The View from Squirrel Ridge

Above: Josie's Preschool. It was a wear-green day. Left: Ryley reading inside the tent, which was set up in the living room.

A Navajo squash blossom necklace that belonged to my grandfather's sister or her daughter is up for auction on ebay. Starting price is ...

I haven't posted a squirrel picture in a while so I processed this one from last year.

The gastroenterologist in Winchester prescribed an antibiotic for me today. (Don't worry folks, bacterial dysbiosis is not contagious.)...

Last night I revised the Spiritual Singles Calendar and made updates on Javins.com . (The latter is one of my personal sites - Javins was ...

Our driveway is on a fairly steep hill so eventually it gets ruts. We got a new load of gravel today from Macanie Trucking, the same company...

This marker stands in front of the park on the South River at Port Republic, VA. Next to the picture below (of the periwinkle-covered founda...

These buildings are across from the park on the South River in Port Republic, VA. Above we see the old Town Hall. To the right is the James ...

Marie Alice and Marie Ellen Lynn and I drove up to Alexandria today to meet Marie at the Metro Station. That's our Marie on the right. N...

We were driving along route 717 in western Shenandoah County a few months ago when we saw cattle grazing at Liberty Furnace. It's a cha...

Lynn has assembled a collection of pictures of folks reading the 3-D World Atlas and Tour by Marie Javins. Peggy posed for a photo complete...

Top Row: Me, Allison, Peggy, Lynn Bottom Row: Benny and Frank Left-hand photo: Peggy and Barbara We had a nice turkey dinner with the usual ...

The early cold weather has enabled Bryce Resort to cover the ski slopes with snow earlier than usual. So the Ski Season will open tomorrow,...

I always miss my mother on holidays. Since I stayed in Virginia after I grew up, I always saw her and my dad on Thanksgiving and Christmas. ...

Marie and Lynn in 1968

We called Martha from Sheltie Rescue to see how Scamp is doing. He was out playing in the yard with her shelties. She said he is doing great...

Today in Harrisonburg, VA I met Lynn for lunch to celebrate her birthday. We also did a bit of shopping, mostly looking at cell phones. The ...

I checked my site statistics for Javins.com (a site I've had a long time but haven't done much with in recent years). I learned tha...