Saturday, March 15, 2014

Today was a beautiful one here at the farm, with temperatures in the 50s early and in the 60s by afternoon.  The scattered clouds made some beautiful patterns on the mountains and the fields.  This picture was taken from the NW field this morning, looking toward Afton Mountain.

Some noteworthy happenings from yesterday and today:

• Patsy and Heather were here early yesterday, and planted pansies in the large urn and surrounding bed in the circle of the brick walk in front of the main house.
• Joyce and a prospective client for renting space here visited in the late morning yesterday.  Stephen met them and provided a tour and other information as needed.  The guest was very impressed and loved the location and all the facilities and amenities of the property, so we hope to see her and her group at some point in the future.
• Geo was here parts of yesterday and today, continuing his woods-clearing project and helping with other tasks.
• Clay, the representative from the wireless internet provider for the farm, was here for a good while this afternoon, trying to ascertain why our signal varies or disappears occasionally, despite an overall strong signal.  Stephen explained the problems and they discussed options.  The technician installed a new receiver on the Grigg barn, and is increasing the signal strength, still within our current rate.
• Two representatives from the carpet company engaged to create rugs for parts of the main house came this afternoon to take measurements.  Stephen met them and accompanied them through the house.

The forecast for our part of Virginia is now predicting 5-10 inches of snow, starting tomorrow night and continuing into Monday.  We, along with everyone else except Wintergreen Resort, were so ready for this delightful spring weather to continue!  The lawns and fields are very gradually turning green, and I found these coming up in the woods--I think they are daffodils, and I hope they will survive until the warm weather comes back next week!