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… …
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… …
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. …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… …
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… …
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… …
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… …
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.… …