The View from Squirrel Ridge

On Hupp's Hill Across from the museum and visitors center at Hupp's Hill you'll find a trail that deals with both the Civil War ...

Yesterday we went on the Victorian Christmas Candlelight Parlor Tour in Edinburg. We bought tickets at the mill and made the rounds. The sit...

When I'm going out for more than a half hour or so, I usually carry a camera with me. Here's a sunset that prompted me to pull into ...

We own some vacant land next to our rental property at Shenandoah River Lakes and a few months ago Frank hired someone to cut down some br...

We went to Harrisonburg the other day to shop. Since temperatures were mild, I wanted to take a walk outdoors. We went to the Carrier Arbore...

Not a Fashionista Sometimes on anniversary posts I write a little something about myself, so today I will admit something that I am not: I a...

When I take Ben to the vet, I like to reward him with a nice walk afterward. Here we are in Woodstock at W.O. Riley Park. The sign on the ri...

We've tried to grow pampas grass but it didn't grow tall for us. This lush example is in Woodstock, Virginia, at W. O. Riley Park.

Marie sent me this glass kangaroo as part of her grab-bag souvenir program . If you want to order a souvenir, better hurry because she'...

My daughter Marie sent me this Tasmanian Devil oven mitt. She has now left Tasmania and is on Easter Island. The Tasmanian devil is the l...

Frank just listed a home for sale in section 10 of the resort. It's on the corner of Cottonwood Drive and he priced it to sell. He says ...

I just ordered another Blog2Print book. This one was for all blog entries for 2007. Previously I had purchased blog books for 2005 and 2006...

A little while ago I was sitting on the sofa browsing the web from my laptop when suddenly Whoomp! A beagle landed on my shoulder! He hunk...

A young squirrel showed up on our deck, smaller than the one who usually visits. He seemed timid and unsure of what to do. When Flash bark...

Peggy, Bill, Lynn and Frank

In October there was a petting zoo in conjunction with the Harvest Festival in Mount Jackson. These turkeys were pretty tame. The children...