Dan Routh Photography

Farmall M Plow

Old Farmall M plow in B&W.

Mowing

Brothers Matthew (above) and Michael Walker (below) work to make one more cutting of hay before winter sets in near my home in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Merry Christmas from the Routh Family

Christmas, Family

Merry Christmas from my family in Grays Chapel.

The Key to My Grandfather’s House

Uncategorized

Another still-life study from the green table in my den.

Portrait

Portraits

Gary Mac. Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Chevy in the Vines

Automobile, Transportation

An old Chevy cab-over truck (1941?) emerges from the vines in Lineberry, North Carolina. During the summer it disappears.

Esau is a ram at Rising Meadow Farm near my home in Grays Chapel, North Carolina. Farm owner Ann Fay said he was named for an old playground ditty. For those that don’t remember the rhyme, it goes in one version:

I saw Esau, sitting on a see-saw,
I saw Esau, he saw me.
I saw Esau, sitting on a see-saw,
I saw Esau, he saw me.
I saw Esau, he saw me, and she saw I saw Esau.

Shiloh Decorations

Church, History

Natural Christmas decorations at Shiloh Church in Troy, North Carolina.

Roosting Guinea

Bird, Farm, Nature

A guinea fowl roosts in a walnut tree at dusk at my home in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

At the Stockyard

Agriculture, Cattle

On Friday morning my son I took a load of yearling calves to Carolina Stockyards in Siler City, North Carolina. I went back by later in the afternoon and watched the auction for a while as I waited for my sale to be processed. There were a lot of cattle to be sold and the buyers in the auction arena were quite active. It’s one of those places where if you scratch your head at the wrong time, you might end up buying a cow. I picked up my check, and while I was at the counter, I met a couple of young cattle barons making their very first sale.