Hello Blue Ridge Mountain folk!!!!

[Mitmo01]

Hello to all of you Shenandoah Valley folks, I lived in Winchester Va for about 4 years. It is the hometown of Patsy Cline.....and the Apple Blossom festival, I think that the Shenandoah Mountain range is so beautiful....

One of the coolest jobs i ever had was in a book binding factory called Berryville Graphics right on the way to Berryville from Winchester...they were owned by BMG and sometimes the book binding machines would break and we could just sit there for hours reading books that were not published yet and every week there was a book sale for the employees..hardcover books were .25 and paperback books were .10 it was pretty amazing when i look back on it





Patsy Cline is buried in a little cemetary in Winchester on the way to Front Royal and where she is buried there is this amazing view of the Valley...I poured out a beer for her in tribute of course and on her gravestone is the most wonderful saying.....Death cannot kill what never dies, love Charlie....beautiful

[Kenna]

Originally Posted by Mitmo01

Hello to all of you Shenandoah Valley folks, I lived in Winchester Va for about 4 years. It is the hometown of Patsy Cline.....and the Apple Blossom festival, I think that the Shenandoah Mountain range is so beautiful....

One of the coolest jobs i ever had was in a book binding factory called Berryville Graphics right on the way to Berryville from Winchester...they were owned by BMG and sometimes the book binding machines would break and we could just sit there for hours reading books that were not published yet and every week there was a book sale for the employees..hardcover books were .25 and paperback books were .10 it was pretty amazing when i look back on it





Patsy Cline is buried in a little cemetary in Winchester on the way to Front Royal and where she is buried there is this amazing view of the Valley...I poured out a beer for her in tribute of course and on her gravestone is the most wonderful saying.....Death cannot kill what never dies, love Charlie....beautiful

Oh how I miss the Apple Blossom Festival and the Treasure Mountain Festival!! And the open-pit BBQ Chicken sold every Saturday during the summer by various clubs and social groups.

[Sybelle]

Treasure Mountain Festival, I've been to that!

Hallo to all of ya here!!!

Sick of this snow yet?

[Kenna]

Originally Posted by Sybelle

Treasure Mountain Festival, I've been to that!

Hallo to all of ya here!!!

Sick of this snow yet?

Greetings, Sybelle!
Well how 'bout that!! It's a small world, isn't it? Oh what I wouldn't give to have some of the hand spun honey, homemade apple butter made in the big black kettle, and buckwheat pancakes!

Yes, VERY sick of the snow!

[Sybelle]

Originally Posted by Sweet

Greetings, Sybelle!
Well how 'bout that!! It's a small world, isn't it? Oh what I wouldn't give to have some of the hand spun honey, homemade apple butter made in the big black kettle, and buckwheat pancakes!

Yes, VERY sick of the snow!

Mmmmmm homemade apple butter. I usually get mine from the Pumpkin Festival in Milton, WV.

But up there around Franklin, that's a good part of the state to fish, too! Love to travel all over here. But, not so much in this weather. If you can drive these WV back roads in the winter, you can drive anywhere.

[PearlsNLace]

Since the blue ridge now dominates my skyline, i figure I can check in on role call here.

Asheville, North Carolina here- Paphigleo just moved in, and Ive been here about a year and a half. We had apple butter for breakfast last week.
And theres a GREAT lesbian owned cafe downtown called Early Girl where you can get fried green tomatoes, tomatoe gravy, and if you like that sort a thing, even grits. Im um...not quite comfortable with grits just yet, but Pa-fig will happily eat my share i think.

Im ready for the parkway to open! I want the hiking and the camping to begin allready!

[Lady_Wu]

Originally Posted by PearlsNLace

Since the blue ridge now dominates my skyline, i figure I can check in on role call here.

Asheville, North Carolina here- Paphigleo just moved in, and Ive been here about a year and a half. We had apple butter for breakfast last week.
And theres a GREAT lesbian owned cafe downtown called Early Girl where you can get fried green tomatoes, tomatoe gravy, and if you like that sort a thing, even grits. Im um...not quite comfortable with grits just yet, but Pa-fig will happily eat my share i think.

