May Theme Day - Squares - Anne Spencer House - IV

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This is the front porch of Anne Spencer's house. I love the checkerboard tile! And of course it fits right in for City Daily Photo's theme this month, so yeah...and here's more squares:

Isn't this gate precious and I just adore the color of paint...it's such a magical garden!

And now meet our gracious hostess:

This is Shaun Spencer-Hester. She is Anne Spencer's granddaughter and takes care of things. We were so fortunate to get the chance to talk to her and she is just one of those people that you can talk to for hours! If you have any questions about the house/garden/community you can click "contact us" on the website and she is the one that will answer all your questions. If you haven't checked out the website yet I encourage you to do so because not only is there interesting info on Anne Spencer and her history, but also histories of the neighborhood as well. Very fascinating stuff!

To visit the website, Click Here and to see more squares, visit City Daily Photo

Anne Spencer House and Museum
1313 Pierce Street • Lynchburg, Virginia 24501 • 434-845-1313

ABC Wednesday - P is for Poet - Anne Spencer House - III

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This is the cute little garden house that Anne Spencer's husband built for her.

Inside her garden house...don't you just love that colored glass? I do too! And see those little kidlet cutouts on the shelf? How funny, my grandma had those of us too! I haven't seen those in a LONG time!

Another from inside the little garden house. We were told by a nice woman from the garden club who was there working that sometimes Mrs. Spencer would sleep on that couch when she was writing. Look at that stone floor. It's beautiful. I wish I had gotten a better photo of it. The garden club woman told us what kind of stone it was but I have forgotten...Mrs. Spencer's husband Edward worked for the post office and acquired many of the things he used in her garden from people on his route that were going to throw it out.

Here we are sitting at the goldfish pond that Edward Spencer built for his wife. The garden club woman told us about the circle not being perfectly round but they decided to keep its shape the way it is when they were restoring the gardens. I like that it is not perfect. Makes it even more special don't cha think?

One more look at that adorable garden house!.....I'll wrap this up tomorrow so be sure to come back, ya hear?!!

For more info on the Anne Spencer House/Museum:
1313 Pierce Street. Lynchburg. Va. 24501
434.845.1313
Anne Spencer Museum

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Anne Spencer House - II

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Anne Spencer House, Lynchburg

I'm late today..."I'm late, I'm late, for a very important date"....not really but that song just crept into my head...anyways...I wanted to show you this super ingenious idea that Miss Spencer's granddaughter came up with to hide the air conditioning unit. That's her grandpa's old car and she had it cut down to cover it all up. Isn't that brilliant?! Yes, I thought so too! Extreme repurposing for sure!

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Visit the Anne Spencer site HERE

The Anne Spencer House - I

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Anne Spencer House. 1313 Pierce Street. Lynchburg. 24501. 434-845-1313

Yes we went to the reenactment on Saturday and I have loads of photos and some video to share but I wanted to get this post out ASAP because it is time sensitive! We ended up in Lynchburg on Sunday and were told to go look at the gardens at the Anne Spencer House. Incredible!! Now on Tuesday you can actually tour the house and garden as part of the Historic Garden Week so I wanted to put that out there for the locals.

I have more to show you from Miss Anne's garden plus our great visit with her gracious granddaughter coming up so stay tuned! :)

For more information on Anne Spencer, visit the website HERE and for more info on the garden tours, visit HERE

Random 5 Friday - Bierer's Deli

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Bierer's Deli, Buchanan

I like those windows that run across the top above the awnings.

Random 5:

1) We moved here to Botetourt County in 2008. Just like all our previous moves, schools were always our first concern when researching an area. We loved Botetourt for their school ratings and the fact that it was a little rural, not too far out, but not in the city of Roanoke. We still absolutely love it here. I found this video clip featuring Botetourt so you can see why we love where we live! Let me know if you recognize anything in the video!



2) We went to watch our minor league Red Sox play last night. That's always a good time!

3) I worked on some genealogy yesterday and found out that a great grandfather of mine was a Hessian Soldier. His name was Jean Baptiste Schneider. More research to do!

4) Tonight starts the 3 day Civil War reenactment in Buchanan. Yep, we're going!

5) Another blogger, I can't remember who so I apologize if it was YOU and I am not giving you proper credit but anyways, mentioned this show on their blog and I've gotten a bit hooked! It is called The Returned. It is in French but has subtitles. It's on Netflix. Here's a trailer:



Have a great weekend! Be safe!

Signs, Signs - River Bank BBQ

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There's a new bbq in Buchanan. River Bank. Located on Lowe St, next to The Copper Top and across from Twin River Outfitters. We were going to pop in for some 'q but decided to stop in at our local favorite, The Copper Top for a beer first. We told the nice owner (they treat you like bff's there, serious!) that we were going to try it out after our drink but she convinced us to stay and try hers. She is from Memphis afterall! But no worries River Bank, we like us some bbq so we'll try yours too!

Also, River Bank is hosting a yard sale on Saturday to help the family of a local 13 year old who was recently diagnosed with cancer. If you are nearby, please stop by River Bank with your items to sell. For more info Click Here or to support Dakota via Facebook, Click Here...prayers are appreciated and do help!

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ABC Wednesday - O is for Federal Occupation

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On June 13, 1864 Federal General David Hunter marched through Buchanan and ordered the burning of Mt. Joy.
In 1906, this present house was built on part of Mt. Joy's foundation.

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For more info on Hunter's Raid in Buchanan, Click Here

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