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Max O' Well

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Maine born writer, artist, photographer and children's hospital volunteer. Mesmerized by the beauty of North Carolina.

Education/Experience: Doctorate/Batchelor Business Admin, Masters of Adult Education, Assoc. Data Processing, Certification CSP

Interests: photography, education, art, gardening, writing fiction, rare diseases.

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Voting is a wonderful opportunity to have your voice heard. It is the ultimate in free expression.
Voting is a wonderful opportunity to have your voice heard. It is the ultimate in free expression.
Voting is a wonderful opportunity to have your voice heard. It is the ultimate in free expression.
Voting is a wonderful opportunity to have your voice heard. It is the ultimate in free expression.
Voting is a wonderful opportunity to have your voice heard. It is the ultimate in free expression.
Voting is a wonderful opportunity to have your voice heard. It is the ultimate in free expression.
Voting is a wonderful opportunity to have your voice heard. It is the ultimate in free expression.
Voting is a wonderful opportunity to have your voice heard. It is the ultimate in free expression.
Wake County has begun early voting. To make voting convenient they have opened up five early voting sites as of Oct. 16th. This is one of ten additional sites that begin taking votes on Oct. 23rd.
Voting is a wonderful opportunity to have your voice heard. It is the ultimate in free expression.
Voting is a wonderful opportunity to have your voice heard. It is the ultimate in free expression.
Voting is a wonderful opportunity to have your voice heard. It is the ultimate in free expression.
Voting is a wonderful opportunity to have your voice heard. It is the ultimate in free expression.
Voting is a wonderful opportunity to have your voice heard. It is the ultimate in free expression.
Voting is a wonderful opportunity to have your voice heard. It is the ultimate in free expression.
Voting is both a responsibility and a benefit. Wake County offers voting for all registered American Citizens living in the county.
The American Cancer Society sponsored a walk at North Hills Mall in Raleigh, NC. Members of the Ecclesia House of Prayer were among the large group participating.
Harris Lake County Park is a place where the desire for recreation and desire for protecting animal diversity, are in balanced creating a unique park. Set on Lake Harris, across from a huge nuclear power plant, the park provides safety for animals and recreation for people.
The home of Pam and Robert Holding was designated Garden Eleven. It provided a gorgeous grounds and garden for the 2008 Azalea Festival.
Garden Ten was the beautiful Temple Gardens, designed by Jefferson Memorial architect John Russell Pope. Along with the most beautiful azaleas of the festival, this garden had some of the best layout for the tour volunteers.
Garden Nine was located at the French Chateau style home of Bill and Becky McCarley Salter. This home provided a charming backdrop for the volunteers.
The home of Martha and Rick Blacher on Verrazzano Drive provided the garden club and their volunteers another excellent opportunity to set the stage for a delightful tour.
Garden Seven at the home of Mary and Walter Whitehurst was a garden that was well worth the trip to Wilmington. It contains many interesting art objects within the gardens.
Garden six, the home of Marie and Bill Eason was excellent opportunity for volunteers and Belles during the tour with its shade, seating and water features.
Garden Three was located at a newer Wilmington house, built in the year 1897. This home of Ginni and Lee Durham shows how a creative gardener can produce a work of art with a smaller lot.
This beautiful clapboard house, built in 1884, sits adjacent to the Governor Dudley Mansion on Front Street. It is the home of Mary and Peter McCain.
The former Governor Dudley Mansion is today the home of Ron and Cindy Pickett on Front Street in Wilmington. The volunteers from the garden club did an outstanding job of presenting this garden in traditional attire.
The Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure shows the indomitable spirit of the people who have cancer, those who have beaten cancer, and support for those willing to try to beat it. Held at Meredith College, this is one of the most attended charity events in NC.
The Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure shows the indomitable spirit of the people who have cancer, those who have beaten cancer, and support for those willing to try to beat it. Held at Meredith College, this is one of the most attended charity events in NC.
The Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure shows the indomitable spirit of the people who have cancer, those who have beaten cancer, and support for those willing to try to beat it. Held at Meredith College, this is one of the most attended charity events in NC.
It can seem like you are in New England when you stand in the patio of this sea side house. The gray siding and cedar shingles on a moss covered roof can seem so like home.
The Temple gardens are reminiscent of the type of gardens seen in Europe on the grounds of palaces and estates once the property of kings and princes. These are truly unique gardens.
This beautiful home and garden has a view of the water that defines the port city. Far from the bustle of the harbor, the home could easily be on a deserted shoreline.
This lovely home and garden is a pleasant inspiration for the would-be gardener. The landscaping, gardens and water features beguile the guests with their beauty.
Garden seven is a series of gardens created by an artist and master gardener that show both the application of artistic talent and knowledge of appropriate plantings. The gardens are delightful, interesting and artistic.
