The Rt. 262 bypass around Staunton was being treated this morning as VDOT put down anti-freezing fluids on the roadways preparing for incom...
Staunton's Ox-Eye Vineyards rakes in more accolades
Susan and John Kiers have a winning product with their Ox-Eye wines and this week they received more accolades, this time from Brian Yost at...
'Tis the season for Christmas tree farms
Linda Jones and Joe Freeman of Mistletoe Meadows Tree Farm deliver Christmas tree to Virginia Executive Mansion in 2010. With First Lady Mau...
Election Day in SWAC area ... ongoing updates
It's Election Day 2013 in Virginia. The polls are open ... voters are voting, candidate supporters are greeting them, and volunteers are...
Peak leaf color in Shenandoah Valley this weekend
The maple beside my deck. If you're looking for vibrant autumn leaf color, this is the weekend to hit the central Shenandoah Valley. Re...
Photos #8: Irish Farm ... Homeschool Day 2013 at Frontier Culture Museum
The Irish Farm at the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton. Homeschool Day 2013. Photos by Lynn R. Mitchell October 4, 2013
Frontier Museum Homeschool Day ... and then the rains came & I ducked under a tree
As dark clouds gathered in the western sky Friday afternoon, hundreds of homeschoolers were at the Frontier Culture Museum enjoying the exh...
Best headline of the day
Best headline of the day goes to reporter Megan Williams' article in today's News Leader : Annual Apple Day excites Mary Baldwin ca...
Signs of fall at Frontier Culture Museum
Photos by Lynn R. Mitchell September 20, 2013
At the Frontier Culture Museum this weekend: Good Times, Tastes & Traditions Festival
Our festival title says it all.... GOOD TIMES are ahead . We will feature music and bands that expand all cultures at the 5 featured farms ...
2004 Bush-Cheney campaign sticker
I saw this Bush-Cheney '04 bumper sticker yesterday in Fishersville. It brought a smile to my face ... what a campaign! People practic...
Staunton weekend lunch with the Bollings
Virginia's Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling and wife Jean Ann at Staunton's Depot Grille over the weekend. The Lieutenant Governor a...
Historic Downtown Staunton, Virginia
Staunton, Virginia In the heart of the Shenandoah Valley as seen from Sears Hill Observation Deck. Photo by Lynn R. Mitchell August 17, 2013...
Photo: Bill and Jean Ann Bolling on Staunton's Sears Hill bridge
Lunch Saturday with Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling , Jean Ann Bolling , and Dr. Kurt Michael at Depot Grille on a beautiful day in hist...
A bowl full of imagination
A bowl of colorful wooden beads along with a group of five-, six-, seven-, and eight-year-olds is the beginning of unleashing imaginations a...
The German farm
Sights today at the Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia . Photos by Lynn R. Mitchell July 25, 2013
Summertime gardening
Flowers in the garden ... ... cucumbers in a pot ... ... Yukon Gold potatoes. Herbs ... Digging potatoes while SWAC Niece films for a French...