October 10, 2016

Three Notes from the Weekend


The Good: After a rainy Saturday, we enjoyed a sunny day on Sunday, although it was windy. We don't have much autumn color yet and flowers are still blooming. 
Mosaic Monday and Today's Flowers
The Random: This mural is in the Johnny Appleseed Restaurant in New Market, VA. Unfortunately, the restaurant closed after Saturday. They served customers for 44 years!

The mural goes around a corner and into an alcove so a section is not clear in the photo, which I took with my cell phone. The soldier in front of it is a cardboard figure representing the VMI cadets were famously fought in the 1864 Battle of New Market.

Monday Murals
The Fun: On Sunday we went to Arbor Fest in Boyce. I bought a shrub and some bulbs and got to pet an alpaca. Alpacas are soft and cute and not aggressive like llamas. 

Sharing with Seasons

17 comments:

  1. Wonderful mosaics. The Alpaca photo is so sweet!

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  2. I sincerely love everything in this post of yours, dearest Linda, thank you for sharing always interesting and heartwarming shots with us !

    Hope your week is off to a good start
    I'm sending hugs and ever much love to you

    Xx Dany

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  3. Looks almost like summer there. Seeing color and decrease of blooms here.

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  4. The autumn colors are slow to come. Our flowers are crowded out by weeds, which makes me "almost" wish for a freeze.

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  5. It's lovely that your flowers are still blooming and keeping Autumn at bay for a little while longer. Gorgeous mosaic, glad you stopped by for MM again this week.

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  6. Alas for the restaurant. We've gotten into cooler weather, with frost at night.

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  7. Pretty mural. It's a shame the restaurant is closed. That's a lovely flower collage, and the alpaca is sweet-looking.

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  8. Sad about the restaurant closing, the alpaca looks very friendly up close. You did a great job creating that flower collage.

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  9. Am surprised that still a lot of flowers are blooming where you live. That is some mural!!And the alpaca is beautiful! It's always sad when a restaurant or store closes after being a part of the community for so long! Thanks you for sharing these lovely details with SEASONS. Hope your foot is healing well? Have a great week!

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    1. My foot is healing, thanks. I still can't walk very far but every day is better.

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  10. What an intricate mural. The depth of field and detail is impressive. Thanks for contributing to this week's Monday Mural.

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  11. Another fun post Linda. I enjoyed all the photos and the mosaics of flowers. Thanks for sharing them with Today's Flowers, so very much appreciated :)

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  12. A sweet post. Your flowers are gorgeous.

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  13. Pretty post! Beautiful flowers artfully arranged in your mosaic, sweet alpaca. But sorry about the restaurant closing, always sad to see an iconic local go out of business.

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  14. Oh, very sad about the restaurant! I hope the mural will be preserved. May be one day I will succeed in convincing my husband to let me have 2 alpacas.

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  15. I'm smitten with alpacas! Lots of pretty flowers in your mosaic. Sad to hear of the restaurant closing.

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