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CHESAPEAKE PRICELESS Volume XIII • Issue 6 • June 2011 © www.chesapeakestyle.comStyle 2 June 2011 Fast Times on the Rivers CHESAPEAKE Style As we prepare to go to press summer time weather is upon us. Folks are The mission of Chesapeake Style Letters to the editor are welcome. arriving in our Chesapeake Bay region to enjoy their leisure time, often on the is to serve and celebrate the The editor reserves the right to water. They shop in our local stores and visit the local boutiques, craft shops Chesapeake Bay Region and its edit all submissions for clarity, and have repairs made to their boats, lawn equipment...you get the idea. people, past, present and future. lousy spelling or any other They also pick up copies of Chesapeake Style. It’s not unusual for us to place reason that strikes her fancy. back issues on our racks—the magazine has universal appeal, the articles are Editor, Publisher timeless and the visitors like and share it. That’s among the reasons businesses Janet Abbott Fast Chesapeake Style is a free circulation like to advertise with us. The ads have a long shelf life, as does the magazine. magazine published eight times a On another note: o The deadline for entries in our Teen Style Awards Writers & Photographers year by Chesapeake Bay Marketing. contest has come and gone. Entries are in the judges’ hands now. However, Laurie Stevens Bond, Mari Bonomi, To have it delivered for one year, we are still collecting money in the cans placed at local businesses. And Betty Bridgeman, Kathey Brodtman, please send your name, mailing your donations are welcome. See page 31 to make your contribution to Joseph T. Buxton III, Bud Disney, address and a check or money encourage our local teens in their creative efforts. All of the money collected Ellen Dugan, Jean M. Duggan, order, for $24 for postage and is awarded to the winning teens to spend as they choose. Winners and RuthE Forrest, Megan Freeman, handling, to the address below. contributors will be announced in the September issue and folks will be Megan Gliebe, Bill Graves, Michelle able to see the winning entries in future issues of Chesapeake Style. Harbour, Gwen Keane, Spike Knuth, CHESAPEAKE Style And another note: o At this time of year many of my animal loving friends Colleen Morgan, Kathryn Murray, P. O. Box 802 complain about ticks on their dogs, cats and themselves. It seems ticks can wait Tara Ann Neville, Jane Ott, Chelly Warsaw, VA 22572 a lifetime on a blade of grass, just so they can attach themselves to us. I recently Scala, Paula Shipman, Elizabeth 804-333-0628 Allen Stokes, Audrey Stewart, received this information about Lyme disease in Virginia. Feel free to share. [email protected] Kelsey S. Smith, Diana Wise Since 2007 Virginia has experienced significant increases in the number www.chesapeakestyle.com of reported Lyme disease cases and other tick-borne infections. The risk Teen Style Writers, Photographers of acquiring Lyme disease is no longer confined to northern Virginia. The opinions expressed in Brionna Bennett, Maria In 2007, Lyme disease increased dramatically and has remained high. Chesapeake Style are those Bradshaw, Heather Ann Hundley, From 2009 to 2010, there was a 37% increase. The recent increase in Lyme of contributing writers and Jessica Oliff, Abby Walter disease has coincided with a progressive geographic spread of activity do not necessarily reflect the opinion of Chesapeake Style or southward and westward from northern regions of the Commonwealth Ad Sales, Distribution its advertisers. Reproduction in as part of an overall expansion in the eastern United States...The early Betty Bridgeman, Susan whole or in part of any material localized stage of Lyme disease is usually characterized by a distinctive skin Christopher, Bud Disney, Bill in this publication without lesion called erythema migrans (EM) that appears 3-32 days after Graves, Michelle Harbour, permission is strictly prohibited. an infectious deer tick bite. The primary EM lesion is a painless, non- Kathleen Kehoe, Marie Stone © 2007-2011 All rights reserved itchy red lesion that occurs at the site of the tick bite. The EM rash may Chesapeake Bay Marketing. not have the typical bull’s-eye appearance or may go unnoticed because Proofreader it is painless or in a spot that’s difficult to see or concealed by hair. Early Marie Stone recognition and prompt treatment are important in order to decrease the likelihood of long-term complications and other adverse events. Ad Composition, Graphics, Layout Prevention: It is important to know how to decrease Ellen Dugan, Janet Abbott the risk of acquiring tick-borne diseases. Fast, Michelle Harbour * Recognize tick habitats * Dress appropriately * Use repellents About the cover~ * Do tick checks regularly My favorite nature