There
was just enough touch of fresh snow on the ground to add that delightful
"Winter Wonderland" feeling, here in Lee County this January
morning. Although we don't traditionally
plan a lot of big events and happenings during these wintery post-holiday
months of January and February, since the weather can create some haphazard
road conditions, there are still places to go and things to do, to prevent
"cabin fever."
Unless
the road conditions are hazardous, Wayne's Music Place
continues their delightful Friday nights of
down home musical performances right on through the winter months.
Photos
and information are available at
http://www.virginia.org/Listings/EventsAndExhibits/FridayEveningsatWaynesMusicPlace/
and
https://www.facebook.com/waynes.place1.
Lee
County continues to celebrate the recent grand re-opening of the historic Lee Theatre
in Pennington Gap. Lee Theatre is
offering adventure, comedy, drama, romance, action, and animation at the movies
this month. Admission is $5 at the
door. Lee Theatre will show
"Despicable Me 2" on Saturday, January 18, 2014 at 7:00pm. "Smokey and the Bandit" will be
shown on Friday, January 24, 2014 at 7:00pm. On Sunday,
January 26, 2014 at 3:00pm, Lee Theatre will show "The Emperors New
Clothes." For the latest updates on
happenings at Lee Theatre, visit their facebook page at
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lee-Theatre/215374055288705.
Two
special events will take place at Wilderness Road State Park in Elydale on
Saturday, January 18, 2014. From 2:00PM - 3:00PM, Wilderness Road
State Park will host a Valentine making party.
Participants will create Valentine Cards for deployed military men and
women. The Valentine making party will be
held in the beautiful Karlan Mansion on the grounds inside Wilderness Road
State Park. Light refreshments will be
available for participants. The park's
Educational Support Specialist Olivia Marcum explained in a recent a Powell Valley New article promoting the
event, "I am looking forward to this heartwarming program and have hopes
of sending dozens of heartfelt sentiments to those whose sacrifices are
unmeasured."
An
event listing at
http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/park-event-info.shtml?id=585D0E61630807060109071B0109
also reports, "Join Wilderness Road State Park for a Valentine making
party to create cards that will be sent to deployed military men and women as
part of Hugs for Soldiers. Light refreshments will be available for
anyone who wishes to participate. Cards can be made onsite at the park, or they
can be made at home, school or church with the park acting as a drop-off point.
Cards must be received at the park by 4:30 p.m. The Hugs for
Soldiers program is dedicated to offering comforts from home and brightening
a Soldier's day with a care package, card or letter of encouragement." For more information or to register, call
(276) 445-3065 or email the park at wildernessroad@dcr.virginia.gov.
Also
at Wilderness
Road State Park in Elydale on Saturday,
January 18, 2014, beginning at 3:00pm, Lee County's award-winning photographer,
Harold Jerrell, will be providing a photo presentation and tips on digital
photography. According to a January 11,
2014 article in the Powell Valley News,
Harold Jerrell's photo presentation will include, "his Capturing Light
show which showcases images he has taken from the mid-Atlantic region and
beyond." Harold Jerrell's
photography focuses on landscapes and wildlife and has been featured on the
cover of Virginia Wildlife magazine. Here's a link to a Middlesboro Daily News article promoting the event: http://www.middlesborodailynews.com/news/news/3326615/Jerrell-offers-digital-camera-workshop-at-WRSP.
Want
to enjoy some stunningly beautiful Harold Jerrell photos? When I wanted to see some Harold Jerrell
photos as I typed this blog entry, I googled "Harold Jerrell High Knob
Landform" and VIOLA!! top google
listing: http://www.highknoblandform.com/ and right now, his posting from
Monday is still at the top of the page and WOWEE!! He's been out there doing his thing at the
right spot this week! MY!! What photos!!
His photos from two days ago offer a cloud immersion. Instead of using the bubble bath advertising
phrase, Take me away, C-----!, I'm thinking, "Take me into the clouds,
Harold Jerrell photos!" No time for
a relaxing bubble bath? You can immerse
yourself (right here at your computer) in the clouds through Harold Jerrell
photos at http://www.highknoblandform.com/.
A
description about what inspires Harold Jerrell to take all these glorious
photos, along with a list of his photography recognitions (including a cover
photo for Virginia Wildlife
Magazine), is available at http://www.swcenter.edu/content/press.asp?PressID=160.
Harold
Jerrell photos are featured on the front page of Rose Hill's website at
www.rosehillvirginia.org. Addicted
already? Want some more? I know where there's a WHOLE bunch of Harold
Jerrell photos! In September 2009, they
were celebrating "God's Green Earth," I'll call it, in that first
post on their blog about High Knob Landform, as the introduction to High Knob
Landform, which includes Lee County, Virginia.
Their
first blog entry is a nearly bottomless treasure chest (you can keep scrolling
way down down down past the salamanders and into a cave) of absolutely amazing
photos of land, water, plants and critters -- scenery and wildlife.
Parts
of High Knob Landform is in one of The Nature Conservancy's "Last Great
Places on Earth," which includes Lee County, Virginia. Want a relaxing and inspiring
"pick-me-up?" I particularly
recommend their first entry (the treasure chest of beautiful photos, many of
them by Lee County's award-winning Harold Jerrell), posted back in September
2009 as an introduction to High Knob Landform at http://www.highknoblandform.com/2009/09/high-knob-landform.html. Enjoy!!
