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WEATHER : TUESDAY : Wintergreen & Nelson, VA : Rain Ending & Windy : Very Nice Memorial Weekend

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May 20, 2008

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Montebello, Virginia

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The new farm market at a.m. Fog in Afton. Thanks to Chuck Strauss for the latest pic!

Not long ago I went back to Tennessee to visit my folks on the farm. You’ve heard me talk about my days back there as a kid. They were some mighty good ones, just like my grown up days here in the mountains. I was remembering this old man that lived across the road by the name of, Son Johnson. I’d always walk up to his house and remember those chickens running all over the place. He was farm raising eggs and meat long before it was trendy. Just good, down home, quality food.

Ken and Yvonne Harris at a.m. Fog on the Nelson-Albemarle County Line along Route 151 in Afton do the same thing.

My old friend Son is long gone these days. His house isn’t even there anymore, but Ken and Yvonne’s is. Right now they have spinach, kale, brocoli, cabbage and veggie start, 6 kinds of lettuce, 26 types of heirloom tomatoes, plus sweet peppers, and a big selection of HOT peppers! Heck for your Hawaiian flair how about pineapple, and back home…maybe a little watermelon!

And look what else they have: asparagus, lettuce, cucumbers, STRAWBERRIES, strawberry onions (the best!!!), roasting potatoes, Idaho potatoes, carrots, green peppers, farm eggs, meat, and fresh baked bread.

And yea, my buddy, the trusty:
-Local â€œHappy Steerâ€ Hormone and Antibiotic Free Meat
-Local Hormone & Antibiotic Free Chicken

Not to mention the countless other vegetables, annual, and perennial plants along with fruit trees ready for planting.

The beautiful new farm market is OPEN FOR BUSINESS NOW, and just on the horizon, hot teas, coffee, muffins, and bread while you take a look around.

If you do the WWW thing you can visit them on the web at www.amfog.net If you don’t, they are the kind of folks who still answer the phone, now there’s a concept! Call ’em at 540-456-7100.

Rainfall totals as of 9 AM Tuesday morning:
–MONDAY’S High / Low at NCL-Nelson County Life Magazine in the Rockfish Valley : 75Â°/46Â° – RAIN : 0.22″ – YTD: 13.96″
–MONDAY’S High / Low at NCL-Wintergreen Nature Foundation on Devil’s Knob @ Wintergreen Mountain : 59Â°/40Â° – RAIN 0.33″ – YTD: 20.15″
–MONDAY’S High / Low at NCL-Hatcreek Farm on Horseshoe Mountain @ Roseland, VA : 71Â°/50Â° – RAIN : 0.23″ – YTD: 19.89″
–MONDAY’S High / Low at NCL-Tiger Fuel @ Lovingston, VA : 71Â°/43Â° – RAIN : 0.20″ – YTD: 8.48″
–MONDAY’S High / Low at NCL-Delfosse Winery & Vineyard @ Faber, VA : 73Â°/47Â° – RAIN : 0.02″ – YTD: 8.30″

Other area rainfall totals by clicking here.

A quick thanks to Paulette Albright of Montebello for today’s weather photo above. This is a shot in along one of the trails for this coming weekend’s Montebello Spring Trail Ride. It’s the 25th year they’ve held the event to raise money for the Montebello Fire & Rescue. And, Paulette tells me this is her last year to be the coordinator of the popular event. It was even named one of the best 10 trail rides in Virginia by the Virginia Horse Journal. Congrats to Paulette and have a great trail ride this weekend. You should have some mighty good weather for it!

Monday was a nice day here in Nelson and Central Virginia after some very light rain. For the most part, the day was sunny but cool due to some breezy winds throughout the afternoon.

Overnight rains settled back into Central Virginia as one last system keeps us damp before things really start to improve for the upcoming holiday weekend. We can expect rain much of the early day Tuesday, perhaps even a stay rumble of thunder before showers start to diminish, especially as we head toward Wednesday. Though some light showers remain Wednesday and Wednesday night, the bulk of rain will come on Tuesday morning.

By Thursday and beyond, we break out into mostly sunny skies and warm temps nearing 80Â° by the time we get to Memorial Day. This will be the first weekend that has been completely dry in about two months, that’s been awhile folks!

Regional Current Surface Map via wunderground

Looking 12-24 Hours Ahead

Your Nelson County Life custom area forecast including: Montebello, Crozet, Humpback Rocks, and Faber.

TUESDAY:Widespread rain with isolated thunderstorms early. Cool, then breaks of sunshine and warmer.
* Highs Valley: 70-73Â°
*On the mountains: 57-60Â°
*Winds: S 5-10 MPH increasing and becoming W 15-20 in the afternoon with higher gusts.
*OVERNIGHT: Variably cloudy. Lows valley: 46-49Â° : Mountains: 45-48Â° : Winds: W-5 MPH

WEDNESDAY: Partly sunny with widely isolated showers.
* Highs Valley: 68-71Â°
*On the mountains: 56-59Â°
*Winds: W 10-15 MPH
*OVERNIGHT: Isolated showers in the evening then partly cloudy. Lows valley: 47-50Â° : Mountains: 46-49Â° : Winds: NW 5-10 MPH.

