No more tools for this tool shed as it waits for the wind to make it disappear.
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Going with the Wind
Posted in Abandoned, Buildings, Camera-Walking, Country Fotos, Country Sights, Memories, On Aging, Photography, Random Impressions, Survival, Uncategorized, Virginia Views, tagged Abandoned, country photo, country views, nature, photography, rural Virginia, tool shed, tools, Virginia sight on April 6, 2016| 12 Comments »
Williamsburg Adventure
Posted in Buildings, Camera-Walking, Friends, History and Places, Out of Town, People, Photography, Shopping, The Good Old Days, Travel, Travel in Virginia, Uncategorized, Virginia, Where to Go, tagged Bed and Breakfasts, Chownings Tavern, Colonial dress, Colonial Williamsburg, Food, Friends, history, Mid Atlanatic Innkeepers Conference, Travel, Virginia, Williamsburg on March 10, 2016| 23 Comments »
Chownings Tavern – Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia
The Way We Were
Tavern Reception Team
Bill and I have been escaping the past several days, on a brief trip to Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia – not the first time for sure. There is always something to see and do and never enough time for any of it.
The main allure of this incredible place is the ability to experience a “living museum”
where you can see and feel the past
whilst knowing you are viewing it from the future.
O.K. I know this doesn’t make much sense but it is perfectly true.
But we had another reason to visit the area this time.
We stopped at the MAI Conference being held at the Williamsburg Lodge!
Our friend, Pete, is the organizer and MAI stands for Mid Atlantic Innkeepers, so it was a conference and trade show for Bed and Breakfast people.
Attendees are either eager Hosts and Hostesses, eagerly Aspiring hosts and hostesses, or eager Suppliers of eager hosts and hostesses.
In any case, they are all delightfully friendly energetic people enjoying courses, classes, and camaraderie dedicated to optimizing the travel experience in today’s bustling new world.
Here are photographs of our friends who were working so hard to make the conference a success.
MAI Organizer Pete Holladay
http://midatlanticinnkeepers.com
Beautiful Friends Phebe and Katherine
Bill Wondering Where We Were
Believe it or not, the Williamsburg Lodge was a stop on our bus route around the periphery of Colonial Williamsburg. We had lunch at Chownings Tavern along the way.
Bill tried the Shepherd’s Pie with Root Beer to swig it all down. And I had Brunswick Stew and hot apple cider. We were serenaded by a lovely lady in period costume who played the fiddle and then we were visited by a fellow who looked like John Adams. Then we heard a fife in the back room.
Talk about being transported back in time!
How I would love to vacation again in Colonial Williamsburg – but via a time machine back to 1734. Then I would return of course, to all my modern conveniences!
Well, a lunch hour at the Tavern in the restored Old Towne will have to do.
A Colonial Street of Homes
Wood Pile at the Ready
Looking Back, Back, Back
Posted in Buildings, Country Food, Country Sights, Drive-By-Photography, Food, History and Places, Humor, Memories, The Good Old Days, Travel in Virginia, Uncategorized, Virginia, tagged Elvis, Elvis burger, Food, gas prices, humor, memories, Pink Cadillac Diner, rural Virginia, Texaco gas pump, Virginia places, yesterday on February 24, 2016| 23 Comments »
We had dinner at The Pink Cadillac again, since it changed owners. The “diner” has always been a great trip to the past, and now it is freshly painted, and refurbished.
A fellow came in and asked our hostess what she would recommend on the menu. Her reply was quick.
“An Elvis Burger, French Fries and a Milk Shake!”
I had not ordered that but maybe next time. Sounds irresistible if not deadly!
I love the Texaco gas pump and tried to photograph the gas price on the front. It isn’t clear but it was 32 cents a gallon! Sometimes I think we are headed back, back, back to the old pricing doesn’t it?
Oh look! A real jukebox on the back wall. It still works and plays a lot of Elvis tunes as well as some more modern selections.
There’s a great feeling at this little diner on the edge of Lexington, Virginia where you just can’t help smiling.
If you come here for a visit, I’ll meet you at the Pink Cadillac for an Elvis Burger, French Fries, and a Milk Shake!
What’s Up With This?
