September 2012

Julyan Davis

Julyan Davis, Painter

Julyan Davis is an English-born artist who now lives in the United States. He was born in 1965 and received his art training at the Byam Shaw School of Art in London.
Jack Higgs, his garden and his grandchildren.

A Garden for Three Generations

Jack and Reny Higgs call the narrow garden bed that runs along a low retaining wall just beyond their back door their "geriatric garden."
Craig Rogers runs 400-ewe Border Springs Farm in Virginia. His dogs have won national honors.

Where Sheepdogs Rule

The National Sheepdog Trials Finals will be held in September in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, and offer viewers telling glimpses of these swift, gentle, complex, difficult dogs.
Peggy Root, Painter

Peggy Root, Painter

Born in 1958, Peggy Root grew up in Florida and North Carolina. She studied at Ringling School of Art and Design (1977-1980), and studied figure painting and anatomy at Lyme Academy of Fine Art in Old Lyme, Connecticut (1984-1987).

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Behind Blue Ridge Country

Even More Sweet Virginia Breezes

Casually cruising to Claytor Lake in southwest Virginia, I felt like I had come home – back to where it

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