Signs of change (10/22/2025) - Fall colors and late-blooming flowers tell us that autumn is firmly in place. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Dolphins in Chesapeake Bay from Bob Waldrop. Mary Bourne of Bena… …A losing battle (10/22/2025) - Last week I started cleaning out a small iris bed next to Jim’s vegetable garden. I had lifted some irises from another spot and never replanted them, but irises are… …
Married 70 years (10/22/2025) - Janet and Seth Clark of Mathews County celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on Wednesday, Oct. 22. Shown above in 1955 and this year, below, the Clarks were married on Oct.… …
90th birthdays (10/22/2025) - Barbara and Charles “Happy” Foster of Bohannon, recently celebrated their 90th birthdays. Barbara turned 90 on Sept. 23, while “Happy” reached the milestone on Tuesday, Oct. 21. The photo was… …
Central Village Homemakers (10/22/2025) - The Central Village Homemakers recently held a yard sale at North, with Dan Reno lending the use of his property and giving a hand. Also helping to set up were… …
Sail Beyond Cancer (10/22/2025) - The York River Circle of The King’s Daughters and Sons heard a presentation by Suzanne Snyder, founder of the nonprofit Sail Beyond Cancer USA, during a meeting on Oct. 7… …On good days… (10/15/2025) - As day broke in the east, Lila Youkeles of Ware Neck shot the Harvest Moon setting across the Ware River in the west. It seems to rain every day now,… …
Fall scenes (10/9/2025) - The colors remind us that days are getting shorter and the nights are cooling nicely. But for now, everything is perfect. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. American Beautyberry sent… …Tulip poplar leaves can’t take the heat (10/8/2025) - The long, strange summer of weeks of blistering sun, interspersed with fast, hard rainstorms has taken a toll on the green things growing in our gardens and woods. The first… …
Fire safety (10/8/2025) - Central Village Homemakers met last Wednesday at Central Methodist Church, Mathews. Mathews Fire Chief Ronnie Lewis presented the program on fire safety. Lewis is shown here with Homemakers vice president… …
Butterfly count (10/1/2025) - Forty-one volunteers from four Virginia Master Naturalist chapters, and others from the region, participated in the fifth annual Middle Peninsula North American Butterfly Association count, which was held on Aug.… …
Beautiful things (10/1/2025) - Flowers, butterflies, mushrooms, a little girl and a crab are all elements of wonder from our natural world. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Patricia Olsen found a butterfly enjoying… …Knock Out® Roses: beauty and the beast (10/1/2025) - After the long dry spells interspersed with brief torrential rains that we experienced this summer, several days of cooling, refreshing rain seemed like a gift from Mother Nature, but like… …
Woody’s Second Chance Ranch (10/1/2025) - Members of the Central Village Homemakers heard stories of rescued horses when representatives of Woody’s Second Chance Ranch visited the club at its Sept. 3 meeting at Central United Methodist… …
‘Tea Time’ raffle (10/1/2025) - The “Tea Time” raffle basket from the Mathews County Woman’s Club Scholarship fundraiser was won by Charlie Hartman. Judy Hartman, at right, delivered it to her husband after receiving it… …
Flowers and more (9/24/2025) - As we edge into fall, the scene changes, in gardens and in the wild. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Poe Farinholt preparing to enjoy his favorite holiday…Halloween. Sent by… …
The trials of growing corn (9/24/2025) - “I’m a terrible corn grower. I just can’t raise corn. Something always happens.” Jim has a long, sad history with corn disasters. When he built his raised beds after he… …Richness (9/17/2025) - Our environment keeps on giving beautiful views. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Jim Engle sails his Sea Pearl 28 “Fox Sea” under the Twigg Bridge in the Piankatank River.… …
Spiders in the house and garden (9/17/2025) - A recent Facebook post from the Virginia Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners Program page clarified a viral post claiming that wolf spiders hunt and eat black widow and brown recluse spiders.… …
TOPS Fall Rally (9/17/2025) - TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Chapter VA 0469 recently hosted the area’s Fall Rally. Five chapters (38 attendees), from the Richmond area and Williamsburg to Gloucester, met at Grace Covenant… …
New member (9/17/2025) - The York River Circle of The King’s Daughters and Sons welcomed new member Wendy Hogge, center, during a meeting held on Tuesday, Sept. 2, at Union Baptist Church in Hayes.… …
Summer colors (9/10/2025) - The weather has been unseasonably cool, but the plants with their warm summer flowers have done well. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. California poppy sent by Martha Thompson Hudgins,… …Plant More Natives! (9/10/2025) - The Gloucester Extension Master Gardeners’ Annual Plant Extravaganza, held last Friday and Saturday, was a success because of the hard work and long hours contributed by Master Gardeners, interns, and… …
Bird watching (9/10/2025) - Members of the Middle Peninsula Bird Club have been busy, with a pair of bird watching events in the past few weeks. On Aug. 13, 13 members visited the Deltaville… …Swingin’ into September (9/3/2025) - Glorious skies, butterflies, and more late summer scenes from our readers. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Swallowtail butterfly on Lantana, sent by Cheryl Battle, Bavon. Butterfly bush photo sent… …