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 ...
First morning of 30s in my corner of Augusta County
Update: On this thermometer the temperature dropped to 38.5 while an outdoor thermometer read 37. Either way, it's in the 30s which is ...
Grand Caverns
South River borders Grand Caverns Park . It's the southern fork of the Shenandoah River. Jurassic Park at Grand Caverns? Related posts: ...
Elusive mountain lion sightings continue in Valley
When my husband and I bought our house west of Staunton in 1997, one of the first things the homeowner told us was about seeing a mountain l...
Adventures with Barb: Rockingham County and Liskey's sweet corn
It was pouring rain in the Shenandoah Valley today but that didn't stop my friend Barb and me from heading north to Rockingham County ...
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...
Sunday afternoon in Augusta County
Looking west toward the Appalachian Mountains on a sunny, low-humidity late summer day with temps in the upper 70s. Photo by Lynn R. Mitchel...
Foggy late-summer Shenandoah Valley sunrise
Foggy morning in the Shenandoah Valley as I tiptoed with bare feet through the cold, dew-covered grass to grab a photo of the sun rising b...
Family
Birthday celebration on the deck. He brought flowers for his grandmother. Mom with the beautiful flowers from cousins Lynn and John Osborne ...
It's evening in the Valley ... thoughts while sitting on the deck
I love the quiet of the hours before dark. I'm sitting on the deck in the cool of the evening, a slight rustle through the leaves, with ...
Back in the homeschool classroom: Staying in touch with homeschool friends
I got a phone call this morning, out of the blue, from a homeschool friend here in Augusta County, the first homeschool friend I made when m...
New neighbor
While trimming the wisteria vine on the porch, I heard a clop-clop, clop-clop, and looked up to see a horse and rider. SWAC Husband was tri...
Jurassic Park in Augusta County?
"Dr. Grant, my dear Dr. Sattler... Welcome to Jurassic Park." John Hammond played by actor Richard Attenborough Jurassic Park Visi...
Sunday night ... 'I will lift up mine eyes'
"I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help." --Psalm 121:1 "In his hand are the depths of the eart...
Summertime gardening
Flowers in the garden ... ... cucumbers in a pot ... ... Yukon Gold potatoes. Herbs ... Digging potatoes while SWAC Niece films for a French...