Garden Six is one of the most memorable gardens Max saw on the tour. Hidden away from the hustle and bustle of the city, this beautiful home is a gardener's paradise.
This is one of the landlocked gardens in the port city. The garden is on a quiet residential street with large lots and shady lawns.
This garden demonstrates the way a skilled gardener can enhance the beauty of a home with well planned arrangement. It is proof that it is not the size of the garden, rather the skill of the gardener.
The McCain garden had the most unique art of all the gardens in the 2008 tour.
Beautiful garden at the building, built in the federal style of architecture in 1825, that was the home of the first elected governor of North Carolina, Edward B. Dudley.
Juniper Level is the magic that surrounds Plant Delights Nursery. The plants found in the garden are amazing, really amazing.
Plant Delights is a wonderful and magical place for the committed gardener to visit. They have an extensive catalog for the dedicated gardener.
The Biblical Garden is the result of an Eagle Scout project. In the garden is a Crepe Myrtle that was planted in the center of the cross-shaped garden by Woodrow Wilson's mother.
Each for as long as many members of the Cape Fear Garden Club can remember the Wilmington Azalea Festival is the premiere event of the year. The Festival has too distinct components that make it work. One is the fabulous gardens. The other is the wonderful people.
Shelley Lake is one of the most visited Greenways in North Raleigh. It attracts artists, soccer players, runners, bikers, moms and dads with kids, dog walkers and bird feeders, both very old and very young.
Every trip along the Greenways of Raleigh provides a surprise for those who loved to be surprised by the beauty of life.
Being new in a different part of the country can lead to some interesting misunderstandings.
The maker of rains teased the Raleigh area with just enough rain to feel like a lot but not enough rain to make a real difference. Two inches fell over the region equal to a few days evaporation from the reservoirs.
It isn't much to look at right now. It is just a huge hole in the ground where the great lawn sat. It was a lawn with years of fond memories for those who would flock to it to watch the Fourth of July fireworks at the nearby fairgrounds.
In much of the world protein is a rare comodity. In those places only the addition of insects and other small creatures allow children and adults to have balanced diets.
Even the usual can seem unusual when it isn't where it is expected. The Museum Park Trail portion of the Reedy Creek Trail can take the common hiker by surprise.
Crabtree Creek is an important and large creek that provide water for the larger Neuse River. This water affects thousands of people who live downstream from Raleigh.
Lake Pines is a truly beautiful park with excellent trails for most purposes.
Reedy Creek Trail on the Raleigh Greenway includes trails from Reedy Creek Trail in Umstead State Park all the way to Meredith College in Raleigh.
Middle Crabtree Creek Trail is an unusual trail in the types of birds it attracts and the use of boardwalk to keep the trail over wetlands.
Walnut Creek is a wonderful creek that flows just south of downtown Raleigh. Like the ampitheatre of the same name it is filled with the music of life.
Lake Johnson is one of the best of the best when it comes to Parks & Recreation facilities. In addition to great greenway trails, it has an excellent array of community programs.
The drought of 2007 is having a devastating effect on the wildlife dependent on the waters of Lake Lynn in Raleigh. Not only do the birds depend on fish in the lake, they also depend on the daily visitors whose handouts have allowed a large flock to live on the lake.
Shelley Lake is one of the most popular greenway trails in North Raleigh. It is also a popular place for water sports, soccer and the arts. The 2007 drought has the potential for impacting on most of these activities.
The Durant Trail on Raleigh's Greenway map can be easily overlooked. The wonderful little trail is perfect for families.
There is a drought in the region around Raleigh. In parts of the region, this has resulted in closure of some water-based entertainment. Shelley Lake has a deep water level that allows it to continue for a while.
Part of the trail is scheduled to be closed to repair hurricane damage that occurred more than a year ago. This will cut one third of the east-west greenway trails off from the other two thirds.
Lake Lynn is one of the most popular greenway trails in North Raleigh. It is used by runners, walkers, strollers, bicycle riders, roller skaters and, most of all, feeding birds.
Umstead Park UCC started life as a radical church. Since its inception it has been surrounded by controversy and battered by rejection. Its first name, North Raleigh UCC has carved a niche in the history of the UCC in Eastern North Carolina.
This section of the Buckeye Trail is friendly to every type of greenway user old or young. It has interesting ecological features such as the creek bed, birds, flowers, trees, wildlife and insects. It has places to rest and enjoy the greenway.
Though the trail from N.Raleigh Blvd. to Crabtree Blvd is only two thirds of this trail; this portion offers an excellent short, safe and comfortable trail experience for all raleigh citizens independent of age or skill.
Raleigh, North Carolina visitors and new residents may be aware of the wonderful park system known as the "Capitol Area Greenway." The city boasts more than 50 miles of trails connecting many of the more than 3000 acres of city park land.
