By Stephen Living/DWR With the weather turning colder and hints of red and gold starting to paint the trees, gardener’s thoughts may turn towards “cleaning up” their landscape. This can include cutting down the spent flowers and dead stalks of the plants and grasses that provided valuable habitat to the wildlife in our spaces during the warmer months. Not so fast! Your Habitat at Home … [Read more...]
It’s Time for Soup
It’s fall, and that means raking leaves, football Saturdays, Halloween, and soup. Nothing beats the celebration of a crisp, fall afternoon like a bowl of good soup. I made some last week. Really good Creamy Potato Soup. Like most everything I make, it was super easy, and it all fit nicely in my crock pot. Here’s how. First, put a liner in your crockpot for easy clean-up. Add one 30-oz. … [Read more...]
Let’s Celebrate Bat Week
Holy Chiroptera. It’s Bat Week! Naturally, it’s Bat Week. It’s Halloween week, too. In actuality, October 24-31 is an international, annual celebration designed to raise awareness about the need for bat conservation. Bats are amazing creatures that are vital to the health of our natural world and economy, but like Rodney Dangerfield, bats don’t get any respect, and many are scared out of … [Read more...]
Update on Striped Bass Rebuilding Plan
(Beaufort, NC) – At its annual meeting this week, the Striped Bass Management Board (Board) of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) approved for public comment Addendum II of the fishery management plan designed to control fishing mortality and begin to reverse the decline in the coastwide striper population. The addendum is an update to Amendment 7, the current version of the … [Read more...]
Trout, Trout and More Trout
The speckled trout bite is on fire. The sleek fish are shallow and they’re hungry. Some huge fish are being caught in Little Creek, the Elizabeth River, the Piankatank River, the Rappahannock River, and many of the shallow creeks feeding these waters. Puppy drum are coming from the same spots. Nighttime has been the right time for rockfish. They love to snuggle up to bridges and … [Read more...]
The Greatest Show on Earth
And it was. When the Barnum and Bailey and Ringling Bros. circus came to town, it was the Greatest Show on Earth, and an event that every Boomer child looked forward to seeing. It all started when the Ringling brothers traveled to New England to see the established Barnum and Bailey Circus. The two circuses then agreed to divide the U.S. rather than compete head-to-head. The Ringling’s … [Read more...]
Fall Band Concert
It’s fall and it’s time for The Charlottesville Band to return to PVCC’s Dickinson Theatre for its 101st Season Fall Concert on October 22 at 3:30 PM. The afternoon show will feature selection of light classical, popular, and jazz pieces, as well as Franz Doppler’s Andante and Rondo for Two Flutes, featuring guest soloists Angela Kelly and Christine Steele. PVCC’s Dickinson Theater is one of … [Read more...]
Maple Dijon Drumsticks
I was in Kroger’s this week and saw a family pack of chicken drumsticks for five bucks. I hadn’t planned on drumsticks for a meal, but this was too good to pass up and I happen to like drumsticks. There were a dozen fat chicken legs in the package, enough for 2 meals. $2.50 a meal for 2 people? You can’t beat that in these days of spiraling inflation. Now, what to do with all these … [Read more...]
Charlotte’s Web
A few weeks back, Nancy and I were treated to a live production of one of nature’s most amazing shows. We watched a spider at work. My wife is not afraid of many things. I once saw her try to catch a snake with her bare hands in our goldfish pond. But Nancy is definitely afraid of spiders. If there is one around, she knows about it. We were sitting on the porch at our rental cottage at … [Read more...]
Little San Francisco
Charlottesville is not yet in the same class as San Francisco as far as the prevalence of street junkies, filth, and drugs, but Mr. Jefferson’s town is making progress. Where there once was an historically significant statue of one of the greatest military generals of all time, there is now a cluster of tents in a city park. The newly hired City Manager, Sam Sanders, removed the park’s 11 p.m. … [Read more...]
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