Last month after the second big snow of the season, we started tossing out birdseed figuring the poor starving little things would literally flock to our yard. After all, their normal foodstuffs were buried under a foot of snow. I flung a few handfuls of seed off the front porch and waited to see the [...]

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You may have noticed a few changes to the appearance of Wythe Notes and the information we’re offering. Some were planned, some involve new software, and at least one was an accident.
One of the most noticeable of the changes is the pictures on the banner. Prior to a month ago, I used stock photos provided [...]

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HAD ENOUGH?

GETTIN’ BACK MY COUNTRY

For the last week or so, Hank, Jr.’s song, A Country Boy Can Survive, has been playing over and over in my head. Whereas I was born and bred in the briar patch, nearly 40 years of living in the Washington, DC, suburbs beat the country right out of me. This [...]

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I took this photo of our driveway yesterday around 4pm after what I expect will be our last trip out for awhile. I nearly slid down the ravine because of the icy conditions and the depth of the snow. The tracks between the wheel ruts were made by the universal joint dragging through the crust.
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Forgive me for the picture. Part of the wreath was in shadow, and part of it was in sun. However, my lousy picture should not take away from Anne’s excellent wreath. She collected the cones from this tree in the front yard, (said tree soon to be swathed in red chili pepper lights)

attached them to [...]

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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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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 [...]

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This year, I’ve allowed Galena Creek to become overgrown, partly because I wanted to see what would happen with no human intervention, and partly because I’ve been concentrating on other things around here. Recently I took my trusty brush cutter down to clear a path thru the wildflower meadow to the Creek, and found this:

I’m [...]

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Serendipity is defined as “the effect by which one accidentally discovers something fortunate, especially while looking for something else entirely.” Serendipity occurs in photography all the time. At least it does in my photography. I just point the lens and let ‘er rip and hope for the best. In this shot I was just trying [...]

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