I had Wednesday off so HB suggested I head over to the market for Green Market Wednesday and the afternoon’s scheduled rain barrel workshop. So I did. The first part of the workshop presented a lecture on rain gardens. Rain gardens are planned depressions in the ground that allow storm water to runoff and collect [...]
Posts Tagged ‘favorites’
Let it rain … into my barrel
Posted in Farm Happenings, Local Events, Miscellaneous, Musings, tagged build it!, do it yourself, environment, favorites, keep it local, lynchburg community market, Musings, no impact experiment, spring mill farm on May 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
To HB – Happy Anniversary!
Posted in Miscellaneous, Musings, tagged favorites, spring mill farm on April 5, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Two years ago today, I married my best friend and we never looked back. I don’t think either one of us saw where our life together was going to lead, but we welcome the surprises each day holds. We take on adventures, hand in hand, and conquer. And if we don’t conquer, at least we [...]
Jump for Joy!
Posted in Farm Happenings, tagged doris day, favorites, goats, humphrey bogart, spring mill farm on April 5, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Bogart has become my little shadow. He slips out of the stall door at the last minute, and he’s really so good at hanging with me, that I allow it occasionally. Some days I tell him “It’s time to be a goat” and send him back out with his goat family. Yesterday morning he played [...]
Epic Video
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged favorites on March 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A friend sent this to me, and I thought some readers might enjoy it as well. It’s a Samsung commercial for the UK, but it is so clever I couldn’t help but smile and giggle. I love border collies and love to watch them work. You can view it here, on YouTube. Unfortunately I can’t [...]
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged dreams, favorites, lynchburg community market on March 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, the Library of Congress has uploaded to their Flickr account numerous photochroms of Ireland from the 1890s-1900s. The first picture is the LOC’s photochrom. The second is from my second visit to Ireland. The Cliffs of Moher is my absolute favorite place on earth. I would have married there [...]
Coming to Lynchburg: Chocolate Challenge at the Market!
Posted in Local Events, tagged favorites, lynchburg community market, lynchburg events on February 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Have plans for Valentines Day? Love chocolate? For the third year, the Lynchburg Market is hosting the Chocolate Challenge on the Saturday closest to Valentines Day. You have three options: look, taste, bake! Look: Head to the market on Feb. 13th and look at all the amazing chocolate concoctions. Taste: Go to the Community Market [...]
Coming to Lynchburg: A Prairie Home Companion
Posted in Local Events, tagged favorites, lynchburg events on January 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Yes, you heard that right. A Prairie Home Companion is coming to Lynchburg. Kind-of. See, on February 4th, a live Cinecast of PHC is being shown nation-wide. Luckily, the Movies 10 at Candlers Station, has been selected as one of the host theaters. Here’s your chance to see what the real Guy Noir looks like! [...]
The Goats’ 12 Days of Christmas
Posted in Farm Happenings, tagged dreams, favorites, goats, holiday, spring mill farm on December 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dear Blog Readers, As a special treat, Sweet Roll and Donut have asked to wish you a Merry Christmas in their own special way. I hope you enjoy On the first day of Christmas my owner gave to me a pile of old dried leaves! On the second day of Christmas my owner gave to [...]
Happy Halloween
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged favorites, holiday on October 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m a closet fan of Edgar Allan Poe, and so I figure, what better way to celebrate Halloween than with a reading of “The Raven”? It’s one of my favorite Poe works, so achingly mysterious and sorrowful. The Raven – Edgar Allan Poe Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary, Over [...]
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