Posted in Buildings, Country People, Fascinating Videos, Friends, History and Places, Humor, Travel in Virginia, Uncategorized, Virginia, Virginia Views, tagged events, Friends, humor, Marathons, Mountain Junkies LLC, Roanoke Virginia, Running, unique marathon, uphill racing, Virginia on February 7, 2016| 27 Comments »
That is not Dor in the pink socks!
Speaking of marathons, my friend Amy is amazing. She is little but mighty, plays and teaches the violin, has a truck driver’s license, goes to a jumpology trampoline center for fun, is a teacher’s aid, and runs in marathons. I like to tell people my BigFoot was the result of running in too many marathons (or a skiing accident), but you must know that is a big lie. I have never run in a marathon. In fact, I don’t think I have run or even fast-walked anywhere since 1995.
But today my friend Amy is a contestent (with two of her equally mighty sons) in a unique race in Roanoke, Virginia.
Picture running uphill through office buildings,
parking garages and train yards
in a race called, WASUPWIDIS!
Translated that means What’s Up with This, but by the time you run up the first set of stairs you can hardly breathe so the name has been gasped into a shorter version – “wasUpwidis.” The event is offered by Roanoke City Parks and Recreation and Mountain Junkies LLC (home of the trail running and mountain biking junkies of the Roanoke Valley) and is noted by both organizations as “one of the most unique races you’ll ever have the chance to run.”
According to reports, nearly 370 people participated last year with even more expected this year. The object is “to run through, up and over a few of Downtown Roanoke’s landmarks, traversing surprisingly difficult elevations in two of the city’s parking garages and finishing with a breathtaking climb and descent in the Wells Fargo Tower. You may be able to run and you may be able to climb, but can you do both?”
Good luck Amy!
Above details and information about the WasUpWiDis race in Roanoke, Virginia are from http://mountainjunkies.net/site/wazupwidis/ .
Mountain Junkies L.L.C. “home of the trail running and mountain biking junkies of the Roanoke Valley.”
And here’s a video too:
Foot and Mouth Disease
Posted in About Me, Buildings, Camera-Walking, Country Adventures, Country Challenges, Health, Humor, Mountains, People, Random Impressions, Survival, Technology, Uncategorized, Virginia, Virginia Views, Who Me?, tagged A Virginia hospital, country adventures, dentists, Health, Hospitals, humor, Medical Tests, mystery diagnosis, People, shoes, swollen foot, Toothache, XRays on November 13, 2015| 31 Comments »
The Top of My Hospital
We are approaching the end of a week.
Thankfully.
This week has been just chock full of exciting things.
I have been visiting my local hospital so often it is beginning to feel downright homey.
View from My Hospital’s Parking Lot
I am also feeling popular, kindly and easily approachable..
Every time I go in for a test I meet some old fella (well maybe about my age) who immediately starts talking and tells me his whole life story including all current anatomical deficiencies. It is more than I wish to know of course but I lend a sympathetic ear and nod and ooh and ahh in the right places.
I know you would like to hear why I have been visiting the hospital so often. And since the hospital buddies/admirers never ask about MY reasons for being there, you are the unfortunate recipients of this sad tale of woe.
It all started with a swollen foot. I think I told you about that about two weeks ago.
It ended with a tooth extraction.
And the swollen foot is still swollen.
I am finding it difficult to sort this all out too. But here is an attempt.
I did go to my primary doctor about the foot.
“Should I baby it Doctor?” “Or should I walk through it and exercise it away?”
“I won’t know that until I know what caused it,” said he.
And he promptly scheduled:
- A blood test to rule out gout. Nope, no gout.
- An Echocardiogram to rule out heart. Nope, heart’s just fine.
- A sonogram to rule out a clot. Nope, no clot.
- An X-ray to rule out a break or fracture. Nope, no breaks or fractures.
None of these appointments could be scheduled on the same day – hence, the multiple hospital visits and the ever growing number of male acquaintances and their autobiographies.
About this time a back molar tooth (mine) became sensitive to pressure!
Then it began to really hurt non-stop.
That meant a trip to the dentist who said it was a bad tooth and had to come out ASAP. He referred me to a tooth pulling specialist with a fancy name like Oral Maxillofacial Surgery.
And so yesterday I had an extraction there. That means they yanked the offensive tooth right out!
