But can you see it from the ocean?

In Oklahoma they’re replacing their lawn jockeys with faux-Cape Hatteras lighthouses.

An excellent use for those solar-powered garden lights.

Countdown to ArtSync Magazine

ArtSync Magazine is on track to launch March 2.

In the first issue you’ll find the Top 10 Cover Contest Finalists, “The History of NC Punk Rock: 1977-1984″; a profile of Revonda Roberts & Harvest Wind, contemporary bluegrass band; a National Artist Profile of Robert Williams; a North Carolina Artist Profile of potter Betsy Sellers; “The Print Process,” an interview with Zach Schaeffer of Image Monster and more.

Mt. Rushmore sculptor’s work at state capitol to be restored

Who links Mount Rushmore with the first Tar Heel to fall in the Civil War and Gov. Charles B. Aycock? The answer is Gutzon Borglum, the distinguished American sculptor of four massive presidential busts and also of two monuments in Raleigh’s Capitol Square, the likenesses of Henry Lawson Wyatt and Gov. Aycock.

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Revolutionary (or retro) gas-free riding lawnmower

This enterprising individual in Nags Head has whipped himself up a riding lawnmower for the post-gasoline age.