The View from Squirrel Ridge

Here is a computer-generated picture that I made for Father’s Day using "Dream.” Tomorrow is Juneteenth, commemorating the end of slave...

Charlie has been trying to make friends with the neighborhood cats. He gets along with the yellow cat now, but not with the gray cat that l...

Lake Frederick is between Front Royal and Winchester. It is practically surrounded by communities of new homes, but a portion is reserved ...

Today I had a rhododendron planted in my backyard. Originally I was going to get a redbud tree, but apparently there are problems obtai...

I haven't taken any bird close-ups lately because my trusty old Nikon has been acting up, and it's the one with the zoom lens. Most...

I started blogging on June 13, 2005. At the time, we were living in Glebe Harbor, although that did not last long. It was too isolated, far ...

Plains District Museum, Timberville Wordless / Tuesday Treasures  

Today we finally got some much needed rain. That made it a good day for indoor activities. I drove to Manassas to shop at the new Sprou...

Today I drove to Timberville for two reasons. One, I wanted to get a picture of the new kayak ramp on the river and two, I wanted to s...

Hi! I wasn't sure that I had anything to write about because the last few days have been kind of quiet. There were some days when I...

Front Royal has a number of boat landings on the Shenandoah River. This one is at Riverton, which was once a separate town. Routes 340 and 5...

On Tuesday, I met Lynn for lunch, and then took her to see Shenandoah River State Park. The sky was quite hazy due to traces of wildfir...