I will not beleaguer you with details about that horror-fying experience, but the extractor person accomplished the deed in 30 minutes. Fortunately, Bill went along for the ride and was there to catch me as I staggered out. He was my life-saver-hero who literally let me cry on his shoulder! That was yesterday and when the shakes wore off there was no pain and no pain since.
Note: Next time I will request total anesthesia, gas, PUT ME OUT COLD PLEASE!
That brings me back to the swollen foot which is still swollen!
Now the doctor is talking about a possible MRI for the foot – not the tooth.
And while I wait, Bill purchased a glamorous set of hotpink and black lace-up, sturdy, walking shoes for me. Ahh, I know it’s not a fur coat or diamonds, but I am hero worshipping anyway.
Bill Got Me Some New Shoes!
He is Stone Rich
Posted in Buildings, Camera-Walking, History and Places, Out of Town, Photography, Travel, Where to Go, tagged Architecture, Buildings, Europe, Germany, Medieval buildings, Regensburg, Stone rich, Travel on October 24, 2015| 10 Comments »
Stone Tower in Regensburg, Germany
This is one of the medieval tower buildings in Regensburg, Germany that once belonged to a rich and powerful patrician family.
The actual living space was on the main level.
The upper stories were only a façade, with small storage rooms behind the upper windows.
Stone was expensive, so prosperity was displayed by the height of the tower you owned – the higher the tower, the more stones required and the wealthier the merchant.
Germans still say of someone they think is wealthy, “He is stone rich.”
Many such buildings remain in Regensburg and some owners have invested in renovating the upper levels and adding electricity. They can then rent the tiny spaces to students who are able and willing to climb the ladders between floors.
Note the varying window styles on the different levels of this tower.
The Romans Were Here
Posted in Buildings, Camera-Walking, Look at This!, Photography, Travel, Uncategorized, tagged Buildings, Camera Walking, European architectecture, Foundations, Germany, Medieval buildings, photography, Roman foundations, Roman rock, Rome, Travel on October 24, 2015| 10 Comments »
Roman Rock Foundation
Rocks are not particularly exciting unless you are a geologist or an archaeologist of course,
or unless you are a tourist in Germany!
In Germany, according to our guide, there are numerous remnants of Roman rock foundations.
And later generations built right on top of them.
Can you see in this photo where the ancient Roman rocks begin and end?
How Can a Town Hall be Romantic?
Posted in Awesome Fotos, Buildings, Camera-Walking, History and Places, Out of Town, Photography, Travel, Uncategorized, Where to Go, tagged Bamburg, Buildings, Europe, Germany, Government Offices, Out of Town, photography, Romantic Buildings, Town Hall Bamburg, Travel on October 23, 2015| 11 Comments »
Bamburg, Germany Town Hall – Photo by Dor
Thinking of marrying in City Hall?
Can a Town Hall ever be romantic?
Take a look at this one in Bamburg, Germany!
It actually houses government offices.
This photo in Archives: http://city.1-themes.com
Slipping By Splendor
Posted in Awesome Fotos, Blogging Inspiration, Buildings, History and Places, Out of Town, Photography, Travel, tagged country photos, Danube, Germany, nature, Photo, photography, reflections, Rhine, river boat cruise, River view, rivers, Travel, Vineyard on October 21, 2015| 13 Comments »
This is one of my favorite photos taken as we drifted along. I have forgotten where we were. Was it the Rhine or the Danube? I do remember those are vineyards at the top of the shot. It seems Germany is becoming known for its wines.
It was a foggy morning in a sleeping city.
Are You Sleeping Yet?
Posted in Awesome Fotos, Buildings, Drive-By-Photography, History and Places, Out of Town, Photography, Random Impressions, Travel, View Points, tagged Cruising, Europe, German home, Germany, photography, Places, reflections, River Cruise, Travel, View Point on October 20, 2015| 29 Comments »
I keep blogging about our trip to Germany and now beginning to envision
blank faces,
yawns
and vacant stares.
Constant reviews of recently returning tourists can even be sleep inducing.
This will therefore be the last post on my visit to “the old country.”
That is, unless there is something special that must be shared – like a castle built by Mad Ludwig II.
Swan Lake below Neuchwanstein Castle
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