Category: PLACE

McIntire Skate Park | McIntire Park East | View latest news & send comments to consultants

We will all soon see the new Skate Park from the 250 Bypass. It sounds very interesting both to glimpse from the road and to visit! The consultants will return with final design plans to present to the public and city by the end of June. “I would encourage even people who don’t skate to come,…

May 15, 2014
Wayback Machine Hits 400,000,000,000! A Judson College 1999 Digital Scrapbook

What I think is going to be just a cursory glance at the archived pages always turns into hours of clicking and remembering! Thank you, Internet Archive – how amazing that all this has survived! We knew that our Judson College website being archived, but did not pay much attention. The old pages looked very…

May 12, 2014
Butterfly Garden or Butterfly House?

As I have mentioned before, I am hoping for a butterfly garden in McIntire Park East. Our family recently visited the beautiful Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond, Virginia. One of the photos below is the welcoming, shady seat for observing the rose garden. Of particular interest was the “Butterflies Live “exhibit in the conservatory. We…

May 8, 2014
Free Skin Cancer Screening – Saturday, May 10 – Trade your old baseball cap or visor for a new sun hat

If you love to be outside in this beautiful, sunny weather, please be aware that excess exposure to UV radiation can cause lasting damage which may lead to skin cancer. Remember your sunblock, sunglasses, and hat! Even when the weather is cool and cloudy, you need sun protection. UVa Health System, Primary Care, Dermatology…

May 5, 2014
Happy 50th Birthday, #BASIC – You were my inspiration!

I first met BASIC in the early 1980s when our new family Commodore 64 came with Introduction to BASIC, Part I. Wow – a machine that I could talk to, that would respond, and that loved logic as much as I did! I was truly hooked, and when the Internet arrived in the early 1990s, I took…

May 1, 2014
Charlottesville Dogwood Parade 2014 – So Beautiful!

April 26, 2014