Ware Neck Barn

These are a few shots of a recently renovated barn that lives in a field near Wellford Lane down Ware Neck.

(Notice I did not say Click Here at all in that sentence, even if there is a link. I promised yesterday I wouldn't do that today.)

In my opinion May is the best month of the year to take pictures around these parts. Everything is lush and green. Without the oppressive humidity that comes in June, July and August, the sun's rays just seem to do a much better job of illuminating things.

There are many other reasons why I love May, including:

-The really offensive insects--mosquitoes, horseflies, etc.--are not bad. Yet.
-The spring sports season is almost over, meaning fewer frantic days and a little less driving to places like the ends of the Earth King William or New Kent, on top of the hour-long drive (one way) to work.
-The school year is coming to a close. Amen.
-For the first time since Christmas, I'll have a week off from work (at the end of this month). Hallelujah.
-Summer is almost here, which means that my family's summer vacation is almost here. Amen. Again.

Yes, I love May.

Thoughts? What do you think of May?

Scenes from Ware Neck

Part of the very same time-killing mission that sent me down Warehouse Landing in Gloucester last Friday took me to Ware Neck.

Barely visible off in the distance is the shed in the first shot.
The light here is horrible but I took this from a moving vehicle under a bit of duress.

Between Mathews and Gloucester Counties we sure have lots of necks. Ware Neck, Chapel Neck, Tick Neck, Gales Neck--all manner of necks.

Although I know what is meant when someone says they're going to This Neck or That Neck, it occurred to me that readers who aren't from Mathews (which appears to be every reader except for two one), might not be familiar with the term.

Click here for a list of meanings, one of which is "narrow piece of land that comes out of a wider part."

Nuttall's store.  I went to grade school with a Nuttall, and she
lived down this neck of the woods. (Another neck!)

Tom Cruise, who at one point was shopping for spare houses in Mathews County (click here  or here for previous posts about that), spent some time at Nuttall's in Ware Neck while filming Steven Spielberg's Minority Report.

In a bit of trivia dating to the 1990s, I was in Boston for work and saw Spielberg sitting casually in my hotel's lobby. I smiled at him hoping my life of unfulfilling Human Resources work could come to a swift, merciful close. But, alas, he only smiled back and returned to his coffee and morning paper. (Remember the morning paper? Before the era of hand-held devices that tell you the news before it's even happened?)

This site (click here), contains snippets of  administrivia from the movie including the following:

Steven Spielberg used the town of Gloucester, Virginia as a location for a portion of the film. Though the crew was in the town for a little over a month shooting, the scenes are only shown in the movie for a minute or so. The town was given no acknowledgment in the credits. 


Finally, click here for more information about Nuttall's store, which dates to 1875.

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Come back tomorrow, when Chesapeake Bay Woman promises not to say "click here." Not even once.

She cannot, however, promise that you won't want to click the "x" in the upper right corner as you attempt to stampede exit this blog as quickly as possible.

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One more "click here" is necessary.  Please click here for a story written by a fellow Mathewsonian about a blackened black snake.