Archive for June, 2009

Walking In The Burg.

Monday, June 29th, 2009

This summer so far has been great.  Over the past few years we have had very dry summers and usually by now the heat is on and we are cooking.  I think I like this type of summer.

Terri has been walking now too.  We were on High Street Saturday and the couple who remodeled the victorian were trying to get a table through the front door.  We stopped and I introduced Terri.  They were at a standoff with the table and front door but I helped and we were able to place it perfectly in the living room.  It was a good start to the day.

Today it was only 58 degrees when we walked.  We had to walk to warm up.  Last night it rained buckets and everything was especially green this morning.   It is funny too, how at certain times of the morning you smell something like bacon cooking and you know people are having a big breakfast.

At 5am people for the most part are still sleeping with a just a few cars heading out to work.  So the streets seem a little quieter.  So different times of the day show Edinburg in differing  lights.  I am enjoying all the times we walk.

Keep walkin,

Ron

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Walking

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

I have been absent for a few weeks because a new firm and then some time off.  This morning though I made up for lost time walking twice, about 7 miles altogether.  Lots of things have been happening and I think good altogether.

First the foliage has blossomed, becoming full and rounded with all the rain of the past week.  My daughter lost my camera so I am trying to download pictures from my phone to show you.  The temperature was nice at around 60 degrees.  It was almost too cool but then warmed up for the second walk.

The ducks and geese are still parenting their young.  The newbies are almost full grown, making me wonder what sort of life span they have.  Maybe we look like dinosaurs living for 50-100 years.

The paper today said the stock market took a dive yesterday stating that the economy was not turning around fast enough.  Yesterday I read a report from Dr. Fuller at George Mason University stating our area may have a housing shortage in the near future.  This reminded of a report on scientific reporting that came out earlier this week that stated you can't trust any scientific data.  I believe that translates to any data.

While walking the hot air balloon was out.  I hadn't seen it for a while.  So people are out and enjoying life.  That's a good thing!  Once the sun came up everything on the walk looked rich and fully alive.  We were walking down an old farm road which runs along Stoney Creek when we saw the balloon.  I think the farmer had planted soybeans and they were about a foot high.

So maybe my lesson learned today is new life every day.

Keep walkin,

Ron

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Walking on North High or Meeting New Friends

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

The walk in the burg was humid but still cool this morning.  The ducks and geese are out in full force on the creek and river with their babies.  Yesterday we saw a coral Salamander on Water Street.   Each day there is something new and wonderful.  Maybe we shouldn't allow ourselves to be bogged down with the disappointing and disagreeable.  I am trying (and have been told that on repeated occasions, ha ha).

Today was quite the treat because we have passed this small but cute Victorian on High Street for years.  Down around the corner is a larger Victorian which was owned by Madge Ring and her granddaughter Julie introduced my wife and I many moons ago.

The owners were here from Charlottesville trimming this huge hydrangea in the side yard and so we stopped and introduced ourselves.  The owners are octogenarians and this was the wife's home place.  They have spent the last 3 years redoing it and it is wonderful.  The entrance hall has a multi toned inlaid wood floor with intricate wood paneling going up the steps.  The inside has 4 fireplaces and a local carpenter Ned Irvin has done all the work.  Ned you have done a great job.

The hardwood and trim and layout are great throughout the house but the best is the attic.  From the outside there is a parapet which I thought would have been unfinished but the original owner was a teacher and finished the eaves with tongue and groove wood.  He used it as a class room.  While the house is not huge it is more the ideal cottage feeling.

The owners are equally inviting.  He was a professor in Charlottesville and she knew Madge Ring and went to school with Julia Ring.  She knew all of Julia's daughters Patty, Mary and Julianne.   It was quite enjoyable to meet new friends.

Keep Walkin,

Ron

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550 Mash Lane, Edinburg, Va 22824

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

Mash Lane is a retiree's dream of seclusion.  This almost new home is at the end of a wooded lane, just minutes from Edinburg and I-81 without the noise.  The house sits on one lot and has another building lot included with the property.   Outside you have a detached 2 car garage with great a stocked pond in the back yard.

The interior features hardwood floors and wood doors and moldings.  The kitchen is open to the huge  great room.  You can place your furniture anyway and anywhere with lots of room.  The kitchen is huge too with lots of space for cooking all of Grandma's delights.  For those who like a separate dining room for those formal occasions we have that too.

Enjoy your leasure time through the french doors into the sunroom.  Or watch the wildlife right from extra large deck.   The master bedroom has a large walkin closet and is separated from the other 2 bedrooms.  The basement is a walkout and will store all your extras.

The house is shown by appointment only and is featured at $525,000.

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114 Turner Ashby Lane, Edinburg, Va

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

Turner Ashby is a 3 acre park like setting that is the ideal starter or vacation home.  Seclusion and views from the deck overlooking a open knoll surrounded by woods.  The house is 3 bedrooms  and immaculate inside.  A large living rooms and country kitchen with a full basement.  There is a wood stove in the basement that will keep you warm all winter at and less expense.  The property is priced to sell at $165,000.

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