Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Saturday was a beautiful day in Greenwood.  The group of visitors who had made arrangements for a tour arrived around 11 AM, and enjoyed seeing the main house first, hearing about the history of the area and particularly of the Ramsay estate.  Before going out to see the garden and the other buildings, we gave them "coffee break" in the dining room, which featured an apple-cinnamon-walnut coffee cake, Skinny Jeans cookies (gluten free, egg free), and Shenandoah Joe's coffee, all from The Green House in Crozet. 

In-house volunteer catering manager, Susan, preparing
coffee break

Coffee setup

Cake and cookies

All the guests, who were in Charlottesville to visit sites for Virginia Historic Garden Week, enjoyed their visit, and were thrilled to have had the opportunity to see such a beautiful home and gardens, and to learn about the local history and significance of the property.  The leader of the group emailed on Monday to say, "the ladies were all delighted and each one made a point throughout the day to personally tell me how much they had loved the morning we shared at Ramsay.  The general consensus was if we did nothing else that day, the day was a success.  I must admit the other houses seemed pale in comparison."

Sunday was an increasingly cloudy day, and by Monday, the skies were overcast and rainy throughout the day.  Stephen did a lot of mowing in the fields on both Sunday and Monday in order to have them cut before the predicted rain arrived today.

Sunday evening view from the Farmhouse deck

Today was eventful for the Main House and the Carriage House, as the carpet company arrived in the morning, followed by the decorators in the early afternoon, despite pouring rain throughout the day.  Workers were on site until after dinner.  Electricians will be returning tomorrow to hang light fixtures, having done some preparatory work this afternoon.  The decorators will return tomorrow with finishing touches.

New carpet in the living room

The chickens are well and lively, and seem to have grown a lot over the past nearly three weeks, but there have been no eggs laid yet.