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… …
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… …
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… …
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,… …
‘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… …
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… …
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… …Gloucester Daffodil Club to meet Nov. 13 (10/29/2025) - The Gloucester Daffodil Club will hold its November meeting and annual bulb exchange from 4-6 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 13, at the Chesapeake Lounge at Brent and Becky’s Bulbs, Gloucester.… …
Free quilt workshop Nov. 20 in Gloucester (10/29/2025) - The Fine Arts Museum of Gloucester will hold a free quilt workshop from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 20. Steve Prince, director of community engagement at the Muscarelle Museum… …
Museum talk and tasting (10/29/2025) - The Mathews Museum hosted a talk and food tasting by two Mathews farmers—Christian Brown of Mush Love, standing, and Mark Zamanian of Blessed Harmony Farm—last Thursday. The two men spoke… …
Bible study (10/29/2025) - The Rev. Kristie Askew led a Bible study at the meeting of the Chesapeake Bay Circle of The King’s Daughters and Sons last Thursday in the fellowship hall of New… …
DAR Bronze JROTC Medal (10/29/2025) - The Augustine Warner Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution presented the DAR Bronze Junior ROTC Medal to Middlesex High School senior Garrett Benedict. To receive this medal, the… …Toxic plants in the garden (10/29/2025) - Last Tuesday morning, I cleaned up a mildly neglected bed of common mountain mint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium) and slender mountain mint (P. virginianum). Both are hardy, easily grown native plants that… …
Spooky Season (10/29/2025) - Birds of prey are on the prowl. Skeletons too. And the sun rises, and flowers bloom, and…it is almost November. Where has the time gone? Please send your photos to… …
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… …
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… …
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… …
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.… …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… …
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… …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… …
‘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… …