I think I've shown you these particular geese before because they live at a home next to our state park. The one with rather raggedy feathers is a Sebastopol goose. The other may be a graylag goose, or it could be hybrid. It does look like it has a few curly feathers.
March 27, 2024
Geese and Woodpeckers
March 26, 2024
Sculpture of Willa Cather, Writer
Behind the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley
March 25, 2024
Mural at Hunter’s Woods
Reston, VA
Mosaic Monday / Murals |
March 24, 2024
The View from St. Mary’s Pine Lutheran Church
Near Mt. Jackson
Sunday Best |
March 23, 2024
Charlie’s Post on National Puppy Day
(Virginia Bluebells) |
On the day before that, there was a lot of wind. It made noise and it blew a long thing off the house. Today Lynn came with a guy who fastened it back up. They call it a downspout.
The smoky smell is gone now. That has something to do with the rain that we had this morning. It was raining hard, but Mom didn’t even mind. She put on her hat and we took a walk like we usually do.
We take walks a lot. I like walks better than riding in the car. We even walk at night, but not very far.
I like other animals. Mom made a picture of a cat, but it is not real.
Did I tell you that Mom takes my picture all the time? I don’t like to pose. Well, it’s time to go to bed. Be nice to animals, especially dogs.
March 22, 2024
Spidery Roots
Winchester, VA
This pond is on property of the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley. As I started to compose this post, I realized that it’s hard to tell what is a reflection and what is not in the black-and-white picture, so below is a slightly different version.
Sharing with H2O / Reflections / B&W |
March 21, 2024
Tears for the Sunset
Shenandoah County
Tonight‘s sunset brought tears to my eyes. This is partly because I felt sad and worried, and partly because my eyes smarted from smoke particles. It was the smoke particles that gave the sunset dramatic red tones.
March 20, 2024
A Short Post for Wild Bird Wednesday
This will be a brief post because my eyes are tired plus they feel irritated from traces of wildfire smoke. The fires are not close enough to be a threat at this time, but there are several in my county and even more across the mountains.
It was a very windy day today. Lynn came to help fix a window screen and just before she arrived, the power went out. It turned out that a tall tree had taken down wires on Main Street. Lynn and Barb were able to fix the screen anyhow because we had enough light from the windows.
March 19, 2024
“Civil War Superhighway”
Woodstock, VA
This Civil War Trails sign was installed recently in front of the parking lot for the Woodstock Town Offices. I’ll provide the first part of the text and a closer look at the pictures.
“The road behind you is US Route 11. Today it looks very ordinary, but in the 19th century it was an engineering marvel.
During that time, travelers were often hampered by poor roads that were narrow, difficult to traverse, and plagued by choking clouds of dust when they were dry and muddy morasses when it rained.
The Valley Pike, as Route 11 was originally known, was a well-designed, relatively straight and wide highway. The road’s surface was graded for drainage and “macadamized,” or paved with layers of stone.
Construction of this 19th-century superhighway by the Valley Turnpike Company began in 1834. It eventually ran 93 miles from Winchester to Staunton.
When the Civil War began, the turnpike brought repeated military campaigns, bloodshed, and destruction to the Shenandoah Valley.”
Tuesday Treasures |
March 18, 2024
Blue Falcon
Monday Murals |