Image One — Henderson–Boone to Kentucky Expedition Marker
March 17, 1775
Tablet metal from the USS Maine
Richard Henderson was the presiding judge when the Regulators attacked the Courthouse.
They burned his home in Williamsborough.
Taken 05-20-2019

Boone Trail Highway Image Two — Back of the Marker
Boone Trace or Boone Trail Highway &
The Trading Path 1700

Old Courthouse Image Three — Looking Northeast from the corner of Churton Street & Margaret Lane
Taken 04-04-2020

Old Courthouse Image Four — Looking Northwest from the corner of Margaret Lane & Court Street.
Back door.

Old Courthouse Image Five — Looking WNW from Court Street

Old Courthouse Image Six — Looking due South.
Front door.
The marker, above, is to the right.

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POTD: Old Hydrant

Posted on March 2, 2020 Updated on July 31, 2020

This comes under the heading of “things you don’t see everyday.” I was out on a walk around our old cotton mill complex and stumbled across it. I have no idea how old this thing is but, it appears to have been manufactured in Tennessee. ~Vic