ABC Wednesday - Piedmont Flour Mill in Lynchburg

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This old mill provided flour to the Confederate troops during the Civil War. It operated into the second half of the 20th century. I read that it was sold to a developer who plans to do a multi million dollar renovation.

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Oh, and the basketball game last night? We won, and we ALL behaved! ;)

Ruby Tuesday - Ozzy and Snow

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Ozzy spies something "ruby" in the snow. I don't know what that is....looks like someone forgot their jacket. I've kinda got snow burnout. Today is supposed to warm up to nearly 60. I can't imagine the mess of mud that awaits under this heap of snow though! The boys have a basketball game tonight. It will be exciting to say the least. The last time we played this team, it got kind of heated. I will behave though and just take pics ;)

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Monday Mural - Summer Harvest Goddess in Pittsburgh

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"The Sprout Fund provided the information for Summer Harvest Goddess:
Summer Harvest Goddess exemplifies a very site specific Sprout Public Art mural, in that Kelly and the South Side Local Development Company wanted to have a mural that referenced the weekly farmer’s market that runs in the summers in the area adjacent to the wall. Carolyn chose the classic image of a woman holding a cornucopia as the mural’s central figure, showing the bountiful harvest of produce available at the farmer’s market. She also snuck in a few Pittsburgh references, like a dinosaur and a Steelers scarf, to localize the image. The mural reflects the style of Kelly’s personal illustration work, but achieving this required some inventiveness on her part. She wasn’t able to get the precise stroke that she wanted from a normal paintbrush, and decided to dip an ear of corn from the farmerâ??s market into her bucket of paint to create a more graceful line! Kelly’s striking color choices and signature illustrative style can also be seen in her 2009 Sprout mural in Troy Hill."

Info from Pittsburgh Murals

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All our snow has been melting quickly...school is on a 2 hour delay this morning...ugh...Monday!

Valentine's Day, Some Randoms and Snowy Skies!

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Wednesday about noon. I'm heading to Kroger to pick up some fun snow foods. The sign on the road says "winter storm warning"....it started snowing at about 2 or so and never stopped till Thursday morning and we thought it was done...

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Went out to shovel the steps and the snow started back up:

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And snowed and snowed another 6 inches!

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And then the snow stopped and the sky turned pretty in pink!

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Check out more skies from all over the world by visiting Skyley!

Now some randoms:

1) Wow, that was some snow event! It was the 3rd highest on record! You can read about that HERE

2) Ozzy absolutely LOVES the snow:



3) For breakfast I scrambled 2 eggs with some diced tomatoes, onions and fresh spinach...then topped with Feta! I love, love, love feta and this is so incredibly yummy!

4) I think I have taken over 300 pics/videos of the snow...so fasten your seatbelts, I've got lots to show you ;)

5) Happy Valentine's Day. I confess to being the worst mom on the planet. I forgot to pick up Valentine's for the kiddos and we're snowed in! I did make special pancakes this morning with sprinkles for them and will make a chocolate cake a little later...hopefully that will make up for it...then I can go to Kroger tomorrow and score on VDay candy at a discount haha ;)

See more Randoms by visiting Nancy @ A Rural Journal

Happy Valentine's Day and have a great weekend!!

ABC Wednesday - E*&*%$ What?

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Found on an old pump house along the Percival's Island trail in Lynchburg.

As I sit here getting this post ready for Wednesday (it's Tuesday evening) they are calling for snow tomorrow, lots and lots of snow. (E)pic amounts of snow (see what I did there? I used the letter E again ;) !) We may get 10+ inches. Supposed to start tomorrow (Wed) afternoon and continue through till Thursday. I'm pretty excited. We all are! We haven't had snow like this since we first moved here a few years ago. It tricked us. I thought all winters were like that. NOT...sooo...we are anxiously awaiting to see what happens. School has already decided to dismiss 2 hours early. I've got a few goodies to pick up at Kroger so we can be fat and happy and snowed in. We just had some more wood delivered in case we lose power...cross those fingers that we don't! I'll keep you abreast of the situation as it unfolds!

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Ruby Tuesday - Love

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On Sunday we went to Lynchburg to walk the Percival's Island trail. When we pulled up we were so happy to find a LOVE sign!

From Virginia Tourism: "We’re out to prove that "love is at heart of every Virginia vacation" in a BIG way by having giant "LOVE" artworks pop up in many different and unexpected places across Virginia."

Click Here for a list of more LOVE sign locations.

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Monday Murals - Lynchburg

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Yeah so it's not exactly a mural per se, but it is a positive kind of message. My boys love basketball so this caught my attention. Painted on the old Piedmont Flour Mill in Lynchburg.

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