Morning Greeting

Lakeview Park

Mt. Pisgah in the distance

Reynolds Village down there

No wonder bears have fewer places to go.

I was heading up there.

Notice all the downed trees from Tropical Storm Helene a year and a half ago.

You can see the Asheville Country Club golf course down there.

That's the Omni Grove Park Inn through there.

4.72 miles

601 ft. elevation gain

Lakeview Park

Purple Martins

 

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See the Martin gourds we had in the backyard.  Right below is a scuppernong vine.

Click on the links under the photos to learn more about Purple Martins and their migratory schedule and routes.  I'm not a birdwatcher, but I wish I had been more curious about martins when I was growing up.  Would have made a fabulous topic for a school research project.

Deer Are Near

Baby Bull

Baby Bull

Asheville, North Carolina

Start of March

Robert T. David

 

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Robert T. David

Samford University

Dear of School of Business

1988 Press Photo

Daisy

 

I remember getting a Daisy BB Gun when I was around ten years old.  My mother bought it at Western Auto Store on Main St. in Headland.  It could have been a Christmas gift!  It took a little while to convince my mom I should have one.  What's interesting is that once I got it, she was the one who taught me how to shoot it!  Target practice took place in our backyard.  There was a lone peach tree that had some peaches that were maybe a bit diseased (certainly not ideal for eating!), and that's where we aimed the BB gun.  I can see her now.  She talked me through it as I watched her.  Safety was #1.  I recall my mother having a good time.  We laughed.  

My Daisy was exciting for a year or two.  I rarely used it after that.  I do remember shooting a bird with it.  But I knew I couldn't tell Mother that.  That was a one time thing!  Curiosity got the best of me, though, and in my young mind, guns were for hunting.  I might have even fired at a squirrel or two.  Luckily for them, I wasn't a great marksman. 

Some friends of mine had pellet guns.  One friend let me shoot his when I stayed over at his house.  I didn't long for a pellet gun, and I'm very sure my parents would have been opposed to it anyway.