Ron and Ellen: Family and Home




Ellen, 2014 Ron, 2014

We are both very involved in the fight against Dominion's efforts to build the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a 42" pipeline (larger than anything they've built before) to carry fracked natural gas from the Marsellus Fields in Pennsylvania through West Virginia, Virginia, and into North Carolina for domestic use (although no individuals or businesses along the 550-mile path of the pipeline will be allowed to tap into it) and for export. It would involve a 125" construction swath and a 75" permanent clearcut swath through National Forests, conservation and protected areas, wetlands, steep and unstable mountainous terrain, and residential areas - despite the fact that the demand for natural gas is declining and there are enough existing pipelines to carry the gas.


Ellen, Ron, Sharon, Steven, 2007

Ellen, Ron, our daughter Sharon, and our son Steven, November 2007.


Sharon and Derrick's wedding, October 1994

Sharon and Derrick were married in October 1994 in our back yard. They now live in Charlottesville, Virginia, a 25-minute drive from our house.



Leo, first day of 10th grade, September 2015 Simon on 22 October 2015

Our grandsons, Sharon and Derrick's sons. Leo on the first day of 10th grade, with Bagel (September 2015), Simon on a hike (October 2015). Leo Calvin Stone was born on 14 December 1999, Simon Henry Stone was born 23 February 2002.


Stone family at beach, July 2014

Simon, Leo, Derrick, Sharon, July 2014. The boys are both considerably taller now!



Leo programming, December 2015 Simon as St. George, December 2015

Our grandsons, Sharon and Derrick's sons. Leo doing some programming, Bagel doing some sleeping (December 2015), Simon as St. George in the North Branch School production of "St. George and the Dragon" (December 2015).


Steven and Laurie's wedding, May 2009

Steven and Laurie were married on 1 May 2009. They live in Eugene, Oregon.


Steven and Laurie, 2015

Steven and Laurie, 2015.



Steven as DJ Isolde and Laurie, November 2015

Steven is a music geek and does a radio show; here he is DJ at a 2015 wedding. The lovely Isolde is Laurie's granddaughter, Steven's step-granddaughter - photo from November 2015.


We live in the Rockfish Valley, Afton, Virginia. Our house is at the base of the smaller mountain under the word "Blue".


Our house in summer
Our house in winter

Our house in summer and winter


We see the Blue Ridge Mountains from our garden.


The Rockfish River runs behind our house.


In spring, the redbud trees bloom in the woods all around us.


For more photos, click on the links below.


In 2010 we put an addition on our house. Photos of that process are here.

Over the summer of 2011, Ron built a pond outside our house. Photos of the pond construction are here.

We love to garden. Here are Ron and our friend George, proud collectors of a truckload of manure (from our neighbor's cow pasture). Then Ron tills the manure into our garden beds -- and here we're gathering some of the pumpkin crop the manure helped grow.

Here is a collection of 13 photos showing our garden from spring to fall.

We see lots of deer in the fields around our house. Unfortunately, they like our garden a lot.

Ellen and Ron enjoy their tandem, February 2002.




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