Commercial, Advertising and Editorial Photography. Greensboro, North Carolina
A late afternoon last week saw my cousin Thomas Routh planting potatoes on his farm in Grays Chapel, North Carolina. Thomas and his wife Lula Mae, both in their upper eighties, grow a huge garden from which they sell produce weekly at the local Farmer’s Market in Asheboro.
(Photographs copyright 2010 by Dan Routh)
Still-life photographs, old fishing lures.
(Photographs copyright 2010 by Dan Routh)
(Photograph copyright 2010 by Dan Routh)
Zarah. Hip hop artist, Greensboro, North Carolina.
In North Carolina, one of the sure ways to know that Spring is upon us is when the daffodils start to pop up and bloom. Traditionally most farmhouses in our area always had a clump or two of these beautiful flowers in the front yard.
(Photographs copyright 2010 by Dan Routh)
(Photograph copyright 2010 by Dan Routh)
Across the country, the definition of barbecue is quite different. In North Carolina, it means pork. But even within the state there are disagreements about how to prepare it. Is it eastern style or Lexington style, vinegar based sauce or tomato based, whole hog or shoulders, chopped or pulled? To each his own, but I must admit it is all pretty good. Here, shoulders cook at a restaurant in Lexington, North Carolina. (Note: I prefer eastern style.)
This past weekend I went by the annual reenactment of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse. On March 15, 1781, American forces under General Nathaniel Greene met a British force under Lord Cornwallis at Guilford Courthouse, near Greensboro, North Carolina. The culmination of the Southern campaign of the American Revolution, the battle was technically won by the British, but Cornwallis’s army was so weakened, he had to retreat to Yorktown, Virginia and the final American victory. On Saturday and Sunday, historical reenactment groups from all over the country provided displays of Revolutionary War camp life and a daily battle reenactment.
Cousin Taylor Rollins spent the weekend as a camp follower with the 1st New Jersey Light Infantry.
(Photographs copyright 2010 by Dan Routh)
Spring means renewal and at the Goat Lady Dairy in Grays Chapel, North Carolina it means new kids. For the folks at the dairy, it means those baby goats have to be fed twice a day. Makes for an interesting time in the nursery.
(Photographs copyright 2010 by Dan Routh)
(Photograph copyright 2010 by Dan Routh)
Still-life photograph of woodworking tools from my Grandfather’s toolbox.
(Photograph copyright 2010 by Dan Routh)
Old horse (or mule) drawn plows sit in a barn on our farm in Randolph County, North Carolina. Last used probably some 70 years ago, nevertheless they stay at the ready.
All it takes is a day or two of warm weather to get the gardeners out working in the dirt. Yesterday the folks at Goat Lady Dairy in Grays Chapel, North Carolina were busy getting onion sets into the ground. Goat Lady has started and will be running a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) project this year where a group of approximately 50 families has invested in a large garden from which they will receive weekly shares of organic produce.
Daniel Woodham, CSA Farm Manager.
(Photographs copyright 2010 by Dan Routh)
