WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 2012

Changing light creates a shifting skyscape of clouds on Rt. 58 near M&M Store. (Photo by Linda Hylton)

Poppies are among the beautiful flowers in Carolyn Inscore Choate's favorite. garden on Willis Gap Road.

Rhododendron is blooming gloriously in the woods and roadsides of the Blue Ridge Mountains. (Photo by Linda Hylton)

Clayton Kendrick and his wife Sherry spotted this bald eagle on their farm in the Patrick Springs area Saturday. He said it was the first eagle he had ever seen there. The eagle is shown perched in a wooded area...

Ninth District Congressman Morgan Griffith (left) and former Patrick Democratic Party chairman John Reynolds (second from left) may disagree when it comes to politics, but when they met at a recent postcard exhibition in Roanoke, they found that they share a love of history. Griffith offered to present a railroad map of Virginia, showing the path of the Danville and Western (or "Dick and Willie") Railroad through the county, to the Patrick County Historical Society (of which Reynolds is secretary) The map was obtained from the Library of Congress and presented on May 3. Also shown looking at the map are Wilma Pendleton, county administrative assistant for economic development and tourism, and Henry Ayers, historical society president.