In 2018, this brown pelican was a regular attraction at the Kure Beach Fishing Pier. He liked to sit on the small shelter at the end of the pier, waiting for fishy handouts.
My grandfather, Cleon Blackmon, bought this Case tractor brand new in 1951, the year I was born. As a child, I rode on the fender with him for hours at a time, while he worked the fields.