PRICELESS CHESAPEAKE www.chesapeakestyle.com Volume XX Issue 2 October 2016 © Style Serves and Celebrates the Chesapeake Bay Region and its People, Past, Present and Future 2 October 2016 Fast Times on the Rivers CHESAPEAKE Style grew up in Lakeside, when today’s Lewis Ginter Botanical Editor, Publisher, Chief The mission of Chesapeake Style Garden was a thought germinating in someone’s mind. When Cook & Bottle Washer is to serve and celebrate the I first came back to Virginia I attended jazz concerts, and went Janet Abbott Fast Chesapeake Bay Region and its with my son and his family to several events over the years. Writers & Photographers people, past, present and future. They started the Butterflies Alive! exhibit two years ago and Corinne Becker, Mari Bonomi, Carol Letters to the editor are welcome. I’ve wanted to see it. Since my balance isn’t what it used to be, I needed I J. Bova, Kathey Brodtman, Joy B. The editor reserves the right to someone to drive me to the door. My son and two youngest grandchildren, Burch, Joseph T. “Chip” Buxton edit all submissions for clarity, came Labor Day weekend, and off we went! It was slow going but we III, Saraya Cheney, Ellen Dugan, lousy spelling or any other made it. Once inside, I was enthralled with all the activity and colors! Jean Duggan, Ann Eichenmuller, The children soon tired of it and they went with my son to explore RuthE Forrest, George Frayne, Susan reason that strikes her fancy. more garden mysteries. The exhibit area was hot and humid, mists Grandpre, Bill Graves, Deborah Chesapeake Style is a priceless came and went to keep the climate favorable for the butterflies. I Jaouen, Martha M. Hall, Melissa circulation magazine published was enthralled and took many photos. But I was unable to capture Haydon, Gwen Keane, Spike Knuth, eight times a year by Chesapeake photos of the ones with the beautiful blue wings, except when they Don Loop, Joanne Nelson, Kenny Bay Marketing. To have it delivered were at rest, wings folded. The underside of their wings is brown! Park, Aaliyah Plummer, Jalynn for one year, please send your name, Disappointed, I took a photo of the descritption of them—Common Plummer, Alexis Rose Powell, Bill mailing address and a check or Powell, Chelly Scala, Marie Stone, Morpho, 5-8” wingspan has tympanal ears on its wings, called Vogal’s organs. money order, for $24 for postage Charlene Talcott, Becky Vess, Most butterflies are deaf. Range Mexico to Columbia. Note underside is Heather Woolard, Diana Wise and handling, to the address below. brown. Later, as we were ready to leave, I met two young girls, from Essex Ad Sales, Distribution Chesapeake Style County, and they did have photos of the butterfly, and were happy to share Carol J. Bova, Betty Bridgeman, P. O. Box 802 them with me, via Instagram. I briefly met their mom, before my son and Warsaw, VA 22572 grandchildren were impatient for me to get in the car to come home. Susan Christopher, Lee Conley, Deborah Figg, Bill Graves, Martha 804-333-0628 My mind began to percolate. The girls were local students and had more [email protected] photos of the butterflies. I wanted to put them on our Students in Style page, Hall, Florine Headley, Karen Jett, www.chesapeakestyle.com but how to find them? Their Instagram accounts were private and I am new Nancy Shelley, Marie Stone The opinions expressed in to this app, so like a detective, I began to sleuth. I knew their last name, found Proofreader their mom on Facebook, noted we had several friends in common...Earlier Marie Stone Chesapeake Style are those this week we connected and mom gave her permission to publish the photos. Ad Composition, Graphics, Layout of contributing writers and Aaliyah and Jalynn photos of the blue butterfly appear on page 4. Between Janet Abbott Fast, Deborah Figg do not necessarily reflect the their photo is a picture of the same butterflies feeding, brown wings at rest. opinion of Chesapeake Style or We believe that students’ creativity needs to be celebrated and shared. its advertisers. Reproduction in We encourage and welcome students from elementary grades through whole or in part of any material college to share photos, art work, essays, poetry and we will include your in this publication without work in our Students in Style permission is strictly prohibited. section. For more information, ©2007-2016 All rights reserved go to www.ChesapeakeStyle.com Chesapeake Style and click on Students in Style. Chesapeake Bay Marketing. About the cover~ Angela Dawson, a Sweet Briar Visit Milestones & Memories graduate, is professional portrait Photography on Facebook and nature photographer, born and for more information. raised in the good ol’ Northern Neck About the image. One fall of Virginia. Her studio is based in afternoon I captured this beautiful Heathsville, and she serves many Baird’s sparrow sitting on an unused areas throughout Virginia. She hay rake at our farm, just as the sun is available to travel throughout was setting. I love to go exploring and Virginia, DC, Maryland, and North photograph what nature has to offer. Carolina areas, offering a broad Settings: Nikon D610, f 5.6, 1/150, Athena plans to be a range of photography services ISO 100 at 500mm, spot metered. human for Halloween. from Wedding, events, portraits Joy Brenda Burch photo to retail/product photography. 4 October 2016 Students in © Essex High School and Style Essex Intermediate School Encouraging Student Artists, Photographers, Writers Above, Jalynn Plummer photo. She is in Aaliyah Plummer photos. She is a Freshman at Essex High School. sixth grade at Essex Intermediate School. October 2016 5 One of Life’s Moments~Fe, the Other Side of Rescue trying to help often gave in to her pushy ways. loud noises, no quick moves and Fe feel loved Over the years Fe has tested my stay with the routine. Fe doesn’t and wanted. stamina too. At my house she jumps like change. She lost her buddy But Fe had gates and stands on the other side just Crackerjack in March and now has been a street looking at me as if to say, “because I become even more attached to dog, fending can, I do.” I have taken her to the vet her owner. But at our house she is for herself to get nails clipped and have been content, happy and feels safe, while most of her called back to pick up the Iron Lady, enjoying the company of her canine life. She had because she was stronger than one friends Treme and Carter Lee. rope burn vet and two vet techs, not allowing Photo of Fe by Gwen Keane. scars on her her feet to be touched. She has been stomach and exiled from two groomers, whom part of one she wouldn’t allow to bathe her. And ear had been most recently, when she injured Spa 2 U chopped off. a dewclaw after two calming pills Mobile Therapeutic Massage Why should and three injections, it still took a she believe vet, three vet techs and her owner By Gwen Keane she was safe? Treme, our Lab, was the to keep her down while treating the t’s been three years since Fe, welcomer in our home. Fe seemed injury. Yes, she is truly an Iron Lady. a Flat Coated Retriever was to be entertained by our puppy, But then there are those moments adopted by my friend. She Carter Lee’s non stop energy, but when she sleeps next to you, gently came with the name Phoebe, Offices In she wasn’t going to take orders from takes a treat from your hand or softly but within a few short Kilmarnock & Warsaw our big Northern Neck Black Dog licks the back of your leg as you walk minutes I named her Fe, the Iron I Olav, whom she blew off. Watching past her. Sometimes she will retreat to 804-453-5367 Maiden. Fe was to be a companion the dogs interact with other canines a place where she can be by herself, RuthE Forrest BA. NCBTMB for my friend’s dog Crackerjack who and cats is not only entertaining, but after a while she had lost his best dog friend several but educating. Sometimes we comes back to socialize months earlier. My friend received really don’t get it, but if left to the with everyone. She is a call from Lab Rescue that they animals, they will show us the way. such an intelligent dog had the perfect dog for her. Fe had Fe spends a lot of time visiting with who has suffered both been picked up while running with us since her Mom’s job requires travel. physical and emotional a Beagle and was in foster care. Fe doesn’t understand why her Mom abuse, yet she still loves. So early one Saturday morning goes to work. She has literally chewed The journey with Fe we put Crackerjack in my van, up three metal door knobs, convinced continues. Recently along with a crate for Fe and off to if she could get on the other side she’d she spent three weeks Richmond we went. The foster Mom find her Mom, Nancy. It took a while with us and she was the was so welcoming and reassured us for Fe and Crackerjack to work out perfect house guest. Fe would be a great companion for their relationship, but it happened. We understand the both Crackerjack and Nancy. We Crackerjack helped Fe adjust and rules—speak softly, no introduced the two dogs, neither who really showed any interest in each other.