That's My World Tuesday: Spaceship or Water Tower

I think the water tower which is close to the subdivision where I live looks like a spaceship.

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The Weekend in Black and White: summer afternoon at Atlantic Beach, NC

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SkyWatch Friday: Dreaming of winter while the summer heat burns

I am ready for the hot summer to end so I looked back to winter's past in hopes that it would cool me down. I hope I haven't used this shot before. I don't think I did.

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ABC Wednesday: D is for Durham

D is for Durham, NC, U.S. and also for Durham in England. As you can see below Durham , NC, U.S. is 4119 miles away from Durham, England.

The Durham Bulls is a baseball club in Durham NC which was first formed in 1902. Downtown Durham is filled with Bulls in their honor (hopefully not too much bull ---- is spilling out onto the streets).

The movie Bull Durham was filmed in part in Durham and the game scenes were shot in the old Durham Athletic Park.

The original Durham Athletic Park burned to the ground in 1939 and was rebuilt.

The old DAP is the one I'm using for this post although the Durham Bulls have a new DAP which was completed in 1995 and was expanded to 10,000 seat capacity in 1998.

I think the old Durham ballpark has more romance to it although the new stadium allows for more spectators.

The Durham Bulls bike racks scattered around downtown Durham, as well as the baseball inspired art, are fun.

A Durham Bulls baseball obsession is certainly better than the days when big tobacco dominated.

In the late 1980s American Tobacco left Durham and by 2004 the Historic American Tobacco District included mixed shops, businesses, restaurants, Durham Bulls Baseball, music on the lawn, Durham Performing Arts Center, and WUNC Radio Station. The area continues to undergo renovation and will include residential units.

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