Posts tagged NC

And here’s some folks dancing to the Cupid Shuffle in Dunn, North Carolina. #cutarug

I want to ride my bicycle 
I want to ride my bike 
I want to ride my bicycle 
I want to ride it where I like

Bicycle Race in Downtown Sanford, North Carolina on April 28th, 2013.

How high can your throw your sheaf? Sheaf Tossing event at the 2013 Triad Highland Games. 

Broadway Our Way Festival 2013 in Broadway, North Carolina

This past Saturday, Nicole and Jim of the H&C Run Club took part in the RWHRMA 5K. The funds from the event went to support the Raleigh Rescue Mission and The Healing Place. Jim finished first in the men’s division and Nicole came in 3rd overall in the women’s division. Congrats on a great run!

This past Saturday, Nicole and Jim of the H&C Run Club took part in the RWHRMA 5K. The funds from the event went to support the Raleigh Rescue Mission and The Healing Place. Jim finished first in the men’s division and Nicole came in 3rd overall in the women’s division. Congrats on a great run!

northstatenerd: What Makes NC Great? State Symbols! Most people know that the official flower of North Carolina is the Dogwood, and the state bird is the cardinal. But there are many other state symbols that people may not know about. These may seem like silly old symbols, but the most recent symbol, the state butterfly was added just last year! Here is a list of all of the official stet symbols of North Carolina! Berries, Blue: Blueberry; Red:Strawberry Beverage:Milk     Bird: Cardinal          Butterfly: Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Carnivorous Plant: Venus Flytrap Colors:  Red and Blue Christmas Tree: Fraser Fir Dog: Plott Hound Flower: Dogwood Folk Dance: Clogging Freshwater Trout: Southern Appalachian Brook Trout Fruit: Scuppernong Grape Historical Boat: Shad Boat Horse: Colonial Spanish Mustang Insect: Honeybee Mammal: Grey Squirrel Mineral: Gold Nickname: The Old North State or The Tar Heel State Popular Dance: Shagging         Precious Stone: Emerald          Reptile: Eastern Box Turtle Rock: Granite           Saltwater Fish: Channel bass Shell: Scotch Bonnet Song: “The Old North State,” words by William Gaston, music by Mrs. E. E. Randolph             Sport: Stock Car Racing Tartan: Carolina Tartan Toast: “A Toast to North Carolina” Tree: Pine Vegetable: Sweet Potato Wildflower: Carolina Lily More information on all of the state symbols is available on the NC Secretary of State’s website. Awesome North Carolina post! 

northstatenerd:

What Makes NC Great? State Symbols!

Most people know that the official flower of North Carolina is the Dogwood, and the state bird is the cardinal. But there are many other state symbols that people may not know about. These may seem like silly old symbols, but the most recent symbol, the state butterfly was added just last year!

Here is a list of all of the official stet symbols of North Carolina!

  • Berries, Blue: Blueberry; Red:Strawberry
  • Beverage:Milk    
  • Bird: Cardinal         
  • Butterfly: Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
  • Carnivorous Plant: Venus Flytrap
  • Colors:  Red and Blue
  • Christmas Tree: Fraser Fir
  • Dog: Plott Hound
  • Flower: Dogwood
  • Folk Dance: Clogging
  • Freshwater Trout: Southern Appalachian Brook Trout
  • Fruit: Scuppernong Grape
  • Historical Boat: Shad Boat
  • Horse: Colonial Spanish Mustang
  • Insect: Honeybee
  • Mammal: Grey Squirrel
  • Mineral: Gold
  • Nickname: The Old North State or The Tar Heel State
  • Popular Dance: Shagging        
  • Precious Stone: Emerald         
  • Reptile: Eastern Box Turtle
  • Rock: Granite          
  • Saltwater Fish: Channel bass
  • Shell: Scotch Bonnet
  • Song: “The Old North State,” words by William Gaston, music by Mrs. E. E. Randolph            
  • Sport: Stock Car Racing
  • Tartan: Carolina Tartan
  • Toast: “A Toast to North Carolina”
  • Tree: Pine
  • Vegetable: Sweet Potato
  • Wildflower: Carolina Lily

More information on all of the state symbols is available on the NC Secretary of State’s website.

Awesome North Carolina post! 

sidda: sunset. #wilmington #northcarolina #nc #riverwalk #latergram It’s about that time! 

sidda:

sunset. #wilmington #northcarolina #nc #riverwalk #latergram

It’s about that time! 

Check out two new members of the Hardison & Cochran Run Club. Hey 4 legs are better than 2, amirite? Porter, the chocolate with his tongue out, and Cooper, the yellow who seems to not like post race media coverage, came in first and second out of all canines at the Lucky Leprechaun 5K in Brunswick County on March 16th. Congrats to Porter and Cooper. 

Check out two new members of the Hardison & Cochran Run Club. Hey 4 legs are better than 2, amirite? Porter, the chocolate with his tongue out, and Cooper, the yellow who seems to not like post race media coverage, came in first and second out of all canines at the Lucky Leprechaun 5K in Brunswick County on March 16th. Congrats to Porter and Cooper. 

jessiebee6: Biltmore House wow. no more comment needed. 

jessiebee6:

Biltmore House

wow. no more comment needed. 

staycuteandclassy: So many feels for my beach right now. Good stuff. We’re getting that summer feel. 

staycuteandclassy:

So many feels for my beach right now.

Good stuff. We’re getting that summer feel.