WEBVTT 00:00.767 --> 00:02.235 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% [electronic strings droning] 00:02.335 --> 00:06.239 align:left position:87.5% line:5% size:2.5% ♪ 00:06.339 --> 00:08.241 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5% [piano notes lead] 00:08.341 --> 00:10.877 align:left position:30% line:77% size:60% (elderly man) It's never really mattered to us 00:10.977 --> 00:14.214 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% how it came here or why it was here, 00:14.314 --> 00:17.650 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% but we felt the necessity to try to protect it 00:17.751 --> 00:20.253 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% as much as we could. 00:20.353 --> 00:23.256 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% If it needs somethin', what does it need? 00:23.356 --> 00:30.697 align:left position:87.5% line:5% size:2.5% ♪ 00:30.797 --> 00:32.699 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Well, most every morning is-- 00:32.799 --> 00:35.502 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% is the best time of the day for me. 00:35.602 --> 00:37.737 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% I'm always loved early mornings. 00:37.837 --> 00:40.140 align:left position:87.5% line:5% size:2.5% ♪ 00:40.240 --> 00:42.575 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% And I like to make my coffee, 00:42.675 --> 00:46.946 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% sit in a chair, and just kinda meditate. 00:47.047 --> 00:50.150 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% I enjoy watching the sunrise. 00:50.250 --> 00:53.353 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Frequently, when I'm lookin' out over the water, 00:53.453 --> 00:55.021 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5% that comes to mind, 00:55.121 --> 00:59.426 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% about how much things have changed in my lifetime. 00:59.526 --> 01:02.095 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% [musical mood brightens] 01:02.195 --> 01:04.631 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% It was, uh, a young boy's dream 01:04.731 --> 01:07.033 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% to have a home on the water, 01:07.133 --> 01:10.904 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% look out, and enjoy the view that's offered every day. 01:11.004 --> 01:12.906 align:left position:87.5% line:5% size:2.5% ♪ 01:13.006 --> 01:15.241 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Across the way is Jockey Ridge. 01:15.341 --> 01:16.976 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% It's not growing in height. 01:17.077 --> 01:18.678 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% It's growing in diameter, 01:18.778 --> 01:21.081 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% as all the hills do in this area. 01:21.181 --> 01:23.349 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% They move to the southwest. 01:23.450 --> 01:27.854 align:left position:87.5% line:5% size:2.5% ♪ 01:27.954 --> 01:31.858 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% My parents and grandparents that were here on the island 01:31.958 --> 01:36.896 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% said that the island was always full of grapevines. 01:36.996 --> 01:39.232 align:left position:87.5% line:5% size:2.5% ♪ 01:39.332 --> 01:40.667 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% And most every family 01:40.767 --> 01:43.069 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% on the north end of Roanoke Island 01:43.169 --> 01:46.206 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% had a scuppernong grapevine in their yard. 01:46.306 --> 01:49.209 align:left position:87.5% line:5% size:2.5% ♪ 01:49.309 --> 01:52.078 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% The north part being a sandy soil-- 01:52.178 --> 01:54.514 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% it's what the grapevines look for. 01:54.614 --> 01:56.249 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% But the rest of the island 01:56.349 --> 01:58.384 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% and the south part of the island, 01:58.485 --> 02:00.520 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% they'd have very few grapevines down there, 02:00.620 --> 02:03.923 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and so the grocery stores had a market for 'em. 02:04.023 --> 02:07.861 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% My first money that went in my pocket that I made 02:07.961 --> 02:11.164 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% came from the sale of grapes off the grapevine, 02:11.264 --> 02:13.500 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% old scuppernong grapes. 02:13.600 --> 02:16.836 align:left position:87.5% line:5% size:2.5% ♪ 02:16.936 --> 02:20.974 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% In 1939, I was pickin' some grapes 02:21.074 --> 02:23.676 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% at my grandmother's and grandfather's yard 02:23.776 --> 02:26.279 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% when I saw a lotta smoke. 02:26.379 --> 02:29.149 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% My grandfather had an old Model T truck. 02:29.249 --> 02:31.551 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% He said, "Let's ride downtown and-- 02:31.651 --> 02:33.620 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% and see what's happening." 