Decked-out Dexter (4/3/2024) - Laura Lane Mills of Susan sent a photo of Dexter the dog all dressed up and basking in the daffodils at Easter. …
Shrimp for dinner (4/3/2024) - Larry Sherertz of Hayes photographed an egret finding a shrimp for dinner on Timberneck Creek on March 23. …
Happy day! (3/27/2024) - With this issue the “flower page,” started when Covid-19 caused cancellation of the Gloucester Daffodil Festival, marks its fourth anniversary. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Thank you for the… …
Hawkwatch (3/27/2024) - The Middle Peninsula Bird Club joined members of the Coastal Virginia Wildlife Observatory on Thursday, March 21 (https://vawildliferesearch.org) for the annual College Creek Spring Hawkwatch on the shore of the… …
Virginia Birding Classic contest begins April 15 (3/27/2024) - Registration is due Monday for the inaugural Virginia Birding Classic, a statewide birding competition where teams of birders search the state’s public lands for as many species as they can… …
Quilt donation (3/27/2024) - The Bay Quilters Quilt Guild recently donated 20 quilts to the Rural Infant Services Program. Pat Rawls, coordinator of the guild, said that the quilts are used by children from… …Photos of county’s past line the walls of Riverside Convalescent (3/27/2024) - Approximately 80 black-and-white framed pictures line the walls of the Riverside Lifelong Health and Rehabilitation-Mathews. These photos are all of various places in Mathews County. They tell a story of… …
Gov. Page talk (3/27/2024) - Phillip Page talked about Virginia’s 13th governor John Page and Rosewell at the March meeting of Augustine Warner Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, which was held on… …
Master Naturalists (3/27/2024) - Several volunteers with Middle Peninsula Chapter of Virginia Master Naturalists were recently recognized for their service at the chapter’s spring equinox meeting. Those who received pins for the number of… …Framed in spring (3/20/2024) - Your submissions assure us that even greener and brighter days are ahead. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Honeybee on camellia, sent by Cheryl Battle of Bavon. Calla lily and… …
Perennials are springing up! (3/20/2024) - We didn’t have a terrible winter of heavy snow and freezing temperatures, but then, we rarely do. We had enough winter, though, of cold, dark days, high winds, and heavy… …
Historic Garden Week returns April 20-27 (3/20/2024) - The owners of nearly 170 of Virginia’s most beautiful private properties will open their front doors and garden gates to raise funds to restore and preserve the state’s public gardens,… …
Color splash (3/13/2024) - Everywhere you look, winter is being wiped off the map. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Star magnolias in full bloom at Providence, Cobbs Creek; sent by Jim McKinnon. Quince… …Interpret art through flowers for Daffodil Festival (3/13/2024) - Anyone interested in interpreting art through flowers is invited to take part in the annual Art and Flowers event sponsored by the Garden Club of Gloucester and Mathews. This show… …
Grow gourds for fun projects (3/13/2024) - Jim and I were reminiscing last week about old friends we haven’t seen for years. One couple lived on his grandmother’s lovely old farm in Piedmont North Carolina. Phyllis had… …
Senior safety (3/13/2024) - Deputy Bill Adams, left, of the Gloucester County Sheriff’s Office gave a talk on senior safety to members of the York River Circle of The King’s Daughters and Sons on… …
Master Naturalists (3/13/2024) - Middle Peninsula Chapter, Virginia Master Naturalists, graduated 25 new members in its fourth training class on March 9 at Beaverdam Park. The Virginia Master Naturalist Program is a statewide corps… …Early arrivals (3/6/2024) - Yards and roadsides everywhere are starting to show their beautiful daffodils. They dominate this week’s flower page. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Daffodil “Ice Follies” sent by Cheryl Battle,… …
Prickles, spines, and thorns, Oh My! (3/6/2024) - There are a lot of plants in the countryside that can hurt you. You can get tangled up in a patch of greenbrier or blackberry and swear you will never… …
English judge among those taking part in Gloucester show (3/6/2024) - Judges from all over the East Coast and beyond will be in Gloucester this spring to judge the annual Gloucester Daffodil Show, to be held on Saturday and Sunday, April… …
Washington’s Birthday luncheon (3/6/2024) - The Augustine Warner Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution attended the Regents’ Club of Richmond’s 76th annual George Washington Birthday Luncheon on Saturday, Feb. 17, at the Meadowbrook Country Club,… …
DAR program (3/6/2024) - Gay Pfister, a member of the Cricket Hill Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, presented a program on the Peace Corps at the Feb. 16 DAR meeting at Kingston Parish… …Can’t deny it (2/28/2024) - Signs of spring are everywhere. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. A myrtle warbler, a newcomer, visited Larry Sherertz’s feeder at Hayes. Cheryl Battle of Bavon was waiting with her… …
Is it safe to plant on the septic field? (2/28/2024) - A recent question from a new friend who has purchased a home on the Middle Peninsula drew me back to 2015 when I wrote a column about the types of… …
King’s Daughters (2/28/2024) - The Chesapeake Bay Circle of The King’s Daughters and Sons celebrated its 27th birthday on Thursday in the fellowship hall of New Point Friends Church. Sandy Pace, International President of… …