2022-01

By Carol Nelson - VCE Southside Master Gardener Spring 2022 The mornings are still a little cool to see many flying insects in our gardens – but in a couple weeks the butterflies and moths will be out in force, as well as the peskier sorts like mosquitoes, midges, and winged termites. Soon we will also notice acrobatic predators swooping ...

Story by Brian Carlton Photos provided by Danville Otterbots Spring 2022 The manager was disappointed when he saw Sparky Adams. At a half inch under 5 feet 5, Adams was by far the smallest player who showed up for Danville’s spring training on that March day in 1920. “He asked if I’d brought my nursing bottle,” Adams told The Sporting ...

The Jones House – Milton, NC By Hosanna Blanchard Spring 2022 Jake and Nancy Keeler - Owners of the Jones House in historic Milton, NC Generally speaking, buying and restoring a forlorn 170-year-old house is a daunting proposition. Participants can count on exhausting, dirty work, unwelcome construction problems, numerous frustrating roadblocks – all resulting in painfully slow progress. This might ...

By Deelynn Leigh Spring 2022 Winter season of no snow, Bare limbs and surviving willowed leaves, Brisk air in opening doors, Burning sun through frosted glass, Smoking chimneys swirl above, A red robin perched nearby, Scanning the earth for its next home, Picking up debris after windy nights. From the frosted window we see, Stopping to praise God for His ...

Danville, Virginia Story by Susan Moss Photos by Landon Moss Spring 2022 We like to refer to ourselves as ”Apparel with Purpose”! Starting a retail business in the middle of a pandemic would seem a bit odd and risky to most. However, for us this venture has more meaning and power than the eye can see. My husband and I ...

Story by Phyliss Boatwright Photos provided by Semora Volunteer Fire Department Fire Apparatus 2021 The Semora Volunteer Fire Department (SVFD) will mark its 50th anniversary on April 23 and, according to members, there is much to celebrate, commemorate, and look back upon with pride. For one thing, members of the SVFD told me, from its beginnings in the early 1970s, ...

Pelham’s Oakhaven Story and photos by Jo Proia Spring 2022 The #1 ceremony spot on the farm the old oak tree Tucked just inside Rockingham County and almost straddling the Caswell County line, with Wolf Island Creek running through it, is a 1,500-acre wedding venue that has saved a family treasure that’s been in the Dibrell family for almost 100 ...

Story and photos by Marie Pridgen Jessie Decker gathers fresh flowers for reception tables previous to a wedding event at Gentleman's Ridge Farmstead. Adding farm-grown flowers in 2018 for weddings, home decorating, and special events has provided Gentleman’s Ridge Farmstead’s clients with unique floral choices. Dahlias, David Austin roses, specialty zinnias, rosemary, cosmos, lisianthus, snapdragons, anemones, ranunculus, and peonies grown ...

Spring 2022 Remember back to our Summer 2020 issue of Hyco Lake Magazine… we ran the story “Backyard Etc. - Made in the USA Outdoor Furniture.” Well, we have some exciting news! Born and raised in Burlington, NC, Lee and LuAnn Isley are high school sweethearts who have been married 31 years and have two daughters, a son-in-law, and hopes ...

by phillip gillis I. Painting The ephemeral colors dancing on the horizon in a daring ballet of lavenders, not purple, and rust, like metal weathered in many storms, and periwinkle blue, like “mother’s dress,” lost in a mystic confusion even if Bob and Vincent did it better. II. Music The rhythms and lyrics bouncing around- little care for formalities and ...