We knew our little Prius just wouldn’t be large enough, so we rented an SUV and are loading it up to get Jon Morgan to school with all his stuff. Unfortunately, it’s a compact SUV, and we couldn’t quite get everything in it, unless one of us stays home. So we had to put theContinue reading “Packing It In”
Category Archives: Virginia
National Geocaching Day
I just realized that today is National Geocaching Day. Do you Geocache? Geocaching is an activity that involves the use of a GPS device and instructions or clues to located containers called “geocaches” at specific locations all over the world. Anyone who has registered on the website can hide a geocache or search for one.Continue reading “National Geocaching Day”
Photo Friday: Perspective
This photo is one I took last weekend on a mountaintop in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. We were hiking on the Appalachian Trail, to reach the top of Spy Rock. We hadn’t done much hiking in some time, and were out of practice. But we made it to the top, which was atContinue reading “Photo Friday: Perspective”
College Countdown
A week from now, my son will be moved into his dorm room and preparing to start his sophomore year of college. So the push is on to have everything ready. There so many pieces to keep track of! We met with his roommate and his roommate’s parents earlier in the summer and figured outContinue reading “College Countdown”
Blue Ridge Closeups
I mentioned a few days ago that we spent a long weekend at an isolated cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains. I have hundreds of photos and will not bombard you with all of them at once. (You’re welcome.) I already posted a shot of the interior of the cabin, and one of the viewContinue reading “Blue Ridge Closeups”
Blue Ridge Idyll
Last weekend we were supposed to be visiting with some of my husband’s family in Michigan. A week or so before we were meant to travel, we spoke with his brother and sister-in-law and reluctantly decided to cancel the gathering. With covid-19 numbers increasing and the risk of spreading the virus skyrocketing because of theContinue reading “Blue Ridge Idyll”
Photo Friday: Tangier Crab Pots
This week’s featured photo is one I took last month on tiny Tangier Island, Virginia, in the Chesapeake Bay. Tangier Island, currently about three miles long and a mile and a half wide, is sinking while the waters of the Bay rise around it. The island has lost two-thirds of its land since 1850, andContinue reading “Photo Friday: Tangier Crab Pots”
Photo Friday: Cock of the Walk
As we walked back from the beach on Tangier Island last week, I spotted this magnificent rooster. He sat on the front porch railing of a small white house, watching the road as if he owned it. Suddenly, he fluffed out his feathers in a rather disturbing way. After another minute, he crowed, letting usContinue reading “Photo Friday: Cock of the Walk”
Friday Five: Over the Summer Hill
What sign marks the end of the summer for you? It used to be Labor Day, because my son always started back to school the next day. Now that he’s in college, he’ll start earlier, so I guess it’s the now the third week of August that marks the end of the season in myContinue reading “Friday Five: Over the Summer Hill”
Island Adventure: the Kindness of Strangers
Last week we visited Tangier Island, Virginia, in the Chesapeake Bay. I’ll write another post about our time on the island once I have my photos uploaded. But right now, I want to write about car trouble. The plan was for my mother to drive up to our house last Tuesday morning. That afternoon, weContinue reading “Island Adventure: the Kindness of Strangers”
