StarPhoto/Larry N. Souders Is this a scene from Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds or just a bunch of Canadian Geese looking a late afternoon soccer match? We report, you decide.

StarPhoto/Larry N. Souders A field of Black-eyed Susan’s, in full bloom, line the side of Parkway Blvd in Elizabethton.

StarPhoto/Larry N. Souders So let's play a game of what do you see in the clouds. Is it Sherk giving chase to Donkey or perhaps it’s Godzilla? What do you see?

StarPhoto/Larry N. Souders An owner and her two pups enjoy a late evening walk on the path by the Watauga River at Riverside Park.

StarPhoto/Larry N. Souders Seems like everywhere you turn people are mowing their lawns. With all the rainfall this summer, it seems like you have to do it almost every week.

StarPhoto/Larry N. Souders Elizabethton’s Lela Byrd turns on and drives a pitch delivered Collin Whitehead as they await the start of their evening baseball game at the Cat Island Baseball field near the Carter County Sheriff’s department.

StarPhoto/Larry N. Souders Because of a lack of a local skating rink Dylan Marko, who is skating for the first time ever on roller blades, and Bess Allen have turned the tennis courts at Cat Island into their own rink. They brought their own music and are enjoying a cool August afternoon skating by themselves.