Monthly Archives: July 2011

Between Bumpass and Cuckoo lies Mineral Virginia (that’s MIN-ral by the way).  And every year around this time Mineral gets serious about it’s music.

Specifically bluegrass music.

I don’t listen to a lot of bluegrass at home but I do love it live.  Especially outdoors in the summertime while I’m swinging between the trees with friends!

I skipped the festival food offerings and dug into a Virginia melon instead.

ALL of the music was awesome at the 28th annual Mineral Bluegrass Festival but 5 year old Owen of the Snyder Family Bandseriously stole the show.  Check him out!  That is one ridiculously talented family!

The weekend was breezy and lovely but now we are bracing for the next heat wave!  I guess I’d better start setting the alarm a little earlier if I want to get any running in this week!

A good houseguest is…

…someone who takes out my compost.

…someone who has lunch ready for me when you get home from the clinic.  And not just any lunch but the exact lunch that I would have made yourself.

…someone who knows not to ask too many questions before I’ve had some coffee.

…someone who gladly accompanies me into the forest in the pouring ran to look for wild berries.

…someone who sweeps the floor at midnight after I decide to throw a “mid-week weekend number one” Wednesday night shindig.

…someone who looks a little bit like me.

♥sisters♥

Lastly, someone to whom I can say “put your shoes on, we’re going to bike 3 miles, run 4 miles, and bike home-let’s go!” and away we go.