The second annual Magnificent Mile Race to be run in Raleigh is coming on strong. It is blowing in with sanctioned road races (with cash prizes) and a new intown starting point.
It was apparent from the faces of the runners that each and every one had put the note on as a symbol of their love, care and concern for their family and friends who were fighting or had fought this disease.
Colleen will be walking for herself and for her daughter-in-law Monica's mom. Colleen celebrates several victories over cancer in the last 25 years. Monica's mom is still in the fight.
Some of us like to share our love with the rest of the world. At the Susan B. Komen Race for the Cure at Meredith College in Raleigh many of the 22,000 did so with sign of celebration and memory.
Susan's sister immortalized her in the Susan B. Komen Fund. Now people old and young, who are restricted to wheels are rolling to the finish in the Race for the Cure.
Some twenty two thousand people came out to Race for the Cure at Raleigh, North Carolina Meredith College's 11th annual event. Many had to use wheels to participate due to age or disability.
The Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure is about making sure that Breast Cancer may one day impact those who have an interest in healthy breasts and healthy women.
The Susan B. Komen Race for the Cure brings together all the people who want Breast Cancer defeated and women to live healthy full lives.
Umstead Park UCC is an interesting church with a unique flavor. Anthony Neff is a song writer with a well developed sense of music. Put them together and they make for a unique experience.
Brentwood Park at the corner of Brentwood Road and Ingram Drive is an excellent park for children and parents. It hosts a playground for the younger set, two ball fields, a basketball court, flower gardens, picnic tables and a short greenway trail.
Like the northern states nature brings a glow of color to the trees of North Carolina each fall.
Dogs and the people they own make this an enjoyable world for all. In St. Petersburg, Florida this relationship exists in every aspect of life.
Rio Churrascaria brings an air of Brazilian flavor to North Raleigh.
This is a restaurant that keeps getting better.
The "Seawall Singer" Jerry Leggett returns to Umstead Park UCC after a grueling week helping th students cope in Blackburn, VA. He returns to lead the Sunday morning service.
It is always a magical moment when I see that first flower, plant or bird that distinguishes a Greenway Trail from all the other trails. The beautiful Coreopsis Tinctoria was one of those first things.
Durham, NC's Sarah P. Duke Gardens are one of America's most beautiful gardens. They are also recognized as one of the most important historical gardens.
Do you believe peace is possible? What does peace look like? These are the questions Jerry asks of us.
Cancer used to demand the lives of people. Now people dedicate those same lives to ending the scourge of cancer.
Procter and Gamble have come up with an excellent product that's design may allow it to take on additional tasks through product extention. This may be the best branding since Fuller Brush.
Nikon D50 camera is a marvelous piece of engineering which gives the amateur photographer an opportunity to own a camera capable of providing professional results.
Anthony Neff came to Raleigh to be in an area which was environmentally friendly, while having opportunities that were not present in West Virginia, which he really loves. Next to W. VA he loves writing music and lyrics.
Jackie Murda is a well-known artist from Montreal to Eastern Europe. His Reggae and Jungle sounds reverberate across the world whereever underground music is played. His travels take him everywhere but his roots are deep in the U.S.
Mark Stevens will be leading a brave crew on an expedition to clean the Raleigh's Neuse River from Buffaloe Rd to Capital Blvd. The trip, only a few miles, is expected to take 6 hrs. The event is sponsored by the Neuse River Foundation and Umstead Park UCC.
The members of Umstead Park UCC under the guidance of Sarah Roberts Witt have been putting on a full court lobbying effort with the NC General Assembly in support of solving the issue of health insurance for all the people of North Carolina.
In dealing with real estate it is important to understand what an appraisal does and doesn't do for the buyer and seller.
Owning an managing rental propterty is not for everyone. It may sound like a good idea until a tenant calls you at 4AM to tell you the place is flooded and he expects you to pay for his hotel room.
Television shows have peaked people's interest in flipping houses. Spending $20,000 and making $50,000 in six short weeks sounds like hitting the jackpot. In real life it doesn't always work out like that.
A home inspection is a good way for a seller and buyer to protect their investment. Unlike an appraisal it can identify things that must be done to complete the sale and things that would be nice if done.
Have you ever been with someone who pointed out the obvious (to them), and felt like they were trying to share a secret, but they might just be pulling your leg? What they knew and I couldn't comprehend remained a mystery to me.
Cities are made up of things and people. North Carolina is blessed with wonderful people. One of the things these people love is beautiful trees. The Bradford Flowering Pear is one of those trees.
The Navy under pressure to reduce practice landings in populated areas is looking for a Outlying Landing Field. They prefer a site that is only 50 miles from one of the US premeire bird refuges.
