The View from Squirrel Ridge

  Seven Bends State Park The park’s LOVE sign was made from timbers that came from a barn that stood here when the property was a farm. The ...

Today was the first day this week that I took Charlie to a park. It’s been cold and some of the back roads still have icy patches. The road ...

 While snow was coming down on Sunday, these birds braved the weather to visit my feeder. Song Sparrow Cardinals The female cardinal appeare...

And it's too darn cold! Wordless Wednesday on Tuesday

Yesterday I wrote about the snowstorm which produced much less snow than predicted. It turned into icy rain, producing three inches of ice o...

Before I start talking about the weather, I'll share a nice sunset picture from Friday evening. You can see the contrails left by the je...

Note: We’re getting snow tonight and tomorrow, and possibly ice. Ice can cause his power outages As well as other inconveniences, so I hope ...

North Fork of the Shenandoah   This view is along a trail on the Hollingsworth Road side of Seven Bends State Park, Woodstock.  Our park was...

Most of these pictures are from three weeks ago. The first one shows a sign at the Family Drive-in in Stephens City. When it closed for the ...

According to Blogger Stats, this is Post #1,280 that is labeled "Birds." I have 9,350 posts total. I keep an eye on those statisti...