To my friends;
I am now in VA with my kids.
Enjoying the relaxed atmosphere.
I wanted to tell you about my few weeks here.
I am walking for a few hours each day with camera in tow. House is coming along nicely with the aide of Linde last weekend.
Meet Ray.
VA Farmer and neighbor
He is my new neighbor. About a five minute walk to his home.
Ray is 75, born and raised here. Owns a wonderful 60 acre farm. His daughter’s family lives next door on a smaller 15 acre farm. They attend Rock Church next to my home every Sunday. Ray is most proud of his tomato plants that every year grow taller than the top of his garage. He has to pick them using a ladder. His feet are bothering him. “It is like they are on fire!”, Ray says. Doctors have given him special inserts but little has helped. I told him he is wearing too small of a width shoe. Problem solved. New friend made. I don’t think he will be joining my Facebook friends soon.
I bet you think he owns a dog. He does but it stays in the main house. According to Ray, this is where he stays most of the time. “It is a lot easier than com’in and go’in. You get used to it”, he said. Funny Guy!
Day Trip to Maymont Estate in Richmond
Elizabeth, Logan, Rozelia had a wonderful day. See our photos please.
July 4th was a BLAST
Meet Kirt:
Licensed to Torture - Dentist
Kirt, shown below lighting fireworks in their cow pasture, is “licensed to torture” – Dentist. He is one of six kids. They moved from the city about 10 years ago when Mother retired.
Mom, a “recovering” lawyer, is married to a Key West, sandal wearing, natural cattle rancher. They have a nice spread here and one in Key West and live the good life.
I got a invite to their annual 4th of July picnic in my mailbox. It was my first flyer. I took Linde and Paul and we ate a lot of Natural Beef. No Pork Spoken at the AHA Farm. Kirt, who is single, returns to the farm every weekend for mom’s cooking and does his chores with the help of his girlfriend Laura Lee. Very nice guy and sweet family. I was in the M-Z list so I had to make a desert. Cool Chocolate is mine. Layers of Cool Whip Lite with Duncan Hines Walnut Brownies and Real Milk made Chocolate pudding to seal the deal. All Gone! as Rozelia would say.
Meet my church friends:
June is Vacation Bible School time and I was just in time to help out. This boy had one of the most interesting body contortions for doing the Limbo.
Kids love doing the limbo.
If you are interested, I made a 2 minute movie for them too.
This movie is a collection of some sites around these here parts.
Gone Country and glad I did. Lets stay in touch. Please.
Barry
Nice pictures and write ups. Makes one want to travel there. Keep your camera in tow and make lots of pictures.