March Theme Day - Comfort Food

 

Duck Donuts . 3564 Electric Road . Roanoke

Oops, I forgot to take a picture before we dug into these! Do you have a Duck Donuts near you? They are amazing! Each donut is a little work of art and made to order! You can check their menu out HERE

I like their mural inside!

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February Theme Day - Virtue

 

Thomas Chapel . Bedford 

Over the weekend Nick and I were just driving some back roads and came upon this old church…

Hmmm what’s that sign say?…

I’ve never seen a sign like this before…

What’s this little Buddha doing here?

So many questions…

So when I got home I Googled Thomas Chapel…

Thomas Chapel was built in 1844…

I found that info HERE

If you want to visit the website there is also a short video showing the inside of the church.

I am going to follow this and see how I can get involved!

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Out of Gas

 Thaxton School . Bedford

Sheep Creek . Bedford

The house caught my eye…looked abandoned so we started to pull in…then a big dog chased us out lol

Sheep Creek . Bedford

Just some things from our drive on Sunday 🙂

Kane

 

This guy ❤️

Cemetery at Cloverlea

 

Claytor Nature Center . Bedford

Not too far from the farmhouse is this old family cemetery…

There weren’t a lot of graves…

I wonder if they lived in the farmhouse at one point…probably…

If you didn’t know the little cemetery was there you would miss it…

Some of the names there are: Watson, Morris, Reed and Carnefix, that’s an unusual name…

As I get this post ready to go I’m saddened by the death of Lisa Marie Presley…I can’t believe it…they have had their share of heartache ❤️

Today I’m grateful for this whole wonderful week I’ve had! I had to use up some vacation time and it was a nice lazy week hanging out with Kane (our new puppy) and we went and had dinner at Christian’s and his fiancé’s house and then last night I took Kane to Ashlyn’s house to play with her puppy! It’s been a good week 🙂

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Thankful Thursday

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Ash Tree

 Claytor Nature Center . Bedford

When we were here I remember a lady telling us that this Ash Tree is one of 3 of the biggest in Virginia…

I couldn’t find any info to back her claim but I’ll take her word for it…

I wonder how old it is?

Virginia Claytor Memorial Garden @ Cloverlea

 Claytor Nature Center . Bedford

I’ve been showing you around the house, now let’s go see the beautiful gardens…

The views of the mountains are amazing!!

I want a garden like this!

It was September when we were here and quite hot…Nick found a nice place in the shade while I wandered around the gardens…the hummingbirds were so loud flying over his head!

It was fun identifying so many of the plants I have learned about since working in the garden center at Lowe’s!

The reflecting pool…WOW!!

The stairs leading back up to the house from the reflecting pond…

I wasn’t kidding about wanting a garden like this lol…

“This beautiful garden grows in loving memory of Virginia Arnold Claytor May 9, 1927 - January 18, 1998

who so loved the land, animals and flowers.”

Me too Mrs. Claytor, me too…

Linking with Tom’s Tuesday’s Treasures

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Cloverlea . Claytor Nature Center . Bedford

So I just realized I was calling this Clover Lea when in fact it is Cloverlea lol…it does make a difference…

While trying to find more historical info on this house I realized there is a Clover Lea in another part of Virginia…

What does Cloverlea/Clover Lea even mean?

You would think there would be a ton of history out there on a house this old (1780 or 90)

But that’s not the case…I do know an Andrew Boyd Claytor and his wife Virginia owned this back in the 50’s until his death…

It was Cloverlea Farm then …it has had several additions added since it was first built…I read somewhere that there is a “Buttermilk Wing” because an owner saved up money selling buttermilk to add that addition…

I also read that you can spot the original construction in the chimneys…painted rock is original and painted brick was added later…

This part doesn’t look too old to me…

Mr. Claytor donated the house to the University of Lynchburg after his death…

You can rent the house out for an overnight stay or as a wedding venue…I’ve seen mention of using it as a museum…I’m in favor of that!

A few years back they checked out what was up in the attic…you can see what they found HERE 

On a side note, that newspaper story is from the Toronto Times…how crazy that I have to link to Toronto because our local newspapers charge lol

Tomorrow I’ll show you around the beautiful gardens!! 

(These were taken in September 2022)