The View from Squirrel Ridge

Eastham Park is along the South Fork of the Shenandoah. We've been going there since the trail was first paved in 2011 .  Th...

Cedar Creek Battlefield, Virginia. This could be a red-tailed hawk but I didn't see much more than a silhouette. I was glad to ...

This general store served the small town of St. Luke for over a century. It closed in 2015 and is currently being fixed up to reopen as the ...

Random-osity The Good: I read about this mural a year ago and finally made it to Culpeper to see it. It depicts young George Washingto...

St. Stephen's Episcopal Church was built in 1821. During the Civil War, the church was used as a hospital. In the winter of 1863, Confe...

Let me start off with a picture I almost didn't get. I was in Shenandoah National Park when only the first five miles of Skyline Drive ...

Willy Nilly Friday . 1. The Romans determined the "Ides" by the full moon. Now the only time we say "Ides" is referr...

This is the boyhood home of Eppa Rixey, a Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher. If you haven't heard of him, it's probably because his l...

Today's post is brought to you by the color red. ;-) The barns are near Woodstock, Virginia. The birds are in my back yard. C...

Wordless Wednesday.

Middleburg, Virginia. Monument to Civil War Horses. Tuesday Treasures  and Wordless Wednesday on Tuesday.

Blog Post #6650 At the bottom of the screen on this blog is a widget showing how many times I've used each label; that is, a sub...

This Methodist Church was built in 1882. It faces Route 50 in the small town of Aldie, Virginia. If you enjoy viewing churches, check ou...

The Blue Ridge Wildlife Center rehabilitates more than 2,000 birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians a year. Last year we  visited their ...