Edenton Pilgrimage Tour of Historic Homes and Sites

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EdentonA North Carolina tradition since 1949 with 18 of Edenton’s finest private homes, all at least 100 years old, with doors open to welcome you.

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A North Carolina tradition since 1949 with 18 of Edenton’s finest private homes, all at least 100 years old, with doors open to welcome you. Enjoy two days of hospitality in “one of America’s prettiest towns.”*

This year’s exhibits include, “Art of the Table – Set for Celebrations,” an exhibit at the 1767 Chowan Courthouse ballroom, with antique china from Replacements Ltd. and “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, as told by Harriet Jacobs.”

Presented by The Edenton Woman’s Club.

*Forbes.com

Admission: $30 in advance / $35 day of / $25 each for groups of 10 or more

Barred Owl Cam

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Do you like watching bird cams??  Well, Cornell Lab of Ornithology has some great nesting cameras.  I just started watching the Barred Owl Cam.  She’s got three eggs.

For the second year in a row, the female laid her first egg on March 5; if all goes well, they can expect the owlets to start hatching between April 5 – 10. They’ll leave the nest four to five weeks after hatching.

Here is some info from their site:

“Jim Carpenter, President and CEO of Wild Birds Unlimited, has hosted a camera-equipped owl box in his wooded backyard in Zionsville, Indiana, since 1999. Set more than 30 feet high against the trunk of a pignut hickory tree, this Barred Owl box was first occupied in 2006. Since then, the box has hosted several nests, including successful attempts since 2013.”

This video is showing the owl and her egg.

This video is the female barred owl hooting back to her mate. So cool sounding!

A few years ago, I spotted this mother and baby barred owl in the woods right beside our house. What fun it was to watch these two! I was able to get a few good shots before they moved on. We still have them hooting in the woods and I still look for the owlets sometime in April. Maybe this year I can spot some more. You can see all of my owl photos at Fine Art America.

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Dogwood Blooms

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Dogwood Blooms

The dogwoods are blooming in North Carolina!
The dogwood bloom is North Carolina’s state flower. Our NC lawmakers made it the state flower in 1941. There are five dogwood festivals every year in April. Statesville started theirs by crowning the Dogwood Queen in 1969.

There is also The Legend of the Dogwood.

“Each delicate white or pink blossom of the dogwood has the form of a cross – two long and two short petals. Look closely at a dogwood flower and you will see on the center of the outer edge of each petal there are small holes remindful of nail prints, and the tips of the petals are rusty on one side and brown-red on the other. It is not hard to imagine they represent the spikes that pierced the Hands and Feet of Our Lord on the Cross. And in the center of the flower there is a green cluster that recalls the crown of thorns.”

White Dogwood Blooms

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