Tasty meals inside (10/25/2023) - Veronica DuBrino of Saluda sent this photo of a woodpecker, a frequent visitor to a tree stump in her yard. …
What they wore (10/25/2023) - Kim Forslund, left, and Marilyn Iglesias, owners of Ladies Victorian, gave a review of women’s fashion during a tea party on Oct. 15 at the Mathews Historical Museum on Main… …
NN Master Naturalist logs 5,000 volunteer hours (10/25/2023) - Jeff Wright, a Northern Neck Master Naturalist, is the first volunteer in the Northern Neck chapter to achieve the Virginia Master Naturalist Golden Circle Award for accruing 5,000 volunteer hours.… …
Golden Glow (10/18/2023) - The beautiful days of October are reflected in these images. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Janet Clark of Hallieford is enjoying an ever-blooming azalea in October. Rosemary Eaton, Hallieford,… …
Dobbs-Fowler (10/18/2023) - Mary Patrice Fowler and John Edward Dobbs were married on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, at noon at The River Club Twin Oaks in Hayes. The Rev. Bud Goode conducted the… …
Should I cut back my perennials? (10/18/2023) - One bright, warm day last week, I walked around our front garden in a dark blue funk. We had been away from home for two weeks, and the late summer… …
River Country Quilters to meet Tuesday (10/18/2023) - Jennifer Worthen will be the speaker at the next meeting of the River County Quilters at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Abingdon Episcopal Church, White Marsh. She is the owner of… …
King’s Daughters to hold Christmas Open House at Colraine (10/18/2023) - The Ware River Circle of The King’s Daughters and Sons is celebrating its 34th annual Christmas Open House, “A Colraine Christmas Celebration,” at beautiful, historic Colraine on Tuesday, Dec. 12.… …
Garden club creates arrangement for statewide exhibit (10/18/2023) - The Garden Club of Gloucester and Mathews created a floral arrangement for the recent “History Blooms” exhibition held at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture in Richmond. The exhibition… …
Basic care of Bonsai trees (10/11/2023) - Jim and I returned home last Thursday after a week in San Diego visiting our son, Joe, who is stationed there with the U.S. Coast Guard. We spent a day… …
Wings, petals, and more (10/4/2023) - What’s in your viewfinder this week? Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Galoris “Gee” Brownley of Mathews sends a photo of an Eastern Phoebe having lunch at Machicomoco State Park… …
Peaceful (10/4/2023) - Bobby Harris and granddaughter Ardyn were photographed fishing at sunset at the Peter’s Pier, Little England. …
Ancient times (10/4/2023) - Dana Brown of Cobbs Creek, looked from her home across the Piankatank River last week and spotted this three-masted ship, looking much like a visitor from centuries ago. …
1,648 butterflies spotted in regional count (10/4/2023) - The Middle Peninsula Master Naturalist Chapter sponsored a North American Butterfly Association butterfly count on Saturday, Aug. 26. Thirty-seven volunteers from four Virginia Master Naturalist chapters, and others from the… …
The beauty of the earth… (9/27/2023) - Is expressed in many forms. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. A hummingbird feeding on a Hibiscus after Tropical Storm Ophelia, at the home of Kathy and Ralph Angel in… …
It’s scuppernong season! (9/27/2023) - A recent article on the Virginia Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Program Facebook page reminded me that I haven’t written about our fragrant, delicious native grapes in years. Scuppernongs were a… …
Founding member (9/27/2023) - Mildred Hudgins, founder of the Central Village Homemakers, stopped by the group’s booth during Mathews Market Days. Central Village Homemakers is an organization of women that will be celebrating its… …
Tickets still available for ‘Book Author Luncheon’ (9/27/2023) - Tickets are still available for the York River Circle of The King’s Daughters and Sons’ “Book Author Luncheon,” to be held at noon on Friday, Oct. 20, at Providence Baptist… …
When it’s windy … (9/27/2023) - …Might as well go fly a kite. Photographer Bob Waldrop caught this adventurous person taking that advice to heart on a recent windy day near Haven Beach in Mathews. …
You don’t want to plant bamboo (9/20/2023) - Occasionally, I search the internet for new and interesting gardening topics. YouTube videos can be especially rewarding. Some videos are science-based and professionally produced. Other videos present erroneous information or… …
Spiders can be beautiful (9/20/2023) - And so can everything else found in the garden. A correction on last week’s butterfly, not a pipevine but a black female swallowtail, according to butterfly counter Susan Crockett. Please… …
Nature smiles (9/13/2023) - Calla lilies, daisies, and Rhododendron from Bambi Thompson in Hallieford. Impatiens at the home of Ginger Rowe, Gloucester. Beauty Bush at the home of Dave and Judy Sterling of Naxera.… …
Plant perennials in the fall (9/13/2023) - After a long, cold winter, gardeners are ready to head for nurseries and garden centers at the first sign of springtime. We all want to get outside and start digging… …
DAR program (9/13/2023) - The Augustine Warner Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution had a full day on Saturday, Sept. 9. In photo at left, the club welcomed in its newest member… …
Sheltering Arms Hospital (9/13/2023) - The York River Circle of The King’s Daughters and Sons heard a presentation last Tuesday on the new Sheltering Arms Hospital that opened in 2020 in Goochland. The 114-bed hospital… …