Daffodil Club members place in state show (4/3/2024) - Gloucester Daffodil Club members attended the Virginia Daffodil Society Show held at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond on March 23 and 24. The show included 1,852 stems with 1,060… …
Decked-out Dexter (4/3/2024) - Laura Lane Mills of Susan sent a photo of Dexter the dog all dressed up and basking in the daffodils at Easter. …
Shrimp for dinner (4/3/2024) - Larry Sherertz of Hayes photographed an egret finding a shrimp for dinner on Timberneck Creek on March 23. …
Happy day! (3/27/2024) - With this issue the “flower page,” started when Covid-19 caused cancellation of the Gloucester Daffodil Festival, marks its fourth anniversary. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Thank you for the… …
Hawkwatch (3/27/2024) - The Middle Peninsula Bird Club joined members of the Coastal Virginia Wildlife Observatory on Thursday, March 21 (https://vawildliferesearch.org) for the annual College Creek Spring Hawkwatch on the shore of the… …
Virginia Birding Classic contest begins April 15 (3/27/2024) - Registration is due Monday for the inaugural Virginia Birding Classic, a statewide birding competition where teams of birders search the state’s public lands for as many species as they can… …
Quilt donation (3/27/2024) - The Bay Quilters Quilt Guild recently donated 20 quilts to the Rural Infant Services Program. Pat Rawls, coordinator of the guild, said that the quilts are used by children from… …Photos of county’s past line the walls of Riverside Convalescent (3/27/2024) - Approximately 80 black-and-white framed pictures line the walls of the Riverside Lifelong Health and Rehabilitation-Mathews. These photos are all of various places in Mathews County. They tell a story of… …
Gov. Page talk (3/27/2024) - Phillip Page talked about Virginia’s 13th governor John Page and Rosewell at the March meeting of Augustine Warner Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, which was held on… …
Master Naturalists (3/27/2024) - Several volunteers with Middle Peninsula Chapter of Virginia Master Naturalists were recently recognized for their service at the chapter’s spring equinox meeting. Those who received pins for the number of… …Framed in spring (3/20/2024) - Your submissions assure us that even greener and brighter days are ahead. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Honeybee on camellia, sent by Cheryl Battle of Bavon. Calla lily and… …
Perennials are springing up! (3/20/2024) - We didn’t have a terrible winter of heavy snow and freezing temperatures, but then, we rarely do. We had enough winter, though, of cold, dark days, high winds, and heavy… …
Historic Garden Week returns April 20-27 (3/20/2024) - The owners of nearly 170 of Virginia’s most beautiful private properties will open their front doors and garden gates to raise funds to restore and preserve the state’s public gardens,… …