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Today: stalking trains, tractors and lilies

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A diesel engine belonging to the Yadkin Valley Railroad stands idle on a sidetrack at Donnaha, right beside the Yadkin River. Yadkin Valley Railroad is a tiny railroad owned by Gulf and Ohio. It has two lines — one from Rural Hall to Mount Airy (48 miles), and another from Rural Hall to Elkin and North Wilkesboro (66 miles). Donnaha is on the Elkin/North Wilkesboro line. Rural Hall is in Forsyth County right on the Stokes County line.

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That white Jeep gets around.

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I’ve never seen a tractor I didn’t love. This one belongs to the railroad, and I have no idea what kind of work it does.

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A day lily at Holden Gardens in Yadkin County. Holden Gardens raises a wide variety of day lilies. I put in an order for 300 fans of plain old roadside lilies. Holden Gardens is off Courtney-Huntsville Road about four miles from my mother’s place.

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The homeplace at Holden Gardens.

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The wellhouse at the Holden Gardens homeplace.

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Day lilies with tractor at Holden Gardens

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Day lily with beetle

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One of the owner-operators at Holden Gardens

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