In the early 1700's, the Tuscarora indian tribe staged raids against white settlers in parts of North Carolina. This old cabin was in one of those areas and it was in use at that time.


I had seen this place many times from the road that runs by the property. It's a large tract of land and the cabin sits way back from the road. There are signs every where prohibiting entry onto the property. 2 years ago, through the efforts of a friend of a friend, I was granted permission to go on the property and take pictures. The person who set it up for me is the land owners' nephew and he accompanied me while I was there. We were also joined by the land owner, an 80 year old lady who was as gracious as she could be. It was her great, great grandfather that built the cabin.

Through the years, the cabin was rebuilt many times. In fact, the stone chimney is the only feature remaining of the original construction, The lady and her sister were born in this cabin that existed at the time. When they were small children, the family moved into a more modern home. The cabin was allowed to deteriorate to the condition you see here.

The Way Of The Cross Leads Home, by Jessie Brown Pounds 1906

I must needs go home by the way of the cross,
There’s no other way but this;
I shall ne’er get sight of the Gates of Light,
If the way of the cross I miss.

Refrain:
The way of the cross leads home,
The way of the cross leads home;
It is sweet to know, as I onward go,
The way of the cross leads home.

I must needs go on in the blood-sprinkled way,
The path that the Savior trod,
If I ever climb to the heights sublime,
Where the soul is at home with God.

Then I bid farewell to the way of the world,
To walk in it nevermore;
For my Lord says, “Come,” and I seek my home,
Where He waits at the open door.

Well, I broke down and ordered a Nikon D810 with roughly 15,000 shutter actuations, leaving me with about 185,000 to use, meaning it should be like a new camera, it is rated as Excellent by MPB. It is supposed to arrive by next Thursday 4/4/2024.

Since most of my lenses are FX or 35mm film camera lenses, I won't have to buy lenses, FOR NOW. My version of the Trinity is my Nikon 17-35mm f/2.8, Nikon 28-70mm f/2.8 and Nikon 80-200mm f/2.8.

I will begin using it as soon as I have reviewed the Nikon D810 books and owners manual that comes with it, and done some settings changes or not.

David Busch recommends settings that I might use at least until I know better. That will be a long time coming, because there is so much the D810 is capable of that I need to learn. I might smarten up and enroll in a photography class here at Fresno Community College.

I watched a video about Dollar General, which owns Dollar Tree. With 19,000 stores across the country, specializing in low-income areas, they have paid $20 million in fines in various states. The problem is that they raise the price in their database, but they do not raise the price on the shelf. You pick up an item marked $7.95, and you might pay $8.25. This type of practice is consistent across the country. One reason for the lack of shelf changing is the minimum staff in the stores. If one person is on the register and another is stocking shelves, who's going to change the price on the shelf?

Of course, if the shelf price must be changed, headquarters should inform the store. If they don't tell a particular store to raise certain prices, the prices stay low, but not in the register. A woman showed a receipt on which four out of seven items were overcharged.

I have had an account with Zenfolio for several years. I create galleries for casual viewing, not for sales. I have about 2k images online. My main problem is that I am currently unable to view any of my photos. The thumbnails will not load into viewable size at all. Another problem is Zenfolio's current practice of the archiving of galleries. If want to view an archived gallery, you can theoretically restore it, but it may take 12 hours to do so. One more problem is the continuing upward spiral in price. It was $50 per year, then $60, now it is $77 for the "basic" plan. So, my fellow UHH readers, what say you about Flickr, or SmugMug? Or, any other place where I can create a nice site for family viewing (not just storage)?

Great serie...really nice B/W work! I love color photography...but I find the "portrait" of the young lady looks a tad "flat" because the ambiant light is not enough directional...a bit too much wraping the talent.
As said, the B/W pictures are really great!