The View from Squirrel Ridge

Elias and Meadow in costume, some years ago. Contributed by my sister - thanks, Peggy!

Today Frank went up on the roof to wash the clerestory windows. I took the camera up to him so he could show me what the view looked liked f...

High on the top of Great North Mountain is a utility cut that provides great views. The picture of the rocks is for the geologists out there...

Lynn and Marie Javins, Oct. 1975 If you have been following my posts this month , you may have seen earlier pictures of my daughters in cost...

Among the items that I found while unpacking from our move are two tiny books. One is a copy of the New Testament from 1868, and the other i...

From our deck, 5:35 PM Yesterday

I've been working on revisions to the MCS Resources and Referral website. It includes a section on Multi-Sensory Sensitivity which res...

I've mentioned my food allergies before. Sometimes people ask why don't you cheat on your diet. Well, because I will suffer, that...

Through the window is the supervisor from the crew that put on our roof. He was up there measuring some windows that need to be replaced. An...

We're getting our roof re-shingled. A team from Tidewater Exteriors of Front Royal came Saturday and removed the old shingles, but there...

On the rail of our deck I have not bribed the squirrels at our new home enough to get them to pose, but this little fellow left his job as a...

Yesterday we drove to Orkney Springs for the unglamorous mission of taking trash and recycling to their respective dumpsters. Since it was a...

I've used AOL for a long time. It's enabled me to connect to the internet from anywhere in the US because they offer an 800 number f...

I came across the Hinkletown website because of a connection to my family tree. In 1846, Mordecai Suiter took his family to Iowa and settled...

Here in Shenandoah County, the trees are ablaze with color. The dry months of summer did not prevent a glorious autumn, although the oak lea...

Today our garage was covered in ladybugs! Turns out they are Asian Ladybugs, sometimes called Trick or Treat Lady Beetles, and they were loo...

Frank has joined Creekside Realty here in Basye . This should help him to market our chalet if needed. Not sure if it will be necessary sin...

If you follow Crooked Run Road west from Basye, you will labor up a twisty-turny road, back and forth up Great North Mountain. You leave the...

Today was sunny and the leaves are changing. This afternoon we took a little drive in the National Forest. Around 5:30 we saw this owl. He l...

We did some shopping in Winchester on Thursday and were going to have dinner at the new Outback on Route 11. It was too crowded though - a ...