02:33.720 --> 02:36.756 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% It was quite a scene, 02:36.856 --> 02:38.925 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5% major fire in town 02:39.025 --> 02:44.030 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% that destroyed probably 50%, 60% of our town waterfront 02:44.130 --> 02:46.866 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% with what stores and post office 02:46.966 --> 02:49.202 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% and everything on the waterfront. 02:49.302 --> 02:51.638 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% [guitar leads solemn score] 02:51.738 --> 02:54.807 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% At the time that I first spotted the fire, 02:54.908 --> 02:58.077 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% I was on top of the grapevine, picking grapes. 02:58.178 --> 03:00.480 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5% [violin leads] 03:00.580 --> 03:03.950 align:left position:87.5% line:5% size:2.5% ♪ 03:04.050 --> 03:06.519 align:left position:15% line:77% size:75% [off-screen] Bigger piece, that's a bigger piece there. 03:06.619 --> 03:08.521 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% [voice-over] When we first moved here, 03:08.621 --> 03:13.826 align:left position:32.5% line:5% size:57.5% which was 1957, I think it was, 03:13.927 --> 03:16.196 align:left position:27.5% line:5% size:62.5% the grapevine I knew all about-- 03:16.296 --> 03:19.699 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% I knew it was there, and we knew--we joined it. 03:19.799 --> 03:22.402 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% (Estelle) 03:19.799 --> 03:22.402 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Th  03:19.799 --> 03:22.402 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% e vine ties you an  d I together 03:22.502 --> 03:24.370 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% for all these years. 03:24.470 --> 03:26.673 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% (Jack, voice-over) First important thing to us 03:26.773 --> 03:30.643 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% was the fact that that's our neighbor. 03:30.743 --> 03:32.412 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% That's a good neighbor. 03:32.512 --> 03:34.414 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55% They won't-- we won't have 03:34.514 --> 03:36.716 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% any hard times with each other. 03:36.816 --> 03:38.718 align:left position:87.5% line:5% size:2.5% ♪ 03:38.818 --> 03:41.721 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% With this age, you never know what to expect, 03:41.821 --> 03:44.390 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% I guess, but the harshness of the winter 03:44.490 --> 03:46.793 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% doesn't really concern me about the vine. 03:46.893 --> 03:49.796 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% I figure it's-- if it's been here this long 03:49.896 --> 03:52.799 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% and done well that weather's not gonna be the-- 03:52.899 --> 03:55.134 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% the key to a problem with it. 03:55.235 --> 03:58.504 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% The main thing is to make sure that it starts 03:58.605 --> 04:00.907 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% to bud around everywhere. 04:01.007 --> 04:04.077 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% We haven't had the weather that will bring it out, 04:04.177 --> 04:06.145 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% but I think it's comin'. 04:06.246 --> 04:09.015 align:left position:87.5% line:5% size:2.5% ♪ 04:09.115 --> 04:12.785 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% In the early part of spring, as it changes 04:12.885 --> 04:17.156 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% over to warmer weather, the sap begins to rise. 04:17.257 --> 04:23.363 align:left position:87.5% line:5% size:2.5% ♪ 04:23.463 --> 04:25.098 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% Frequently when I'm lookin' out 04:25.198 --> 04:27.200 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% over the water, there's never a time 04:27.300 --> 04:29.269 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% that I can't sit in a chair there 04:29.369 --> 04:31.004 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% and look out and see something 04:31.104 --> 04:33.006 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% I'm real happy to look at 04:33.106 --> 04:35.108 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% and enjoy and appreciate the fact 04:35.208 --> 04:38.244 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% that it's there and that I'm here to see it 04:38.344 --> 04:41.080 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% and how lucky I am to still be here. 04:41.180 --> 04:43.149 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% [airy, droning strings support piano] 04:43.249 --> 04:45.151 align:left position:87.5% line:5% size:2.5% ♪ 04:45.251 --> 04:48.788 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% In the spring, when it first starts to come back, 04:48.888 --> 04:50.590 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% and the first thing you know, 04:50.690 --> 04:52.558 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% you see little sprouts breaking off, 04:52.659 --> 04:54.927 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% and then the leaves start. 