my new carolinawandering2 wordpress black and white photo blog

today i posted some new material to a new wordpress blog i have started dedicated to displaying my black and white photo's......carolinawandering2...

this blog- carolina poet,photo's and notes i will keep as a close family & friends blog and will continue tell my personal stories in this one...

my original carolina wandering blog...will continue to share the color and and stories of my adventures...
here is my new blog link...

http://carolinawandering2.wordpress.com/2011/03/18/hello-world/

enjoy...and hello world...my name is ian... as i am fond of saying!

2011 wandering-january

first true wandering trip of the year...san fran and humboldt county...jan 21-27

ingredients:
backpack & small suitcase
airplane from RDU -minnealopis-san francisco
rental car
nikon camera
mini vacation
hilton hotel conference
city by the bay
fisherman wharf and att ballpark

port of san fran
wine country
sonoma valley
redwoods
family
rancho raylani
salmon creek farm
dungess crab and free range chicken cookout

downtown
trollies & knob hill
ghirardelli square
japan town
china town
sushi
wines and anchor steam

sourdough breads

golden gate bridge

new friends & old acquaintances

meetings and speakers

don felder concert

seminars and new learnings
checkout
san fran- atl- rdu

back home....awesome trip...enjoy the photo's

my dad the dutchman

My dad-the dutchman

my dad the dutchman grew up in a different world then where he raised his family
he was born in the netherlands and grew up in a difficult time, born in 1926

this is gabriel-my dad- and his mom....

they lived in applesca hollland in the countryside of groeningen on a farm
they raised tulips and made cheese...had goats and cows...
he loved to follow his father around who was a wanderer and rode his motorcycle everywhere...

this is my dad on his father's motorcycle

as he grew up  his brother's and sisters became his responsibility
as his father began to travel more and more and his mom starting teaching
he became the son of the house and of the fields...

this is my dad with his brothers and sister on the farm

my dad grew up and went to work on local farms and in dehague on barges
during the war my dad hid USA glider pilots on the farm..
the farm was large and easy to hide people on it...

this is my granddad- marecole- at the farm with his car

my dad grew up around animals
loved to play with them and made many his pets...

this is my dad and his dad-my grandfather-and Ima- my mom


my dad grew up and married my mom-Ima- and they had a son -lucas hendrik christaan and they traveled to the USA

This is their plane ride to the usa and into nyc


They went to live in beech community in western north carolina
the holler was reems creek outside the town of weaverville off of locust cove rd

this is lucas at our first home in nc...on locust cove rd 2 rooms

we grew to a family of 5 and never seemd unhappy
we had a richness in our childhood
filled with laughter, play and lot's of adventures
we had great neighbors and played with our pets

this is me and my older sister in the parker's back yard looking at the blue ridge parkway


my dad loved to get away and see the sights
we traveled in a ford fairlane station wagon

this is a family picnic at lake james in 1963
i was heading to feed the ducks...

my dad was sitting on the top of the monkey bars..with luke and looks like marina
my dad the dutchman, my hero and who i followed...

i love you dad...
thanks for the memories...

...talking out-loud

talking out-loud...

I am so happy when it happens

only you get to choose the topics

not in the dark yet not in the brightness either

you can be heard clearly only when

...talking out-loud

sharing with friends means something more

calling out the names of all you care about

sharing with a loved one

in a special state of mind

....talking out-loud

changes volume frequently

can be playful

daughters want it with love 

co-workers know it well and miss it the most

dad's do it with stories

history seldom repeats itself

can make someone cry or laugh

....talking out-loud 

you should never get shut down 

only stop when your ready

mom's do it with their hands

Brothers do it with a wink

can make someone smile

can make no sense

sisters do it in a whisper

but most of all...

talking out-loud.... makes you whole

so never stop

I am a nc wanderer

I am a nc wanderer
always looking for someplace new

loving my truck as it's got 220K miles on it

I turn up the music loud

....on the road again....

just now rolling down hwy 49 from charlotte

can't you just see

drifting around the bend

wandering with a bike on back

and a canoe on top

revving up the motor as I glide by those fences
up and down those rolling hills











where's that elusive hwy 12
OBX sand and 4X4 driving
looking a those awesome scenes

....on the road again....
running that Interstate I-40/85 late nights
changing the song on the radio
looking at those small town sights
in between all those country roads

....on the road again....
slowing down to please the policeman
looking for some post office blues
honking in that big city traffic
highrise buildings and oneway streets

malls and big ass parking lot's
left turns before right turns
stops signs and stop lights
rainy days and afternoons
....on the road again...
gas on back up & wash those windows
Crossing old railroad tracks

taking the fork in the road to nowhere
On the road again...
I'm a nc wanderer

Closure

Closure...final resting places..ocean waters...ashes to ashes...dust to dust...family...friends...flowers...a song...a bridge less traveled..and a boat...Keith Ludwig Friedrich..1956-2009...love you man!

Oregon Inlet & Bonner Bridge

carolina blue sky.... it's a southern thing

Carolina Blue Skies as seen at NC Art Museum Stainless Steel Tree

it's a southern thing...what I get to see...


spring skies before a rain
winter skies after a snowfall
fall skies after the first frost
summer skies after the blows of a hurricanes
spring skies during the azalea festival
summer skies 1st day after school's out
fall skies before a 12 noon football game
summer skies during a afternoon thunderstorm
spring skies at the Duke gardens
spring skies at graduations
winter skies in Asheville before the snowfall
summer skies on the blue ridge parkway
spring skies in pinehurst on #2
fall skies with changing of the leaves
spring skies with ripples on the Eno
winter skies before a basketball game
fall skies at the amphitheater
blazing skies at sunrise


blue skies are carolina blue...it's a southern thing