Special snow edition (12/10/2025) - And it’s not even winter yet! Two snowfalls in the past week have decorated our landscape. Next week: Please send photos of your Christmas decorations to editor@gazettejournal.net. Snow on Indian… …
Feathered residents (12/10/2025) - Jim had a big surprise this morning when a male Eastern bluebird landed on the support for the satellite dish outside our kitchen door. We have numerous bluebird residents in… …Christmas Sing-Along (12/10/2025) - A program ranging from Christmas sacred music to holiday favorites to spirited gospel filled the air at Central United Methodist Church, Mathews, on Sunday afternoon, for the annual Christmas Sing-Along… …
Community tree (12/10/2025) - The Rev. Kristie Askew, left foreground, smiles as the Peary Community Tree is illuminated on Dec. 3 at St. Matthew United Methodist Church. This first tree lighting for the Peary… …
Garden Club decks the halls for holiday (12/10/2025) - The Beautification Committee of the Garden Club of Gloucester and Mathews assembled and donated 11 live wreaths for the Gloucester Court House historic buildings, and hung 225 linear feet of… …
Remnants (12/3/2025) - A few flowers linger from warmer days, but the scene is gradually changing over to winter. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. “Reflections of Nature” sent by Mary Pope of… …Outdoor chores for a warm winter day (12/3/2025) - December 21 is the date of the 2025 Winter Solstice, and we can anticipate 10 or more weeks of dreary, cold, possibly sleety or snowy weather after that. What are… …
Gloucester-Mathews Garden Club collects, donates 200+ coats (12/3/2025) - Members of the Garden Club of Gloucester and Mathews collected over 200 garments of new and gently-used coats, jackets, hats, gloves and scarves for men, women and children for Gloucester… …
Moving on (11/25/2025) - Colors of fall, the coming holidays, feature in this week’s panel. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Cheryl Battle of Bavon sent a photo of coleus and arum. A beautiful… …
Lafayette talk (11/25/2025) - The Cricket Hill Chapter, National Society Daughters of the Revolution, welcomed Frances Lee Twigg Ellis to talk about the Marquis de Lafayette at its November meeting. Ellis, a 35-year member… …
King’s Daughters (11/25/2025) - Representatives from the Middle Peninsula Regional Adult and Career Education spoke at the meeting of the Chesapeake Bay Circle of The King’s Daughters and Sons on Thursday. Betty Brown, treasurer… …Gifts that will delight gardeners (11/25/2025) - Chances are, by the time you read this column, you will be exhausted from cooking and washing dishes and ready to relax with a cup of tea and some gardening… …
Sourdough turkey (11/25/2025) - Dr. David L. Justis and Nuala Galbari were given a special sourdough turkey created by their friend Caroline Crowder of Gloucester to celebrate Thanksgiving this year. …
What a show! (11/19/2025) - Our friends with cameras caught good images of the rare aurora borealis, and much more, as the days darken and winter approaches. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Three displays… …Gratitude for Nature’s Gifts (11/19/2025) - Two friends recently asked me to post this column from Thanksgiving 2017. Here it is, with a few updates. “The World is too much with us; late and soon,Getting and… …
Still growing (11/19/2025) - More than 70 years ago, Naomi Hogge gave her son, Raymond Burris of Hayes, this orchid. After all these years, the orchid is still growing, and is in full bloom. …
Flowers, leaves, critters, sun (11/12/2025) - All take their place in this week’s photo parade. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Monarch butterflies, zinnias, and basil, all in early November, from Cheryl Battle of Bavon. Ginkgo… …
Leaf chemistry: color change in the fall (11/12/2025) - Every few years, someone will ask me how and why leaves change color in the fall. I love this question. To a child, leaf color change seems like a magical… …
Spence, Stanley win American Daffodil Society award (11/12/2025) - Gloucester Daffodil Club members Dianne Spence and Carla Stanley received the Mid Atlantic Regional Service and Leadership Award on Nov. 1 during the regional meeting of the American Daffodil Society… …
Five generations X 2 (11/12/2025) - Two families gathered in Ware Neck last month when Ella Bradshaw of Ware Neck and Delores Belvin of Onemo met their newest great-great-grandchild, five-month-old Temperance Washington. Gathered and representing all… …
Central Village (11/12/2025) - In lieu of its October meeting, the Central Village Homemakers went to lunch at the Kilmarnock Inn. Among those taking the trip were, front row from left, Maureen Connolly, Paula… …
On the move (11/5/2025) - The days, months and seasons fly back, faithfully documented here with the changing beauty of the natural world. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. We welcome everyone’s contributions. Red maple… …
Deer resistant native plants (11/5/2025) - Whenever Middle Peninsula gardeners get together, the discussion eventually turns to the frustration of losing expensive perennials and shrubs to those large, four-footed eating machines known as white-tailed deer (Odocoileus… …
‘Christmas at Kaleda’ to be held Dec. 9 (11/5/2025) - The Ware River Circle of The King’s Daughters and Sons will hold its 36th annual Christmas Open House tour on Tuesday, Dec. 9 at Kaleda, a home built during the… …
Local members attend state KD&S state convention (11/5/2025) - Members of the Virginia Branch of The King’s Daughters and Sons attended Saturday’s 127th Annual Fall Convention at the Sheltering Arms Institute in Richmond. Kelly del Campo Merricks, CFRE, MBA,… …