Barn Charm Tuesday - Peaks of Otter Winery

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Another from inside the barn looking out. Peaks of Otter Winery. Gotta go school supply shopping today. School starts tomorrow. Yep, I wait till the very last minute ;)

Sunflowers

(click on photo to enlarge) Peaks of Otter Winery, Bedford

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. It's what sunflowers do. - Helen Keller

Friday Fences and Random 5's

(click on photo to enlarge) Fincastle

Linking with Friday Fences

And now playing along with Nancy's Random 5's:

1) I was up with the chickens this morning, 5:00 am! Tough after sleeping in all summer, well sleeping in till 7:30 when Nick gets up for work but anyway...some of you might recall that I work part time at the high school. School starts on Wed but I had to go in for a couple of hours this morning to help get the kitchen in order.

2) After helping out I zipped down the road to Fincastle. I had a court date. I was nervous. Why? It was nothing but a fix-it ticket, which I got fixed, but I was still nervous lol...it was soooo foggy in Fincastle. Up the road from the courthouse I saw this willow (my favorite tree bt-dubs) and it was so pretty sitting there in the fog so I stopped to snap a quick photo to show you how foggy it was, and to have a fence photo. The fog didn't show up :(

3) Court went fast and after a half hour and $91 later, I was finished.

4) I'm heading back to the high school shortly. Christian's girlfriend is transferring there this year. We have 2 high schools in our county, James River and Lord Botetourt. We are the latter. She is going to go and get her schedule this morning and I'm taking Christian over so he can show her around to her classes. Then she'll spend the day with us.

5) The weather is so WEIRD. The last couple of days have been beautiful. Just like fall. The only problem with that is it is still summer. But then it gets worse, tomorrow's high is only 64 and rain. WHAT? Dislike! Looks like things start warming back up on Monday...but not happy about this weekend's forecast, at all! Oh well, it is what it is I suppose!

Have a great weekend!

Signs, Signs - Floyd County Dry Goods

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This place is for sale now. Looking into it I found out that it was an antique store and the owner would also sell homemade baked goods, and fresh eggs and produce from local farms. On Sundays there would have been live Blue Grass Music and lunch cooked over an open fire. You could also bring a dish and stay for the picnic later. How fun would that be?!

I also found a BRIEF history on the place: "Before the Parkway was built this property was owned by the late Beulah Nichols. She lived in the house, using a back room with a side entrance for a grocery store and trading post. Her daughter was raised here and still lives in Floyd county."
(I told you it was brief!)

Linking with Signs, Signs

Rurality Blog Hop - BoCo Fair

(click photo to enlarge) Botetourt County Fair, Buchanan

Well I told you we were going to run off to the county fair on Saturday and we did. What I didn't know is that it had been 50 years since they last had a county fair, which I learned from my blogging buddy Anita over at Blue Country Magic. She's lived here almost forever so she knows almost everything about Botetourt, or at least I think so :)

Anyways, I was standing over at the bb shooting booth waiting with Braden and Dalton to get their turn and heard these two girls sweetly singing hymns. I took a picture because I liked the sound of them and little did I know I knew these 2 girls. Their dad walked over to say hi (one of Braden and Dalton's football coaches) and told me the girls were singing!

We had a great time at the fair. Saw friends, ate a pork chop sandwich, learned about bee keeping, sampled some yummy salsa, fed horses, watched another of the boys' coaches wrestle sheep to get them back on their truck, sampled wine from 2 wineries, listened to some wonderful entertainment and when it felt too hot a light sprinkle fell from the sky. It was a perfect afternoon and I really hope they hold it again next year!

Linking with Madge's Rurality Blog Hop as soon as the linky opens a little later!

Barn Charm Tuesday - Inside the Barn

(click on photo to enlarge) Floyd Co

Remember earlier this summer when we visited the Hodges' farm in Floyd County? Well, this is another shot of the inside. I liked the friendly little dog.

Chasing Turkeys

(click on photo to enlarge) Peaks of Otter Winery, Bedford

Braden chasing a turkey...turkey's are pretty quick little runners!

Sitting here procrastinating...need to go have my oil changed and inspection done. Just heard Christian wake up. Maybe I can get him to go with me if I let him drive? :)