Monday, March 31, 2014

The last of the snow we received early last week melted pretty quickly--here's what we hope will be the last snow picture!  The shade around the Carriage House kept these remnants from disappearing as quickly as the rest, but they, too, are gone now.

The Central Virginia Builders crew continues to make good progress on the south portico.  The core foundation of the columns has been established and the workmen are now devising a jig to use for the milling work on the finish material so that the columns will match the originals exactly.

Geo is still away, but plans to be back to work later this week.  Sherry was here today, and Heather, one of the Ramsay landscapers, stopped by to look at one of the pots on the front porch of the main house, which had broken, perhaps as a result of the freezing temperatures.  She and Patsy will try to find another one like it and will be back in touch.

We experienced some very high winds on Sunday, and as a result, there were lots of sticks around on the yards today, but no tree damage and no damage to buildings or fences, fortunately.

Joyce, of Guesthouses, referred a repeat client to Stephen, who met with the client this morning and gave her a tour of the residences at Ramsay.  She is most interested in renting the Carriage House at some point, and was very favorably impressed by all she saw, and plans to add Ramsay to her list of places to stay when she is in the area.

In addition to hearing spring songs of the birds around the farm, we are now hearing the little "peepers" or frogs, who sound as though they are living in the marshy area just on the other side of Stockton Creek, so maybe spring is really almost here!