Margaret Rudd Bishop's (margaretbishop) Blog

Smithville Woods Building lot fronting Robert Ruark Drive reduced to $47,500.  This is an appealing residential neighborhood.  Great Special on this lot.

Wonderland Farm has been operating in their NE Brunswick County location since 1999.  They have many horses and ponies of all sizes and temperments.  I delivered 4 of my Grandchildren there this morning, one in the Tiny Riders section for 5 and under and three in the next age group up.  Mike, one...

Just walked on the beach from McGlamery Street to the Pier and back.  There was a spirited game of beach volleyball going on at the pier, and there was also great music for the enjoyment of those on the beach.  There were only three or four people fishing, but the acquisition of this pier for the...

Preservation North Carolina worked with me in selling the "Charles Holt" home in Alamance County.  This Queen Anne Victorian designed by architect Charles Barbour was one or the more ornate textile mansions built in Alamance County.  Thankfully it was purchased by a Building Contractor who specia...

Construction on the Oak Island Bridge resumed.  This new entrance to Oak Island off of Highway 211 has created a scramble of annexation.  Looks like the Town of Oak Island is going to prevail. 

There are many opportunities to go charter fishing out of Southport, including but not limited to Blue Water Point Marina and South Harbour Marina.   My neighbor Mike Helms who is Captain of the Salty Dog Charter Boat recently was named as the Best  Charter Fishing Boat in the 2009 Brunswick Coun...

There is a wonderful map of coastal NC in the Coastal Boating Guide that is produced in partnership with the www.ncwaterways.com.  One useful link if you're planning a tour of the region, on the water or on land, is the Intracoastal Waterway Drawbridge schedules which you can find by following th...

Many years ago, in the evening, at the beach, the conversation with the locals boys and girls would invariably get around to either "turtle egging", which was the equivalent of "parking", or to crashing the gate at Fort Caswell, which happened to be the site at the end of Caswell Beach which was ...

Oceanfront Living at Caswell Beach was great fun with my friends Billy & Lois.   We would have cookouts followed by late night swims, and once when we had a rare snowfall I skiied down the Sand Dune (not politically correct now) and got my photo in the State Port Pilot. It helped that I had my ow...

I drove by Potters Market this morning and they have a chalk message on a blackboard mounted outside on their wall, that they don't have any shrimp yet because the shrimp aren't here yet.  Potters market is the one directly on the Old Yacht Basin and its painted yellow.  I'm looking forward to se...