04:55.028 --> 04:59.932 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% It goes through just about the same stage every year. 05:00.033 --> 05:02.001 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% [undulating electronic droning] 05:02.101 --> 05:04.904 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% When that grapevine has green leaves, 05:05.004 --> 05:07.006 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% they stay green, no matter how much 05:07.106 --> 05:09.275 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% a lack of rain that we may have. 05:09.375 --> 05:11.077 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% Our yards may turn brown. 05:11.177 --> 05:13.513 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% Some of our trees may turn, 05:13.613 --> 05:16.316 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% but that grapevine feeds itself. 05:16.416 --> 05:20.887 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% It has, as most people say, as much root in the ground 05:20.987 --> 05:24.357 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% as it does vine on the top. 05:24.457 --> 05:28.494 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% There was some researcher from a college that came here 05:28.594 --> 05:30.963 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% who had tried to determine the age. 05:31.064 --> 05:33.466 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% At that time, they started talkin' about 05:33.566 --> 05:36.035 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% in excess of 400 years old, 05:36.135 --> 05:38.905 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% the theory that it was probably 05:39.005 --> 05:42.575 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% the first cultivated vine in America, 05:42.675 --> 05:46.913 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And it was the old Mother Grapevine. 05:47.013 --> 05:51.150 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% How the Mother Vine got here, I really don't know. 05:51.250 --> 05:53.686 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% There have been so many stories, 05:53.786 --> 05:55.121 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% everything from the fact 05:55.221 --> 05:58.091 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% that it was brought over by the Lost Colony 05:58.191 --> 06:01.194 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% to where the Indians cultivated it. 06:01.294 --> 06:04.530 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% (Estelle) One of 'em said they were sure 06:04.630 --> 06:08.668 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% that the colony had cuttings on that ship 06:08.768 --> 06:12.538 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% from a scuppernong grape that they brought over 06:12.638 --> 06:17.910 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% at the time they actually landed in this area. 06:18.010 --> 06:21.280 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Another one, that when they arrived, 06:21.381 --> 06:25.318 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% there was the sweet aroma of grapes. 06:25.418 --> 06:29.255 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Everything smelled like grapes. 06:29.355 --> 06:31.257 align:left position:50% line:89% size:40% Which was right? 06:31.357 --> 06:33.993 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40% No one would ever know. 06:34.093 --> 06:37.063 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% (Jack) Only thing I can tell you is, 06:37.163 --> 06:40.700 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% I know that it's been here 90 years. 06:40.800 --> 06:43.636 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% [piano leads reflective arrangement] 06:43.736 --> 06:46.272 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% It's never really mattered to us 06:46.372 --> 06:49.542 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% how it came here or why it was here, 06:49.642 --> 06:53.179 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% but we felt the necessity to try to protect it 06:53.279 --> 06:57.183 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% as much as we could. 06:57.283 --> 07:00.586 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% It was about three or four years ago. 07:00.686 --> 07:03.990 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% It came as a surprise. 07:04.090 --> 07:06.259 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% Everything was doing normal. 07:06.359 --> 07:08.261 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% [guitar melody joins] 07:08.361 --> 07:11.264 align:left position:87.5% line:5% size:2.5% ♪ 07:11.364 --> 07:13.866 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% I noticed some browning in the leaves 07:13.966 --> 07:16.235 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% right on that power pole. 07:16.335 --> 07:18.337 align:left position:87.5% line:5% size:2.5% ♪ 07:18.438 --> 07:20.540 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% The power company, they were going 07:20.640 --> 07:22.308 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% all over Roanoke Island, 07:22.408 --> 07:25.278 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% and they were actually spraying and cutting, 07:25.378 --> 07:28.047 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% the clearance of the power lines. 07:28.147 --> 07:30.583 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Probably didn't even know what they were spraying. 