St. John’s Wort, a sunny perennial (6/25/2025) - After spending five pleasant days with comfortable outdoor temperatures on the beautiful Virginia Tech campus at Master Gardener College, several Gloucester Extension Master Gardeners and I returned to sweltering Tidewater… …
Long days, hot days (6/25/2025) - Summertime is here without a doubt; and nature is in bloom. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Lychnis coronaria, rose campion, sent by Cheryl Battle of Bavon. Tricolor zinnia and… …
25-year member (6/18/2025) - Diana Swenson of Cricket Hill Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution recently received her 25-year certificate of membership. Swenson joined DAR on her ancestor 1st Lt. Henry Knight from Mathews.… …
DAR picnic (6/18/2025) - The Augustine Warner Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution held its annual picnic at Machicomoco State Park, Hayes, and presented Tom Karow, board president of the Fairfield Foundation with a… …
MCWC luncheon (6/18/2025) - The Mathews County Woman’s Club held its final luncheon of the season on June 9 at Saint Paul Comfort Church, Port Haywood. The women of Saint Paul, above from left,… …Plants and animals (6/18/2025) - Nature is in its glory as the sun rises to the longest day with the start of summer on Friday. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Cormorants and bald eagles… …
Local chapter members attend P.E.O. convention (6/18/2025) - Six members of P.E.O. Chapter BT-Mathews recently attended the 75th annual convention of the Virginia State Chapter at the Richmond Marriott. Attending were chapter delegates Tammy Turner and Linda Ortiz,… …
Caylee Renae Weddle (6/11/2025) - Cody Weddle and Tabitha West of Gloucester, announce the birth of a daughter on May 23, 2025, in Riverside Regional Medical Center, Newport News. She has been named Caylee Renae… …
Sail Beyond Cancer (6/11/2025) - The Five Rivers Woman’s Club held a game and card day in April, donating proceeds from that event recently to Sail Beyond Cancer, which honors those being challenged by cancer… …Find out what Master Gardeners do (6/11/2025) - At the Gloucester Extension Master Gardeners’ May meeting, Bob Beyea reported that we have been offered the opportunity to spend Saturday, June 28 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at… …
The growing season (6/11/2025) - In late spring, everything in the world seems fresh and new. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Sally Austin of Locust Hill photographed a summer tanager on her suet feeder.… …
Five generations (6/4/2025) - Five generations of the same family from Gloucester and the surrounding area gathered recently at the LoveWorks sign in Urbanna. They are, from left: Patricia “Pat” Jones, Joi Schuh, Sarah… …Almost everything about woodlice (6/4/2025) - Last Saturday, Jim asked me, “Have you ever written a column about roly-polies, those cute little bugs that I find under flowerpots and in the compost? What do they do?”… …
Beautiful (6/4/2025) - Nature surrounds us with infinite splendid views. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Thriving Purple Martin colony in the yard of Bill and Faith Farinholt, Gloucester. Siberian Water Iris in… …
Supporting K9 program (5/28/2025) - Mathews County Sheriff’s Office Sergeant William Hargis and K9 Karma were part of the May monthly meeting of the Chesapeake Bay Circle of The King’s Daughters and Sons held Thursday… …
UDC Memorial Day (5/28/2025) - Members of Captain Sally Tompkins United Daughters of the Confederacy Chapter 2626 placed a wreath on Captain Sally’s grave. Tompkins, a Confederate nurse, is buried at Christ Church cemetery, Mathews.… …
Wreath laying (5/28/2025) - To mark Memorial Day, members of Cricket Hill Mathews Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, placed wreaths at two locations in Mathews: on the DAR monument on the historic court… …
Coleman’s Crossing tea (5/28/2025) - The Coleman’s Crossing Residential Association held a tea for its residents on May 15. The group’s guest speaker was Sidney Ripley, a Gloucester Museum of History specialist, who presented her… …The search for a pink lady’s slipper (5/28/2025) - Every spring, I search our woods for one particular species of flower: the pink lady’s slipper (Cypripedium acaule), a native orchid found in eastern North America from Maine to Georgia… …
Birds, gardens, flowers (5/28/2025) - We love seeing your photos. Please send them to editor@gazettejournal.net. Beautiful East River view, submitted by Pat Rawls of Foster. Turkey vulture display at Carter’s Cove, Gloucester; sent by Steve… …
DAR officers (5/21/2025) - New officers of the Augustine Warner chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, were recently installed. Shown from left are associate member Dale Sawyer, former regent Alison Johnston, new regent Olivia… …
DAR field trip (5/21/2025) - The Cricket Hill chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, recently toured The Steamboat Era Museum in Irvington. Gus Kasper, the museum’s executive director, was tour guide. Following the tour, DAR… …Protect yourself from ticks (5/21/2025) - Springtime on the Middle Peninsula is when we return to our gardens in earnest: planting, pruning, weeding, and removing winters bedraggled detritus. It is also the time when ticks increase… …
Bikes and snakes and … (5/21/2025) - We love your photos. Please send them to editor@gazettejournal.net. Kathy and Loyd White sent this photo of a school bus stop with bikes waiting for kids to come home: “It… …
Homemakers at tour (5/21/2025) - Central Village Homemakers participated in Saturday’s Tour de Chesapeake cycling event in Mathews, serving dessert. Nancy Goldman, Carol Murdock and Susan Hill, from left, served pound cake and toppings. …