The View from Squirrel Ridge

It’s been six years since I’ve stopped at this church to take pictures. The only reason I stopped today was the Charlie was fussing in the ...

  Lindale Mennonite Cemetery   Linville, VA This cemetery on a hill "began in 1788 when pioneer Abraham Brenneman was bereaved of his w...

Smoke on the mountain! I knew what it was because I had seen an announcement that the forest service was going to do a prescribed burn at Wo...

Winchester, VA Orrick Cemetery is a historically black cemetery that’s over 100 years old. It was named for Robert Orrick, who donated ...

This is Mount Jackson UMC. I took the picture from the dog park, and originally I was going to include pictures of Charlie at the park, but ...

  Hampshire County, WV Capon Springs is a charming town known for its mineral springs. It was established as the town of Watson in 1787, but...

The annual art show in The Plains, Virginia, is always worth seeing. It’s in the beautiful Grace Episcopal Church, and stained glass windows...

Loudoun County, VA This Baptist Church was established in 1885. It is in the village of St. Louis, which was established by formerly enslave...

Friedens Church was organized in the mid-1700s. The older section of the current church dates to the early 1800s. There are Revolutionary Wa...

  Friedens Church Cemetery  

  Cloud Street, Front Royal Wordless Wednesday on Tuesday

...Better known as the first day of Spring! Flowers are definitely starting to bloom. The first scene is in Winchester and the rest are near...

Mount Zion is a common name for churches around here. This one is a Lutheran church on Ridge Road northwest of New Market. It had its roots ...

New Market, VA Manor Memorial Methodist Church was integrated in 1965. I was surprised to see a marker about this story that was erected by ...

Yesterday’s post mentioned several old cemeteries in Shenandoah County.  Since I was in Strasburg today, I went by the Mount Zion Methodist...

Do you give yourself photography assignments? I've been blogging for over 19 years, and I find myself looking for particular subjects wh...

Strasburg, VA This building is associated with St. Paul Lutheran Church. I stopped there this afternoon to leave a few items in the Blessing...