07:30.683 --> 07:32.919 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Didn't realize it was a-- a grapevine 07:33.019 --> 07:35.054 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% that was important to anybody, 07:35.154 --> 07:37.857 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% and that spraying had started advancing 07:37.957 --> 07:40.760 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% real fast into the Mother Vine, 07:40.860 --> 07:45.164 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% and it looks for the roots to kill the vine. 07:45.264 --> 07:46.599 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5% So then, I knew 07:46.699 --> 07:49.101 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% we had to cut back onto the vine. 07:49.202 --> 07:51.804 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% We got ahold of a person down in Wilmington, 07:51.904 --> 07:54.373 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% and he cut a piece of the vine and says, 07:54.474 --> 07:56.242 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% "You see the little brown in there?" 07:56.342 --> 07:57.710 align:left position:55% line:89% size:35% Said yep. 07:57.810 --> 07:59.712 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% He said, "That's poison, 07:59.812 --> 08:03.416 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% so I've got to cut further back on this vine than that." 08:03.516 --> 08:07.086 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% From the day that he came and started cutting the vine, 08:07.186 --> 08:08.888 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% it was probably six weeks. 08:08.988 --> 08:12.258 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% He did get ahead of it, and he did stop it. 08:12.358 --> 08:15.027 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% The power company-- they were as cooperative 08:15.127 --> 08:17.897 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% as anybody could ask anybody to be. 08:17.997 --> 08:21.300 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% I'm so happy that it did work out that way 08:21.400 --> 08:24.203 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% and that the vine is, in my opinion, 08:24.303 --> 08:26.906 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% over the shock of the poison. 08:27.006 --> 08:31.210 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% And I hope the vine appreciates the protection 08:31.310 --> 08:33.346 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% that we're trying to give it. 08:33.446 --> 08:36.582 align:left position:87.5% line:5% size:2.5% ♪ 08:36.682 --> 08:38.584 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% [reflective piano theme] 08:38.684 --> 08:41.187 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% I've had such a great life... 08:41.287 --> 08:43.122 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5% no complaints. 08:43.222 --> 08:45.858 align:left position:87.5% line:5% size:2.5% ♪ 08:45.958 --> 08:47.226 align:left position:57.5% line:83% size:32.5% (Estelle) Good morning. 08:47.326 --> 08:48.594 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% (Jack) Good morning. 08:48.694 --> 08:50.062 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% (Estelle) heh, heh...heh 08:50.162 --> 08:53.065 align:left position:27.5% line:77% size:62.5% (Jack, interview) Maybe my life span has something to do 08:53.165 --> 08:55.067 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% with how much association I've had 08:55.167 --> 08:56.769 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% with scuppernong grapes. 08:56.869 --> 08:58.037 align:left position:37.5% line:89% size:52.5% Who knows? 08:58.137 --> 09:01.307 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% I can't say it does; I can't say it didn't. 09:01.407 --> 09:04.977 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55% Only thing I know is, I'm still enjoying it. 09:05.077 --> 09:07.346 align:left position:87.5% line:5% size:2.5% ♪ 09:07.446 --> 09:09.315 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55% (Estelle) You see some? 09:09.415 --> 09:11.484 align:left position:87.5% line:5% size:2.5% ♪ 09:11.584 --> 09:15.354 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% Oh yeah, I see 'em now, sure. 09:15.454 --> 09:19.225 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% I haven't given it as much time as Jack, 09:19.325 --> 09:22.428 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% but I love the vine. 09:22.528 --> 09:24.897 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% I mean, it's part of me. 09:24.997 --> 09:28.200 align:left position:87.5% line:5% size:2.5% ♪ 09:28.301 --> 09:30.903 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5% (Jack) Even today, 09:31.003 --> 09:33.739 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% when the time is right, 09:33.839 --> 09:35.408 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% you could ride anywhere 09:35.508 --> 09:37.643 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% up in this Mother Vineyard area, 09:37.743 --> 09:40.079 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% and you will get that aroma, 09:40.179 --> 09:43.115 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% a sweet, delicious smell... 09:43.215 --> 09:45.117 align:left position:87.5% line:5% size:2.5% ♪ 09:45.217 --> 09:47.920 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% from the old Mother Grapevine. 09:48.020 --> 09:50.523 align:left position:87.5% line:5% size:2.5% ♪