Snowy hike to Giles County’s Cascade Falls
A wintry hike in the mountains was the perfect cure for cabin fever.
March 2013 snow: Augusta County final accumulation 19″ west of Staunton
Snow from the March 2013 snowstorm seems to be finished for now with a final accumulation around 19″ in our…
Shenandoah Valley: 16″ in Augusta County and still coming down — photos
From my desk … looking out at a winter wonderland. Heavy snow continues with…
2013 Highland Maple Festival … Virginia’s Switzerland
That’s my child bonding with a sheep. It is known as Virginia’s Switzerland, this rural, mountainous, southern-most location for gathering…
Appalachian winter woods
Exploring Augusta back roads on a wintry March day. In the winter woods the evergreen hemlocks stand out…. It was…
New Year’s Day 2012 … the snowy back roads of western Augusta County
New Year’s Day 2012. Last year we spent the day on Skyline Drive but since it was closed from the…
Colonial Williamsburg’s Wythe Candy Shop
Wythe Candy Shop has been in Merchants Square on Duke of Gloucester Street for as long as I can remember….
Grand Illumination 2012 today in Colonial Williamsburg
Take a step back into the eighteenth century at today’s Grand Illumination in Colonial Williamsburg. Photos by Lynn R. Mitchell…
Thanksgiving 2012 in historic Virginia
Thanksgiving for my family has always been celebrated with parents and children and siblings and aunts, uncles, and cousins. The…
Thanksgiving 2012 in and around Staunton, Virginia
Thanksgiving in Virginia offers a variety of opportunities to celebrate and give thanks around the Commonwealth. For those planning to…