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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).
Adam Larkey performs with his father Eric at FloydFest 2008, on the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities stage.

A New Sound

His real love lies with the fiddle: "I've just stayed with it all my life." All his life isn't too long – six years out of a dozen – but long enough that he's played in Nashville, at the Carter Family Fold, at Virginia's FloydFest, on the BCMA Pickin
Left: The entrance to Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge. Right: The trailer is adjacent to the refuge office and visitor center. Every day or so I fill up the holdng tank, empty the gray water, etc. I do have electricity, even polarized plugs to plug in my chargers, etc. It has been very windy and rainy -- a good thing the trailer is anchored.

A Month at Canaan

For the month of May I will be the photographer in residence at Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge. I'm excited to able to spend so much time in the mountains. I will be giving programs, having a solo exhibit and doing activities for the refuge.
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