Photographed in late September in the Croatan National Forest in an area that had been burned in the late spring.

The latest issue of the Carrboro Commons includes this look at a history project to document and produce a play about the Pine Knolls and Northside neighborhoods in Carrboro and Chapel Hill. Also history related is this story on Fitch Lumber. A few Fitch facts:

Fitch Lumber was started in 1898 when A.B. Fitch, Mac’s grandfather, moved to Mebane and worked for a lumber company there. He bought the company in 1907, and the company operated as Fitch-Riggs Lumber until 1923 when he bought Riggs’ share of the company.