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CDP Theme Day / Wordless |
April 1, 2025
March 31, 2025
New Mural at the Ice Cream Depot
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Mosaic Monday / Murals |
March 30, 2025
End of March Blossoms

March 29, 2025
Saturday Critters, Late March
A bird keeps tapping on the glass of my back door. At first, I thought that it did not know that there was glass there so I placed window clings on the panes. Not only did that fail to help, but the bird was perching on the wooden dividers and deliberately tapping with its beak. Was it telling me to come out and fill the feeders? That’s possible! I’ve seen birds peer in the windows before when the feeders were empty, although typically they just sit on the railing and stare at the door, as if watching for me to appear with some food. Squirrel sometimes do this too.
The bird was a Carolina wren. They are pretty easy to identify. This one is perched on the feeder cam.
March 28, 2025
Unrelated Pictures for Friday
It’s helpful to me to have topics for today because I’m feeling distracted. The pain in my knees feels like burning, and the events in my country have my mind spinning.
March 27, 2025
This Morning at 7
Sunrise
Charlie woke me up early this morning. He wanted to go outside for his morning walk, and I got him to wait for a short time so it wouldn’t be dark outside. We went out when I could see light in the sky, and I was rewarded with a pretty sunrise.
That left knee has been painful since before Christmas. Now the right leg is hurting too. I still have to walk the dog multiple times a day. That makes it hard to rest enough to know if it makes a difference. I’m starting to feel like a little old lady, and I guess that makes sense at my age. I just thought that somehow (magically?) it wouldn’t happen to me.
March 26, 2025
Wild Bird Wednesday, from the Birdfy Camera
One of the birds that the automatic camera recorded was a song sparrow. I’m always glad to see it because it doesn’t visit very often.
The tufted titmouse came back, and once again his peaceful meal was interrupted by another bird. There was no victor this time, for they both flew off.
March 25, 2025
March 24, 2025
Salvation Bears
Front Royal, VA
March 23, 2025
Blooming Colors
I always get excited when the first flowers of spring appear. I'm compelled to take pictures of them, although in a few weeks, I'll start taking them for granted.
All of these pictures are from my neighborhood.
March 22, 2025
Charlie, Alone and With Friend

March 21, 2025
100 Years of the Appalachian Trail Conservancy
When I read that this month is the centennial of the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, I knew I should take some pictures for this blog. I headed for the trail crossing on Remount Road (522) near Front Royal.

A sign provides general information about the trail along with information about the town of Front Royal, which invites hikers to spend time and money. I’ve seen long-distance hikers in town buying supplies including replacement footwear. By the time a through-hiker reaches this point from the trailhead in Georgia, they have walked 965 miles (1553 km)! If they make it to the northern terminus in Maine, that’s about another 1216 miles. A surprising number of people hike the entire length, Many more just hike some section of it. When I was younger, I did a number of short hikes on the trail in Shenandoah National Park. My parents enjoyed doing day hikes there and would take us kids, with canteens of water and some sandwiches and snacks.
The first section of the Appalachian Trail was completed in 1923 in New York State. The Appalachian Trail Conservancy was formed in 1925 to advocate for and protect the trail. The trail was completed in 1937 and has been modified since then.
Most of it is a lot more rugged than this boardwalk suggests. Here it crosses a small creek within sight of Remount Road. This area can get quite swampy, so the boardwalk keeps it passable.
March 20, 2025
It’s Vernal Equinox Day
...Better known as the first day of Spring!