Where the Two Rivers Meet - New Bern, NC: Morning Dog Show on the River

"It appeared from nowhere...."

"If you come to New Bern make sure to notice about the Monsignor who is buried in the front yard of his home on Middle St. Evidently, he liked to sit on the porch and watch the sunsets, so when he died in 1952 they buried him right there in the front yard--a step away from his porch.

Even for as many, many days and times that I have walked down the sidewalk by the Catholic Charities, I have never noticed that tabletop marker before. And then, on that day, it just seemed to appear from nowhere.

That's the way it is in New Bern. You may walk the neighborhood a thousand times in your lifetime, but on any day (it's usually the evening walks) you will see something that you've never seen before, although it has been sitting right there for a hundred years."

Rosemary Osterhus to a friend -- 2010

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Morning Dog Show on the River

Golden morning

A lot of stuff to see

"I was up at daybreak taking the clothes down to the washroom. As I glanced up and saw the breaking sky, I made a quick decision to head to the river with my camera to try to capture a mood of the slow Sun coming up in the East. Bayard Wooten, situated in her home on East Front Street, would have seen this same sun break most every morning of her life. As I turned the curve by Bayard's homeplace (the Louisiana House) I figured I would be the first and only early riser there, but as the bright river came into view from around the curve, I realized just how wrong I was! It looked like the New Bern Dog Show coming down the sidewalks on the banks of the river! Man (woman) and animal alike were strutting and happy. As if in fantasy I saw the most elegant white poodle prancing by the River Side. She must have been misplaced here from a foreign Palace-- she was that beautiful." (Rosemary Osterhus in an email to a friend, August 15, 2010)

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