thing to do is the nectar. I was finally able to take a * Remove ticks promptly feed and photograph hummingbirds. tube down and hold it in my hand and * Know the early signs of tick-borne infections I have three feeders and have taken they worked up the courage to drink Editor comment: In our May issue Michelle Harbour wrote about dozens of photos. This little girl had from it. Then I was the one spending the devastating effect of the Gloucester tornado and included to wait until the male was distracted. hours sitting on the steps, waiting for a comment about the needs of the local Red Cross Chapter. She would sneak up from the far side that familiar buzzy hum and feeling Folks have called and asked where to donate money: of the flowers and take in as much the breeze from their wings on my Gloucester County Chapter of the American Red Cross, P.O. Box 2092, as possible until he found her and hand while they fed. My photos of the Gloucester, VA 23061. Write "tornado" in the memo line of the check. chased her away. This would go on for area are for sale at the Art of Coffee hours. I ended up placing the baskets in Montross right now, and you can Become a fan of and feeders far enough apart so the contact me at saintpaullysgirl@ Chesapeake Style Magazine on male spent more time trying to cover mac.com.—Peg Yates Chesapeake Style Magazine Facebook. Send us your ideas, photos. them all, allowing the girls to get to June 2011 3 BySpike’s Spike Knuth Wildlifeslurred, Almanac~ascending notes—described Prothonotary WarblerYork, Piankatank, Poropotank, he prothonotary as—“zweet, zweet, zweet” –very East, Ware, North, Little and warbler is a bird of the loud for such a small bird. They are Great Wicomico rivers, Dragon flooded bottomlands, often mistaken for goldfinches. Run, Piscataway, Cat Point, and wooded, swampy or This is the only eastern warbler Totuskey Creeks— and numerous marshy shorelines, that nests in tree cavities, choosing other ponds, lakes, creeks, and andT along quiet lakes, ponds, and rotted out holes along water or even rivers with wooded shores, and rivers. One of its other names is over it. Sometimes they’ll nest in swamps of Northern Neck and “golden swamp warbler.” The name nooks and crannies of manmade southeastern Virginia are good “prothonotary” comes from the title structures, old duck blinds, old places to see the “golden swamp of an old English court or religious boathouses, and piers. They will nest warbler.” Prothonotaries feed official; a person who wore golden in houses specifically designed for in low shrubs, flood debris, yellow robes, called a “protonotarius.” them or in gourds, and mounted and fallen timber at the edges The male has a bright golden head near or over water. Grasses, lined of or around water on mainly and breast, an olive back, blue-gray heavily with mosses are used in the small insects. They begin their wings and white under tail coverts. nest construction. Five to seven southerly migrations as early Females are similar, but generally creamy white eggs, heavily marked as late July and early August. duller with less yellow coloring. with brown or purple are laid. These warblers measure about 5-1/2 Look for them along tidal rivers inches. Their song is made up of like the Pamunkey, Mattaponi, Gardening in Style ~Spring is Here, Summer is Near seeds—and nesting. storm in our area that filled them tree is an excellent choice. The Arbor If you don’t have a up again. Many wells have some Day Foundation promotes the use of good area to attract concentrations of salt and higher these trees and they will grow almost birds, consider pHs and are not as plant friendly. anywhere. It takes only three years planting some native Rainwater tends to be slightly to harvest your first crop of nuts. trees and shrubs. acidic, which the plants prefer. Ways If you have a small area for With the passage to make your water go farther is to use gardening, try creating a keyhole of Earth Day, on mulch, compost and ground cover garden. These little gardens can April 22 and Arbor which conserves moisture, shades be placed in small areas. They are Day, April 29th, the soil and keeps roots cool. Keep usually raised and made of rocks we should all do major water users like lawn areas around the outside edges and something good small and choose plants carefully, filled with compost, humus and for the earth. It leaning heavily towards natives, rich soil. You can grow anything is not too late to which by their very nature are more in these small areas as long as plant trees, shrubs drought tolerant. Vegetable gardens you have the required sun. and flowers. Some use more water than other gardens, [email protected] A garden is a friend you can native choices however home grown vegetables are Kathey Brodtman photos.

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