Book Author Luncheon (10/25/2023) - York River Circle of The King’s Daughters and Sons held a Book Author Luncheon on Friday at Providence Baptist Church, Hayes. Sandy Pace, president of the International Order of The… …Long goodbye (10/25/2023) - Colors of summer are in their final stages. At the same time, the colors of fall and winter are appearing. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Honeybee on stevia, sent… …
Co-existing with bats (10/25/2023) - Fall is in the air. Nights are growing cooler and darker. Halloween is next Tuesday, and even though we no longer have anyone in the house young enough to Trick… …
Birdathon (10/25/2023) - On Sunday, Sept. 24, 10 members of the Middle Peninsula Bird Club and Middle Peninsula Master Naturalist Chapter participated in the Coastal Virginia Birdathon, a birding challenge to benefit the… …
Bird watching at Fairfield (10/25/2023) - Members of the Middle Peninsula Bird Club visited Fairfield Archaeology Park on Oct. 6 and bird-watched on the new Pawpaw Nature Trail that was built by the Middle Peninsula Master… …
Tasty meals inside (10/25/2023) - Veronica DuBrino of Saluda sent this photo of a woodpecker, a frequent visitor to a tree stump in her yard. …
What they wore (10/25/2023) - Kim Forslund, left, and Marilyn Iglesias, owners of Ladies Victorian, gave a review of women’s fashion during a tea party on Oct. 15 at the Mathews Historical Museum on Main… …
NN Master Naturalist logs 5,000 volunteer hours (10/25/2023) - Jeff Wright, a Northern Neck Master Naturalist, is the first volunteer in the Northern Neck chapter to achieve the Virginia Master Naturalist Golden Circle Award for accruing 5,000 volunteer hours.… …Golden Glow (10/18/2023) - The beautiful days of October are reflected in these images. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Janet Clark of Hallieford is enjoying an ever-blooming azalea in October. Rosemary Eaton, Hallieford,… …
Dobbs-Fowler (10/18/2023) - Mary Patrice Fowler and John Edward Dobbs were married on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, at noon at The River Club Twin Oaks in Hayes. The Rev. Bud Goode conducted the… …Should I cut back my perennials? (10/18/2023) - One bright, warm day last week, I walked around our front garden in a dark blue funk. We had been away from home for two weeks, and the late summer… …
River Country Quilters to meet Tuesday (10/18/2023) - Jennifer Worthen will be the speaker at the next meeting of the River County Quilters at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Abingdon Episcopal Church, White Marsh. She is the owner of… …
King’s Daughters to hold Christmas Open House at Colraine (10/18/2023) - The Ware River Circle of The King’s Daughters and Sons is celebrating its 34th annual Christmas Open House, “A Colraine Christmas Celebration,” at beautiful, historic Colraine on Tuesday, Dec. 12.… …
Garden club creates arrangement for statewide exhibit (10/18/2023) - The Garden Club of Gloucester and Mathews created a floral arrangement for the recent “History Blooms” exhibition held at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture in Richmond. The exhibition… …
Basic care of Bonsai trees (10/11/2023) - Jim and I returned home last Thursday after a week in San Diego visiting our son, Joe, who is stationed there with the U.S. Coast Guard. We spent a day… …Wings, petals, and more (10/4/2023) - What’s in your viewfinder this week? Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Galoris “Gee” Brownley of Mathews sends a photo of an Eastern Phoebe having lunch at Machicomoco State Park… …
Peaceful (10/4/2023) - Bobby Harris and granddaughter Ardyn were photographed fishing at sunset at the Peter’s Pier, Little England. …
Ancient times (10/4/2023) - Dana Brown of Cobbs Creek, looked from her home across the Piankatank River last week and spotted this three-masted ship, looking much like a visitor from centuries ago. …
1,648 butterflies spotted in regional count (10/4/2023) - The Middle Peninsula Master Naturalist Chapter sponsored a North American Butterfly Association butterfly count on Saturday, Aug. 26. Thirty-seven volunteers from four Virginia Master Naturalist chapters, and others from the… …
The beauty of the earth… (9/27/2023) - Is expressed in many forms. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. A hummingbird feeding on a Hibiscus after Tropical Storm Ophelia, at the home of Kathy and Ralph Angel in… …It’s scuppernong season! (9/27/2023) - A recent article on the Virginia Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Program Facebook page reminded me that I haven’t written about our fragrant, delicious native grapes in years. Scuppernongs were a… …
Founding member (9/27/2023) - Mildred Hudgins, founder of the Central Village Homemakers, stopped by the group’s booth during Mathews Market Days. Central Village Homemakers is an organization of women that will be celebrating its… …Tickets still available for ‘Book Author Luncheon’ (9/27/2023) - Tickets are still available for the York River Circle of The King’s Daughters and Sons’ “Book Author Luncheon,” to be held at noon on Friday, Oct. 20, at Providence Baptist… …
When it’s windy … (9/27/2023) - …Might as well go fly a kite. Photographer Bob Waldrop caught this adventurous person taking that advice to heart on a recent windy day near Haven Beach in Mathews. …You don’t want to plant bamboo (9/20/2023) - Occasionally, I search the internet for new and interesting gardening topics. YouTube videos can be especially rewarding. Some videos are science-based and professionally produced. Other videos present erroneous information or… …