We spent a night in Exmore, Virginia on the way north to visit family, and one in Winchester, Virginia on the way home – June, 2019 EXMORE A study in contrasts, Exmore was both up-and-coming with its jaunty banners and centrally-located park, and down-and-out with more than its share of vacant real estate […]
From Rumson, New Jersey to Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, another memorable family visit – June 3 – 8 FRANK AND SHAWN’s Shawn and Frank’s place is the perfect beginning to a week with family. We sit on the deck and get caught up, then move inside for dinner. This year they surprised Camille with birthday
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Bob flies west to work and play in Utah and Denver – June 11 – 16 FRACKING Bob was mesmerized by the telltale signs of fracking on the hills east of Salt Lake City. The scale of the disruption is vast. Some of the access roads are carved into the mountainsides in unbelievable
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Out on a boat with our friends Helen and Ted, tooling around and staying cool in the summer heat – June 23, 2019 THE BEST TOYS Our friends’ truck, trailer, and hot rod boat. I\’m sure Ted has a better name for it. WORK HARD, PLAY HARD Helen, Ted, and Bob have
Eye-candy and the promise of food-to-come abound during one of the best months for garden viewing – May 2019 PEPPERS AND POTATOES Shishitos are the first pepper to reach eating size in the Sunken Gardens of Moncure, and the potatoes will be ready for digging next month. We planted twenty pepper plants of
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The first annual Environmental Futures Fair at the Jordan Lake Visitor Assistance Center – April 27, 2019 JORDAN LAKE DAM USACE Hosted by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the fair was devised to bring awareness to outdoor careers and volunteer opportunities. WILDLIFE This sunbathing Brown Snake and Green Anole were not
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Those seeds we planted last month, watered every day, turned into starts beneath the lights in the back room. Meanwhile, day length grew an hour, from 11 hours 24 minutes to 12 and 32, inspiring all kinds of activity outside. It is nice to see the world come back to life. – March 25, 2019
This year’s annual Trail Crawl marked twenty years of fun and tradition – March 31, 2019 SUSAN’s GARDEN Shelley and Eric enter Susan’s phlox paradise, a place where plants of all seasons, including the early-blooming Japanese quince, flourish in harmony. OLIVIA’s HANDIWORK You can tell from this splendid spread that
In which Bob goes to San Francisco for two weeks of training at SCS Global Services – February 2 – 17 FLYING IN Verdant hills and rich farmland. HENRY How nice to have a good friend on the other end! Henry, one of Bob’s high school roommates at TASIS (The American
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Mild weather and an abundance of spare time repeatedly lures Camille into the woods – February 3-18 SHAGBARK HICKORY Only one tree wears strips of bark that wave at wayward walkers. TRAIL AND SKY A cowrie shell tops the cairn at Trouts Farm and Sweet Sixteen. This time of year, the
