Beaver Creek Church of the Brethren

Since some of my ancestors are buried in the cemetery of this church in Maryland, we stopped by after visiting the quilt show at the nearby mill.

 The first photo is slightly altered in Photoshop. I wanted a view that represented what this church used to look like so I cropped off the large addition, changed the picture to black and white, and then applied some filters to bring back the contrast.

Links: Map Showing Location

and also Black and White Wednesday

On the Outskirts of Beaver Creek

Washington County, Maryland

I saw a sign for the School House Museum and followed the road out to see it and take a picture. There was a small church next door and a large one across the road. Each building had shared architectural

elements but was distinctly different.

Beaver Creek School Museum

St. Matthews Lutheran Church

Beaver Creek Christian Church

Downtown Beaver Creek

A Fine Barn

"Homeplace, 1791"

Some of my ancestors lived in the small town of Beaver Creek, Maryland. It's not far from the West Virginia state line.

I love the sturdy old limestone buildings! They look strong enough to provide shelter from any storm.

See my Beaver Creek posts.

See Doub's Mill Historic District on the National Register

Looking Out the Back Door

Finally it looks like we have a tenant for the house in Glebe Harbor! It's taken a while because the location is not close to any major employment centers. However, the property is on a cove and there's a nice view from the back door.

This picture is my selection for the City Daily Photo Theme: Looking Out.

More Scenes at Peggy's

Michele and Meadow Petting Mouse

Marie and Marcus

The post-Thanksgiving brunch at my sister's house was great fun.  The children stole the show! They are members of Elias and Michele's family. Not in my photos are Frank and my niece's husband Dora. They sat back and quietly observed the cousins and sisters chattering and the little ones playing.    November 2013 Photos
	Sophia

Peggy

Silly Cousins

When my daughters were small, I photographed them until they got tired of it and just made faces when they saw the camera pointing at them. Sometimes they still do. Add to that the general fun of getting together with their cousins who live over six hours away and the resulting group photos often look goofy. Well, at least they are having a good time!

Elias, Meadow, Lynn, Marie and
(in the front row) Marcus, Sophia, and Mouse

Me and My Sister

Linda and Peggy,  Yesterday

Brief Note about Thanksgiving

Our Thanksgiving Holiday was yesterday. I hope your day was enjoyable!

My younger daughter visited us for a few days and left this afternoon. Yesterday we met Frank's middle daughter and her husband for lunch. Today my older daughter joined us and we went to my sister's house for a pleasant visit.

I am thankful that my family is fun to be with.

 Linking to Orange You Glad It's Friday

Cullers Overlook on Thanksgiving Day

We weren't planning to go to Shenandoah River State Park yesterday afternoon. We were in Front Royal and decided to see if Skyline Drive was open. Unfortunately it was closed due to icy road conditions, so I suggested that we go to the State Park instead since it is nearby.

Cullers Overlook was spectacular as it usually is, even though most of autumn's colors have faded. (See the lovely view with fall foliage here.) The curves of the Shenandoah River are always scenic as seen from this view point. And we saw some hawks soaring overhead (pictured in my previous post).

Zoomed-in View of an Attractive House

Soaring Raptor

At Shenandoah River State Park with Marie

Linking to Skywatch Friday

Thanksgiving at Cracker Barrel

Frank, Marie, Allison, and Dave

I hope you were able to spend time with family and friends today.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wild Turkey Trio

Wild turkeys have made a comeback in Virginia. They have learned to live on the edges of the suburbs and their population has increased. Still, I haven't gotten many pictures of them. They seem shy of people.

We saw these turkeys crossing a road but by the time I pulled to the side and got my camera ready, they were disappearing into the woods.

Cute Kid in 1973

Marie is visiting for Thanksgiving and in honor of her grueling bus trip here I'm sharing this old photo of her.

I've noticed that the old black and white pictures in my family albums still look crisp, while most of the color photos look faded and slightly blurred.

Linking to: Black and White Wednesday

Enjoy Turkey Day!

This young artist is my daughter Marie when she was a child.

Oops, I placed my name on the picture in such a place that it looks like I drew that fine turkey. The placement was inadvertent. I have a little image of that I use as a signature block and I "paste" it on a corner of a picture in Photoshop before saving it as JPEGs.

Have a nice Thanksgiving!

Return to Doub's Mill

When we visited Beaver Creek in June, I filled out a request to be notified when the mill's Open House would be held. A couple of weeks ago I received a postcard telling of the Quilt Show/ Open House scheduled for Sunday, November 24. Unfortunately my sister and my daughters could not go, but Frank and I went and I was glad we did.

Beautiful quilts and some other items by various artisans were displayed inside the mill, which has been converted to an incredible residence by the owners.

In the living room there are windows looking down into the millrace, where water still flows!

I have an interest in this property because some of my ancestors lived and worked here, not in this building which was built later (in 1812) but in earlier buildings no doubt built of similar stones. I wrote about these ancestors, the Newcomers, in earlier posts.

I would not have known about this mill if I had not found the Doub's Mill website on the internet. It's a remarkable place and less than 90 minutes from my home.

Fallen Leaves

Maple Leaves