Side Trips

Monthly diversions that didn’t make the front page

Spring Shakori 2014

Another chance to get together with family, eat well, and dance!   ANOTHER GREAT MEAL Sourdough pancakes with tofu scamble, fried seitan, and family. It doesn’t get any better than this!   BRUNCH ABUNDANCE AND SHAKORI SHOOTERS   Tyler and Emily prepare a dozen “Shakori Shooters”, tequila with a bit of Kahlua thrown in for […]

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Writer’s Haven

In which Camille and Stephanie spend a week together doing some writing and playing with critters – April 24-30, 2014   OUR HOSTS Camille was welcomed by Stephanie, Andrea and Ed and put up like royalty with beautiful views of George Washington National Forest. In addition to demonstrating outrageous hospitality, Andrea is the guiding hand

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Shenandoah Orchard

Writer’s Break – A trip to a blooming apple orchard – April 27, 2014   Steph’s Pics       Stephanie had scoped out this photo op spot weeks ago as a place to return to after the trees had begun to bloom. Hoping we had the timing right, Stephanie drove us out to the

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Greenhouse Building

Bob and Malcolm continue making progress on the Greenhouses they are building at The Plant – March, 2014   MARCH 10TH   The doors and windows have been framed in and Bob uses a Solar Pathfinder to see how much sun will reach the greenhouse.   EYE OF THE BEHOLDER   It’s always good to

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That Nature Thing

Always the nature freaks, we’ll go out and wander through the woods no matter the weather. But it’s a whole lot more fun when the weather is nice and this month Mother Nature was definitely in a good mood. – March, 2014   FIRST BLOOM – MARCH 2ND   Amy joined us for a couple

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Snow Daze

After a few days in the 60 degree range we thought we had winter behind. That’s about when we woke to find our world buried in snow – February 12 and 13, 2014   GOOD MORNING Well, this is what we found the morning of February 12. Snowville, U.S.A. The birds were queued up at

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Greenhouse Magic

Greenhouses Rising!   A PROJECT A LONG TIME COMING   These two small greenhouse (24\’ x 17\’) have been languishing unfinished for about three years, due to lack of a coordinated effort among other things. When Lyle asked Bob if he\’d like to “jump in” and complete them, Bob was thrilled. As you can see,

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