Transgender athlete focuses on what may be her last track season as Supreme Court ruling looms A West Virginia transgender girl who competes on her high school girls' track team says she's focused on having fun with her friends.

A West Virginia transgender girl is focused on competing in what could be her last season on the girls track team as a Supreme Court decision looms.

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A white dogwood tree in bloom

A close-up of white dogwood petals in bloom

Let’s hear it for the blooming white dogwood tree at my house. Show off! 🌱🥰

A pink dogwood tree in bloom

I wish I had a better close-up, but I just love this blooming pink dogwood tree down the street. Every time I pass it, I have to stop. 🌱

An eastern redbud tree in bloom

An eastern redbud tree in bloom

The eastern redbud trees are starting to put on a show🌱📷 😍

Little daffies, right before the snow hit. 🌱

Might have to be a weekend thing.

So much for planting potatoes on St. Paddy’s Day. 🌱

Seed potatoes in a sunny window

Seed potatoes

Happy happy, joy joy.

The local store finally put seed potatoes out for sale. Rough winter weather had delayed their delivery for two weeks. I bought three dozen Red Pontiac, Yukon Gold and Kennebec.

Now they’ll sit in the window to allow their eyes to grow before planting in mid-March. 🌱🥔

The northern lights in West Virginia, November 2025

The northern lights in West Virginia, November 2025

Watermelon from the garden

Luffa picked from the garden

And a few more 📷🌱

Two butterflies on a flower

A butterfly on a Mexican sunflower

Potatoes from the garden

Zucchini picked from the garden

Meant to do this a week or so ago, but here are some of my favorite photos from the garden and yard in 2025. Here’s to an even better 2026. 🌱📷

It’s weird what ideas come into my head as I’m rummaging for my keys to the house in the middle of the night

At least 7 explosions and low-flying aircraft are heard in Venezuela's Caracas At least seven explosions and low-flying aircraft are heard around 2 a.m. local time Saturday in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas.

BREAKING: FAA bans U.S. commercial flights in Venezuelan airspace over "ongoing military activity" ahead of explosions in the capital, Caracus.
The Pentagon and White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

At least 7 explosions and low-flying aircraft are heard in Venezuela's Caracas At least seven explosions and low-flying aircraft are heard around 2 a.m. local time Saturday in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas.

At least seven explosions and low-flying aircraft were heard around 2 a.m. local time Saturday in Venezuela's capital, Caracas.

Here’s a couple more different angles, because hey it’s one in the morning and I’m just getting home. 🤣📷🌱

Took this photo tonight with the moon coming over the horizon. One last chance to get a picture of the outside Christmas ornaments before I take them down. 📷🌱

Critically wounded National Guard member being moved to in-patient rehabilitation A West Virginia National Guard member who was shot last month in the nation’s capital is being transitioned from hospital acute care to in-patient rehabilitation.

Critically wounded West Virginia National Guard member who was shot in DC is being moved to in-patient rehabilitation

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3 officers and a man were wounded and a suspect is killed in Omaha shootings Three Omaha police officers have been wounded in an exchange of gunfire with a shooting suspect who was killed.

Three Omaha police officers have been wounded in an exchange of gunfire with a shooting suspect who was killed.

Lawsuit claims Tennessee's new school voucher program violates the state constitution A group of public school students’ parents and taxpayers has filed a lawsuit challenging Tennessee’s new statewide school voucher program.

A group of public school students' parents and taxpayers has filed a lawsuit challenging Tennessee's new statewide school voucher program.

The body of a coal miner has been found in a flooded West Virginia mine, the governor says Gov. Patrick Morrisey says crews have found the body of a coal miner missing for days after a mine flooded in West Virginia.

The body of a coal miner has been found in a flooded West Virginia mine, the governor says

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The moon rises above a canopy of trees along a street

The northern lights showing off above the skies of West Virginia

Just wow. Taken tonight. 📷 🌱

Deployment of West Virginia National Guard members in nation’s capital can continue, judge rules A West Virginia state judge has allowed the continued deployment of more than 300 West Virginia National Guard members to Washington, D.C.

Deployment of West Virginia National Guard members in nation’s capital can continue, judge says
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A flood inside a coal mine in West Virginia has trapped a coal miner inside State and local official say a flood inside an underground West Virginia coal mine has trapped a miner inside, and rescue crews have been pumping water out to get to him.

A flood inside a coal mine in West Virginia has trapped a miner inside

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Fall colors in West Virginia

A burning bush displays its fall colors

This maple tree in the first photo blocks the sun for a few hours in the back garden but I sure don’t want to mess with it, as shown by the red fall colors.

The burning bush in the second photo is putting on a show, too. 🌱

4 hours north of me!

Welcome! Start them early. They require a loooong growing season.

A loofa from the garden after its husk and seeds have been removed.

Here’s one from last year still on the shelf! Great for washing dishes or in the bath. Lasts a long time. 🌱

A tiny watermelon picked from the garden

I present to you perhaps the world smallest watermelon pick tonight from the garden before the big freeze.

It tasted perfectly fine. 🌱

Loofa gourds picked off the vine before a hard freeze

Loofa guards picked from the home garden

Picked my loofa before tonight’s hard freeze. 🌱 The fun part is still ahead with taking off the husks, shaking out billions of seeds and washing the goo out of those that are barely ready.

Chocolate chip zucchini bread

Blueberry zucchini bread

The aforementioned zucchini bread. Two chocolate chip loaves and one blueberry (my fave). 🧑‍🍳🌱

Love being able to pick zucchini in October. Gonna make some chocolate chip zucchini bread that the kids will devour in no time. 🌱