Sometimes, the majesty of these mountains we call home can take your breath away. The sense of history, both manmade and geological is all around us. A simple drive can take you back to another time. I think because most of us are involved with the activities of day to day living, we tend to [...]
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Jackson’s Ferry
November 13th, 2008 · No Comments · photos
The Jackson’s Ferry area is about 2 miles south of our humble little cottage, less than that as the crow flies. It is one of the more historic areas in SW Virginia dating to pre-Colonial days. It is also one of the most scenic. The view from the bridge than spans the New River where [...]
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Morning Webs and the Grits Mess
September 14th, 2008 · No Comments · flora and fauna, recipes
I don’t know if the seemingly inordinate number of morning spider webs I’ve been seeing lately means anything, like a hard winter, early frost, or anything like that, but they make some cool photos. Here are a couple for your perusal. The Grits Mess Anne tends to eat healthier than I do, particularly when it [...]
Living with Critters
September 4th, 2008 · No Comments · flora and fauna
One of the least pleasant aspects of country life is the variety and number of critters with whom we often share our humble little cottage. For the first couple of Decembers when I came down for the weekend, I found the place overrun with mice and ladybugs. The mice I expected, but the hundreds of [...]
Hallelujah! The Ol’ Man is Snoring…
August 27th, 2008 · No Comments · photos
It’s been raining for better than 36 hrs., and man did we need it. Things were starting to get a little dry. We had to cut back on watering the garden, because our water comes from an underground spring, and the water level was getting low. I spent an hour or so on the porch [...]
Goin’ Buggy
August 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment · wildlife
It’s a funny thing about blogging. You don’t always end up writing what you started out to write. In my case, I planned to do a foodcentric blog about Southwestern Virginia with a little music and folk art thrown in for good measure. And I still plan to do that. But for various reasons I [...]