Im ready for the parkway to open! I want the hiking and the camping to begin allready!

i grew up in Ms/LA. We used to eat tomato gravy over homemade biscuits almost everyday! And grillades and grits! Oh, food to die for! I now live in an small town in the Appalachian foothills and must admit that I'm not to happy here. The town is dead, not that I would mind that if I could get out of the house! The mountains are beautiful. I've lived in Roanoke, Va-the Blue ridge Mntns, Covington, VA-the Alleghenies, and now in the Appalachians. The love of the mountains are why I did not go back to LA when my last relationship broke up. Though I do wish I had gone to or near Asheville when I had the chance, except for a few reasons. The music is definitely one of them. I love old-time mountain music almost as much as I love Creole music. And sour
wood honey just can't be beat!
femme2tao

[tessie]

Pearls , Tomato gravy hit a nerve. I loved it we always had that at home. I am from Spencer WV and I am thinking about moving to the Asheville area. Early Girl makes me want to move for sure now lol

[christie]

Originally Posted by Sweet

Greetings, Sybelle!
Well how 'bout that!! It's a small world, isn't it? Oh what I wouldn't give to have some of the hand spun honey, homemade apple butter made in the big black kettle, and buckwheat pancakes!

Yes, VERY sick of the snow!

I just might happen to have the homemade apple buttah in the pantry. Much to Jess's chagrin, I took to canning last year...

There is also peach buttah... spiced peaches, and strawberry freezer jam.

[Sachita]

Originally Posted by christie0918

I just might happen to have the homemade apple buttah in the pantry. Much to Jess's chagrin, I took to canning last year...

There is also peach buttah... spiced peaches, and strawberry freezer jam.

and I pulled out one of those freezer jams you made last year and gave it to J for breakfast! I told him it was yours from last year.


I live an hour from the parkway in Southern VA. I love this whole region. There are many days, during winter, that I threaten to move to Costa Rica but when the spring starts popping the daffodils and cherry blossoms I fall in love all over again.

I was around WV a few years ago tubing on the New River. That was pretty awesome. I'd like to do that again.

[Kenna]

Ohhh this isn't helpin' my homesickness!

Originally Posted by PearlsNLace

Since the blue ridge now dominates my skyline, i figure I can check in on role call here.

Asheville, North Carolina here- Paphigleo just moved in, and Ive been here about a year and a half. We had apple butter for breakfast last week.
And theres a GREAT lesbian owned cafe downtown called Early Girl where you can get fried green tomatoes, tomatoe gravy, and if you like that sort a thing, even grits. Im um...not quite comfortable with grits just yet, but Pa-fig will happily eat my share i think.

Im ready for the parkway to open! I want the hiking and the camping to begin allready!

I gotta find me a bed and breakfast in your hometown! Momma makes the best fried green 'maters but I haven't had 'em in years...and my "little Gramma" always put butter and brown sugar (lots'a brown sugar) on our gritts. Gritts and a few other southern favorites are comfort foods to me now.

Originally Posted by christie0918

I just might happen to have the homemade apple buttah in the pantry. Much to Jess's chagrin, I took to canning last year...

There is also peach buttah... spiced peaches, and strawberry freezer jam.

Christie...darlin', would you trade me some homemade apple butter for some big soft sugar cookies? Or homemade pumpkin and/or nanna nut bread? I'd be ever grateful!

Originally Posted by Sachita

and I pulled out one of those freezer jams you made last year and gave it to J for breakfast! I told him it was yours from last year.


I live an hour from the parkway in Southern VA. I love this whole region. There are many days, during winter, that I threaten to move to Costa Rica but when the spring starts popping the daffodils and cherry blossoms I fall in love all over again.

I was around WV a few years ago tubing on the New River. That was pretty awesome. I'd like to do that again.

The Cherry blossoms are AMAZING!! IMO..the best in the world! Wish they lasted all year 'round. Spring is just breathtaking all along the Blue Ridge... I really miss going to the parkway and Skyline Drive - especially Big Meadows and the Lodge - seeing the deer with their spring babies and a few momma black bears...and I've spent countless hours picking wild blueberries on the Blue Ridge.

[Jess]

Originally Posted by christie0918

I just might happen to have the homemade apple buttah in the pantry. Much to Jess's chagrin, I took to canning last year...

There is also peach buttah... spiced peaches, and strawberry freezer jam.

nummmy numnum...

The only chagrin is in the storage of the empties!!

Welcome aboard fellow Blue Ridge enhanced folks!