Weblog Post #2500

I started this blog five years ago, inspired by my daughter Marie's blog. Since this is my 2500th post, I'm averaging 500 posts a year. Some are very short, perhaps just a title and a photo. Others are fairly long and complex. Sometimes I even code tables in HTML in order to keep multiple pictures lined up.

Since June marks the anniversary of my blog, I looked back at my June posts over the years. Last June (2009) included pictures of our trip to the Carolinas and Savannah, plus some old family photos, including one that I inherited of a musical group comprised of Civil War veterans called the the Old Soldier Fiddlers which has since been used in a book called My Old Confederate Home by Rusty Williams. I received my complimentary copy a few days ago. (Thanks, Rusty!)

The June 2008 archive shows our trip to Chincoteague with a stop at Fortress Monroe and a day at Busch Gardens, plus some Civil War tour photos.

In June 2007, my husband had surgery for prostate cancer so I wrote about his hospital stays. Also in that month I shared local photos including Basye and Quicksburg, plus a Civil War field trip to West Virginia (mostly shown on an earlier page of that month's archive).

June 2006 shows a variety of topics including Lexington VA, Glebe Harbor, a visit from Frank's grandsons, my g-g-grandfather's Bible, and a West Virginia field trip covering the Civil War struggle over the Kanawha Valley.

This June has just begun. We've only made vague plans for a vacation but I think we're ready to make a decision and schedule a trip.