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Welcome to the Davidson Woods website

This website is for members of the Davidson and Woods families. It is a place to share recipes, blog posts, photos, and memories. This is the second new version of the website.

The website requires user authentication to create or edit content. This functionality is not open to the public. After loggining in, the website now allows users to post new items and comments and to edit content.

If you have trouble logging in or have any questions or suggestions, please contact the webmaster.

Blogs

The last three blog posts are shown below. The blog editor allows the user to add styling and formatting.

To improve the appearance of the blog section, please consider posting at least one image with each blog post. Instructions for uploading images are available through a button at the top right of the "Create blog entry" page.

To read more, click on the title of the blog post. Or to see all blogs, click on the "Blogs" link in the navigation bar.

The Chicken Coop Has Arrived
woodstrehl submitted on February 22, 2026
We decided with our daughter, Elley, to get some chickens this year. Of course that has been a project. The chickens are ordered and the first batch of 6 will arrive in April. They will need a house. Before the end of the year we placed an order for the coop. In early February, Lancaster Chicken Coops told us it was ready. However, there has been more snow this year than expected. Finally we settled on delivery February 27 despite another 12 inches of snow on top of our present 12 inches of coverage. Chuck had already cleared a path across the front of the yard to the back which...

Mom and Dad Woods Wedding
Norb submitted on January 27, 2026
My parents had a true wartime wedding. They met, two weeks later got engaged , two and a half months later married , and 2 weeks later Dad got orders and shipped out for two and a half years. Mom , Mary Margaret Bracewell from Burlington Iowa, was a lieutenant in the Navy Reserves , Dad , Norbert Vincent Woods, a lieutenant in the Marines, was from Schenectady, New York. Given the oddities of the Navy despite that they were both lieutenants, she outranked him. They had a formal military wedding with honor guard. Mom resigned her commission and lived with her mother in law . Dad was sent to...

Remembering visits from Father Patrick Peyton
Mark W. submitted on December 22, 2025
Father Peyton in Canton, New York Father Peyton flew from Spain to baptise our youngest brother James Matthew Joseph Woods, born on April 29, 1964. Jim was born just a short time after our Uncle Father Francis Woods, our Dad's older brother, had died while on a religious retreat at the Auriesville Shrine. Father Woods had made the effort to baptise every one of the twelve previously born children to Norb and Mary Woods. All thirteen of us were baptised in our Father's ornate and delicate baptismal gown. This baptismal gown is still in the family and worn by nieces and nephews of the family in honor of our...

Recipes

The last three posted recipes are shown below. This is the part of the website that was changed the most from the original website.

All recipes now have an image of the recipe (many were generated by AI). Please feel free to change the image of any recipe that you posted.

The recipe entry form allows the user to enter ingredients through separated inputs (for name, amount, unit and preparation). or to enter the same information on one line. Or to enter a list of ingredients at a single time. You can also select group headings for related items.

The new website allows users to rate recipes. All recipes have been temporarily set to 3.5 stars. Recipes can be rated in the comments section.

To read more, click on the title of the recipe. Or to see all recipes, click on the "Recipes" link in the navigation bar.

Mushroom Soup

Mushroom Soup

Chef John's Chicken Tikka Masala

Chef John's Chicken Tikka Masala

Apple and Cream Pie

Apple and Cream Pie

Photos

The last three posted photos are shown below. This section of the website has a new look. It is styled in the masonry format.

To see more, click on the title of the photo. Or to see all photos, click on the "Photo Gallery" link in the navigation bar.

The "Photo Gallery" link will take you to a page that has a list of all photo albums. Each album is linked to pages containing its photos.

California gnatcatcher

California gnatcatcher

Streak-backed Oriole

Streak-backed Oriole

American bittern

American bittern