Skyline Drive & The Apple House | (2016 flashback)

This time three years ago we were waiting to close on our first home. We were antsy with anticipation and I, of course, was daydreaming of how to decorate each room. I was in the middle of working on my Thankful Challenge posts here on the blog and had ideas to do more. And on […]

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Library of Congress In The Country| October (2017 flashback)

Hey friends! I can’t believe that we are over mid-way through October? Time always boggles my mind. The days have become much cooler this week, which I think most of us are enjoying, and now we play the game of when to keep our heat on full time! I even got a freeze warning on […]

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Stribling Orchard | Apple Picking

The DeLorean has hummed to life, the flux capacitor is on, we’re reaching 88 miles an hour, and – whoosh – we have left a trail of blazing hot tire streaks on the ground, arriving to October 2017! We’re on our way to Stribling Orchard to go on an apple picking adventure in the mountains, […]

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Red, White, & Mount Vernon | Summer Decor

Hey, friends! I just got in from pruning my front flower bed that we put in this year (you can follow along on the progress on Instagram), and I can officially say that it feels like the Dog Days of Summer are here! We’ve also had a lot of rain, making our green babies grow […]

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Belmont Farm Distillery & Pink Chintz

Well it must be some kind of Great Pumpkin Halloween miracle, because here I am writing my first blog post in over a year! Don’t worry, you really haven’t missed much since I posted last. Ha! Eventually we will do some catching up – there’s a handful of pictures and posts that I never got […]

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Seven Oaks Lavender Farm

Did you know that Virginia has a lavender farm? I didn’t either until I saw a friend post about it on Facebook. We were fortunate enough to get the very last blossoms of the year on our recent visit to Seven Oaks Lavender Farm. Normally, there’s an entrance fee to get in, but since it’s […]

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Swannanoa Palace

I’m a little (okay, a lot) delinquent on this post, considering we visited Swannanoa in the Fall, right when those gorgeous changing leaves are about to be at their peak. Even though it’s been a few months since the visit, I couldn’t not share. Swannanoa is too beautiful not to share. Swannanoa is nestled in […]

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The Apple House

A few weekends ago, David and I drove out to the mountains to Linden, VA to visit The Apple House. I knew they had freshly made cinnamon donuts, so that was our main mission. I snapped this on the way there. David’s trying so hard to get that man bun going! Ha! I love it! […]

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The Old Lucketts Store | Antiques

My friend Briana, and I love meandering through antique shops. I’d say it’s one of the things that we bonded over early on in our friendship. A few weeks ago, we went to The Old Lucketts Store, in Leesburg, VA, and I fell in love with it! The possibilities there seemed endless between old doors, […]

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The Rosewell Plantation Ruins

About six years ago I was introduced to these beautiful ruins, hidden behind thick woods and back roads. Instantly, it was love. I’ve been back a good handful of times since I was first shown this skeleton of a mansion and each time it still manages to impress me. The mansion began being built in […]

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