Valley of Virginia Real Estate Candy Lynn

In rural counties across the country, the county fair season has started. Those of us living in rural communities communities look forward to Fair. It's a time for friends, a time for a little friendly competition - everything from tractor pulls to the the best chocolate cake!  My favorite part of the fair is the FFA (Future ...

For about 14 years we went to the International Fancy Food Show. Most of those were as the founder of Cooks & Connoisseurs but a couple were as a Food Broker representing about 30 companies. Those were indeed the days. Image the entire Jacob Javits Center in NYC filled to overflowing with gourmet food vendors from all over the world vying ...

My friend Jermey Hart decided to pass along a meme  - http://nrvliving.typepad.com/nrvliving/2008/05/pass-it-on.html. What's meme you ask? A website version of a chain letter describes it pretty well. Its also a chance for us to get to know each other a bit better. 1. Who is your favorite musical artist? (post a YouTube video) I ...

On Tuesday evening I noticed smoke on the mountains to the north of us - forest fire!  As the week progressed the fire rapidly spread from one ridge to the next rapidly growing from a few hundred acres to over 4500 acres of the St Mary's Wilderness. Rt 56 from Vesuvius to the Blue Ridge Parkway was closed as was the a section of the Blue ...

We live next door to a church. Great neighbors - only home 3 times a week: Sunday morning, Sunday evening & Wednesday night with the occasionally a Saturday wedding or evening softball game. You get the picture. Recently a new pastor took resisdence in the parsonnage, we've not met him. My husband was getting his hair cut last ...

My last post was about why I rang OUT the old year - this one is how I rang it out ... well and a bit more about why... My good friend G.had a bad year too - her competetion horse suffered an injury a few weeks before I got hurt. The cut was the result of a careless worker leaving a bow saw out after cleaning up from an ice ...

I was more than ready for 2007 to be a distant past memory... not too fond of a memory at that. As I reflected on the years events I re-read some emails I sent out in early April after what I refer to as "My Big Ouch". The following are a few snips from the drug hazed emails .... someone should have taken my cell phone & computer ...

What a night!I’d planned on a quiet evening uploading new horse property listing. Instead…As I came in the door – Bill said “you might want to check on Willy, he did not exactly dive into his dinner”. Now folks – I have an eating machine, if this horse does not eat  - something is WRONG!   I race ...

I had hoped to write this yesterday but I got carried away with editing the photos! Make sure to see the Slide Show Saturday Morning - early Its a beautiful drive to Montpelier. The sun is just up, there's a heavy frost & a soft misty like fog rising as the sun hits the fields. The drive over Afton to Charlottesville is spectacilar - ...

As I mentioned on Friday, I had the great pleasure of being a "Tailgate Judge" at the Annual Montpelier Hunt Races on Saturday.  It was a PICTURE Perfect Day! Enjoy my slide show....