Fuji – chris

January 6, 2025

Jamestown Settlement

In the summer, Tim and Terry came to Williamsburg for a visit. We love having them, they are wonderful folks, and it’s really nice to be able to just talk to people of a like mind. Love y’all! Anyway, we tend to go out sightseeing when they are here, so we decided to go to Jamestown Settlement. There are two Jamestown museums in Williamsburg, the other being Historic Jamestown. The two are not related, but are very near each other geographically. It’s a bit confusing, but there it is. Oh, before we get too far, I would be remiss not mentioning that the camera du jour today was the illustrious…

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November 17, 2024

Agecroft Hall

In June, Jourdan and Stefani came over to spend the weekend with Melanie and me for Father’s Day. They had proposed a trip to Agecroft Hall in outside of Richmond as a nice day out. Having never heard of Agecroft Hall before, I investigated. It’s a fascinating story of an English manor which fell into disuse and was purchased by T.C. Williams Jr in 1925. The usable parts of the building were disassembled, shipped across the Atlantic and reassembled overlooking the James River in Richmond. It’s an interesting story, and we like old buildings, so it was perfect for a day out. The camera used for these images is the…

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September 2, 2024

Carolina Renaissance Festival

Hi de ho all. Well, tryin’ to get back on the horse a little bit, posting more frequently. Anywho, last year, before our scheduled house move in, Jourdan and Stefani invited us to come down to Durham the week of my birthday, and we would go to the Carolina Renaissance Festival. This was to be a rather tumultuous time in our schedule as we were literally planning to move from Fairfax to Williamsburg the week before. Unfortunately the house wasn’t quite ready yet (no occupancy permit, and as of this time no gas), so it was going to be a bit of a juggle. To add fun to the mix…

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August 7, 2024

Luray Caverns

Well, firstly, Mea culpa. I’ve completely forgotten you over the past several months. My apologies. I honestly have no excuse whatsoever. Just a general lack of motivation. In times past, I would sit at the bar on Sunday morning (ish) and craft a blog message for my faithful followers, which I’m completely certain have all disappeared by now. Now that every day is weekend, it’s completely fallen off the map. Anyway, as the move in day approached last year, we started looking at things to do in the area, Northern Virginia, that might not be so easy once we were in South-Eastern Virginia. I pinged Meghan to see if’n she…

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February 27, 2024

The Allegheny Special

Well, this has been a thorough goof up. Typically I try to present photos in the “relative” order that they were taken. For whatever reason, I’ve managed to completely hose that up. Let’s just say things are out of order and get on with our lives, shall we? My wonderful children went looking for something nice to do in celebration of my retirement last May. What they found was The Allegheny Special. I’m fond of old trains and scenery, and it seemed like a really good photo opportunity. So, the tickets were procured for the July 4th weekend as Jourdan and Stefani were planning on being in town. Let’s preface…

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August 27, 2023

Apple Blossom Festival

Well, this is a bit awkward…. Completed missed this opportunity to yapp about a wonderful experience. H’mmm, “old-timers” disease perhaps? Well, we’ll leave that discussion for another day. As part of my retirement celebration, the kids and I decided to visit the Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester, VA. It’s kind of an odd thing, as this is held at the same time as the Wine Festival in Winchester. The difference is the Apple Blossom Festival is free to enter while the Wine Festival is a paid entry. It made for an interesting situation getting around in Winchester, and it definitely wasn’t an ideal situation. Hopefully the Winchester folks can see…

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