One of the projects that has been taking up some of my extra time these days is a dream project involving creating a Heritage Apple Orchard at the 1870’s Adaland Mansion in Barbour County, West Virginia. I actually started work on this project last spring during the Covid shut down. Volunteers came together to applyContinueContinue reading “Heritage Apple Orchard Dreams”
Category Archives: Appalachian Mountains
A Visit to the Abandoned Nuttallburg Historic Coal Mine Town
Abandoned homes or towns are my favorite places to visit. So when my husband offered to drive Christopher and I to a historic abandoned coal mining town near where he was working I got super excited!!We spent one early morning exploring the New River Gorge Valley and the lost town of Nuttallburg WV. For aContinueContinue reading “A Visit to the Abandoned Nuttallburg Historic Coal Mine Town”
Hex Signs and Barn Quilt Making Guide
The history of large barn paintings in Appalachia. How to make your own and what some of the images mean
Remember The Hunger Games? Well, the Future Doesn’t Look Anything Like That!
So do you remember when The Hunger Games came out in theaters and everyone was impressed with its colorful images of the future? The bold hair colors and clothes that were on fire but didn’t burn you. The different districts that were so very strange and unique. Yea, well the future doesn’t look likeContinueContinue reading “Remember The Hunger Games? Well, the Future Doesn’t Look Anything Like That!”
The Gravedigger and Big Pharmaceuticals
I met a gravedigger today but didn’t get his name. We met along the side of the road where he had just finished toping a grave with January clods of mud. We talked about the newly departed, at 31 years of age this man was too young for the darkness of the grave. HeContinueContinue reading “The Gravedigger and Big Pharmaceuticals”
Pick Your Own Blueberry Pie.
It has been an ongoing wish of mine to go to a pick your own blueberry farm and spend a lazy morning picking, eating and baking my personal favorite pie from the harvest. So when a friend was visiting from out of town for a few weeks the two things collided and I ended upContinueContinue reading “Pick Your Own Blueberry Pie.”
Visit to “Old Stone House/ Travelers Rest”.
While on my way to a meeting for Appalachian Forest Heritage Area I was able to spend some time at Old Stone House/ Travelers Rest. The historic home of Gen. Horatio Gates that was built along the stage coach line that ran from Winchester, VA. to what is now Parkersburg, WV. near the Ohio StateContinueContinue reading “Visit to “Old Stone House/ Travelers Rest”.”
Sweet Taste of West Virginia Maple Syrup
When the town of Pickens, West Virginia throws a party it seems like the whole county shows up to eat, shop and be merry. The annual Pickens Maple Syrup Festival held every March turns the tiny town of 66 full-time residents into a town that swells to over two thousand visitors over the weekend. TheContinueContinue reading “Sweet Taste of West Virginia Maple Syrup”
Manncave Distillery Continuing the Moonshine Tradition in West Virginia.
The tradition of making Moonshine in West Virginia goes back generations and is still a part of who we are today. Making something out of nothing has always been a way of life in our hills and hallows and Manncave Distillery inc. is making wonderful corn-based spirits in the small town of Weston, West Virginia.ContinueContinue reading “Manncave Distillery Continuing the Moonshine Tradition in West Virginia.”
Webster County W.V. Resident Restores Boardwalk from the 1800’s
Webster Springs, a small isolated mountain town in West Virginia, has recently reopened a river side boardwalk that was part of the community over 100 years ago. Lover’s Lane Boardwalk has been rebuild and is free and open to the public. The 3/4 mile path winds its way from downtown Webster Springs along theContinueContinue reading “Webster County W.V. Resident Restores Boardwalk from the 1800’s”
Mountain Mama Reads and Writes 