Mike Nifong's lawyers have begun an attack on parts of the ethic case that reflects their strategy in responding to the complaints.
Most parks try to keep the adventurous off their trails. Durant Nature Park instead invites young and not so young mountain bikers to enjoy nature as they enjoy their sport.
NC State Auditor Les Merritt considers the 27,000 false SSNs a potential Homeland Security risk. He points out that licenses can be used to get jobs and as identification.
Marriage was a mystery that Dr. McKenney experienced first hands. Her parents had started as a team and gone their separate ways when she was a teenager. They had stayed married in name only.
Raleigh, NC and more particularly North Raleigh is for most of the year a place where nature fights to keep a firm grasp on its place in the natural order.
In a tribute in part to Phylis Gretzky the famous "Hockey Mom" hundreds of big, bruising atletes will be playing with dainty pink sticks as the take to the ice in mid-March.
A white powder hoax costs the taxpayers while shutting down the Campaign Headquarters of Presidential hopeful John Edwards in Chapel Hill, NC.
Having grown up on the coast of Maine, fried seafood has always been a favorite. Raleigh has excellent seafood restaurants.
Coach Mike Krzyzewski (Coach K) of Duke Basketball fame is finally speaking up after a year of silence while the school trashed the Lacrosse season and suspended the accused
Raleigh is a city in its early adolescence. It is not big like Boston or Philadelphia. It is just acquiring things without a clear picture of how to make the best of them. It is an advernture happening!
This trail goes through the heart of Schenck Forest one of North Carolinas best kept forest preserves.
2006-2007 was a tough season for the Bent Creek Trail. Hurricane Alberto and a careless person who improperly stored a dangerous chemical (to fish and dogs) put the trail through its paces.
Edward Teach was a resident of Bath, NC and did most of his pirating elsewhere. The Queen Anne's Revenge was one of the largest pirate ships to sail during the early 1700s.
It has been a long, long road from the nineteen eighties to this last week for the Osprey. Unlike the bird it is named for the V-22 has had a difficult time learning to fly.
The Duke Lacrosse case couldn't get much stranger than it is. The three accused students still have pending charges. The accuser has a baby by someone else. The DA has charges before the State Bar.
In the 1880's when many Europeans were emmigrating to the United States, apparently some domestic birds had the same calling. Some of these are now free ranging birds living in new places.
A really good Greenway encourages its use by being open to all the ways people like to enjoy nature. The Raleigh Greenway System with its abundant trails has places for all uses.
Disc Golf is a popular sport in the Triangle Area including Raleigh. Like any sport, this sport has its own hazards.
Cedar Hills Rotary Park is home to disc golf. It is also a wonderful park for basketball, tennis, children's playground activities and viewing birds.
Durant Trail on the Raleigh Greenway System is a long dry paved trail with reasonable distance markers. The trail is bordered on one side by Durant Nature Park and the other by a thin barrier of trees.
Dr. Bedlack has proven skilled in identifying Spastic Paraplegia when other doctors misdiagnosed the disease. His experience with ALS has helped him in developing meaningful research in SP and HSP.
Good people do suffer from bad problems. Spastic Paraplegia is one of those evils that happens, often in the prime of life, and steals the ability to walk and talk while replacing it with unbearable pain.
Birds sometimes show up far from where we expect them. In Raleigh many of these birds show up on the beautiful Raleigh Greenway System trails.
Although horse facilities for the private horse owner are being pushed out by developers. Horses still have a home at the Hunt Horse Complex. Local shops provide tack for these horse owners.
Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, with whom Scott Rice plays violin, are reported to be magnificent musicians. Today in a Solo slot, Scott played the most angelic of tunes in honor of his first grandson, Jack.
The immigration into the state from all sources seems to be based on the idea that this is a great place to live.
Learning how to care can help when we need the care of others to make our lives complete. Pastor Long has a history of caring but for some months will need the care of others.
Though we have come a long way, the journey to a fairer and more just nation is a journey that has no end. This trek brings travelers into contact with where we are and where we need to go.
Industry used to be able to act solely for profit, now the investors are making sure that there actions protect the environment too!
In two partner households do adoptive parents provide more resources to their children than biological parents? This study that at least on average, they do.
All of us at times have difficulty describing who we are. Usually we us where our recent ancestors came from to describe ourselfs. For African Americans who also have Indian heritage this can be very complex.
Sea gulls have made many places in Raleigh home. A true native of the area the beautiful Blue Heron has nothing to fear as it is better suited for the natural environment here.
Blue Heron's and other birds seen in North Carolina are always a treat to see. They are excellent fishers and have very interesting colors in their plumage.
Indian tribes have made progress in many ways in recent years. Gambling casinos have lifted some of the economic burden from the tribes. However limits established on tribal police has allowed drug dealers to take advantage of the situation. Now the tribes are fighting back.