"Every Picture Tells a Story ... Don't It:" Part I - Bath and Washington | Eastern North Carolina Now

Two of North Carolina's Oldest Ports: Bath and Washington

   In this article, we will explore a bit of Beaufort County through a stopped moment in time. These pictures, a dozen at a clip (in this inaugural issue, we offer a bakers' dozen), of animate, but mostly inanimate objects, tell very short stories of a thin moment in time, that is no more, and can never be restored.

    The Bonner House in Bath, North Carolina, in early spring, before the blossoms bring so much new life as the seasons will change.

    Even in the early afternoon, of a crisp spring day, we see the long shadows as we look toward the Bonner House.

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    In the morning of a late winter day, we look back toward the Bath Creek Bridge.

    That same early winter morning from the Bath Creek Bridge, we look to the mouth of Bath Creek and the Pamlico River.

    The Palmer - Marsh House in Bath, North Carolina in early afternoon, in early spring.

    This parasitic fern enjoys its host, as we look through the V toward the upper story window of the Palmer - Marsh House.

    Looking toward the heavens as one lays upon the cool ground of the Palmer - Marsh House lawn.

    Just a few miles east of the oldest town in North Carolina is the landing, from whence our citizenry is ferried to the south side of the Pamlico River.