THUR: Mostly Sunny 71/47
FRI: Sunny 70/48
SAT: Sunny 73/49
SUN: Sunny 76/55
MON: Sunny 80/56 (MEMORIAL DAY)

All mountain temperatures in the extended period are about 10 degrees cooler than those in the valley listed above.

Have a great Tuesday everyone!

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WEATHER : MONDAY : Mostly Sunny & Nice! : Then Rainy Again : Great Memorial Weekend Shaping UP!

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May 19, 2008

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6th Annual Band Fair @ Cardinal Point Winery
Afton, Virginia

Today’s weather and is brought to you exclusively by:

The new farm market at a.m. Fog in Afton. Thanks to Chuck Strauss for the latest pic!

Not long ago I went back to Tennessee to visit my folks on the farm. You’ve heard me talk about my days back there as a kid. They were some mighty good ones, just like my grown up days here in the mountains. I was remembering this old man that lived across the road by the name of, Son Johnson. I’d always walk up to his house and remember those chickens running all over the place. He was farm raising eggs and meat long before it was trendy. Just good, down home, quality food.

Ken and Yvonne Harris at a.m. Fog on the Nelson-Albemarle County Line along Route 151 in Afton do the same thing.

My old friend Son is long gone these days. His house isn’t even there anymore, but Ken and Yvonne’s is. Right now they have spinach, kale, brocoli, cabbage and veggie start, 6 kinds of lettuce, 26 types of heirloom tomatoes, plus sweet peppers, and a big selection of HOT peppers! Heck for your Hawaiian flair how about pineapple, and back home…maybe a little watermelon!

And look what else they have: asparagus, lettuce, cucumbers, STRAWBERRIES, strawberry onions (the best!!!), roasting potatoes, Idaho potatoes, carrots, green peppers, farm eggs, meat, and fresh baked bread.

And yea, my buddy, the trusty:
-Local â€œHappy Steerâ€ Hormone and Antibiotic Free Meat
-Local Hormone & Antibiotic Free Chicken

Not to mention the countless other vegetables, annual, and perennial plants along with fruit trees ready for planting.

The beautiful new farm market is OPEN FOR BUSINESS NOW, and just on the horizon, hot teas, coffee, muffins, and bread while you take a look around.

If you do the WWW thing you can visit them on the web at www.amfog.net If you don’t, they are the kind of folks who still answer the phone, now there’s a concept! Call ’em at 540-456-7100.

Rainfall totals as of midnight Sunday night:
–SUNDAY’S High / Low at NCL-Nelson County Life Magazine in the Rockfish Valley : 71Â°/53Â° – RAIN : T” – YTD: 13.96″
–SUNDAY’S High / Low at NCL-Wintergreen Nature Foundation on Devil’s Knob @ Wintergreen Mountain : 58Â°/51Â° – RAIN 0.02″ – YTD: 20.15″
–SUNDAY’S High / Low at NCL-Hatcreek Farm on Horseshoe Mountain @ Roseland, VA : 65Â°/47Â° – RAIN : 0.02″ – YTD: 19.89″
–SUNDAY’S High / Low at NCL-Tiger Fuel @ Lovingston, VA : 65Â°/51Â° – RAIN : 0.02″ – YTD: 8.48″
–SUNDAY’S High / Low at NCL-Delfosse Winery & Vineyard @ Faber, VA : 66Â°/54Â° – RAIN : T” – YTD: 8.30″

Other area rainfall totals by clicking here.

Band Fair 2008, the 6th annual, is in the history books now! In spite of the cool temps and an occasional light shower, this year’s event went off perfectly with lots of folks coming out for an afternoon of fun as you can see in the photo above. They had a silent auction, music, games, and much, much more! You can see more pictures from Sunday’s event by clicking here.

A quick thanks to Chuck Strauss today. He sent us an updated photo from up at a.m. Fog on the progress there. They are almost completely done! Thanks for the update Chuck!

Most folks stayed in the dry Sunday, though showers weren’t far away much of the afternoon, the stronger storms forecast never developed since we stayed under cloud cover about the entire day. That kept the temperatures down and the potential for thunderstorm development low. Some locations south and east did see some thunderstorm development, but again most places in Nelson didn’t get much out of the system as it worked through Central Virginia. By late evening skies were clearing either side of the BRP and much of the night was partly cloudy or clear.

Today will be a nice one! Mostly sunny skies and mild temps, however breezy winds will still make it feel chilly from time to time. Tonight rain is back in after midnight continuing through roughly Tuesday afternoon. After that, we finally break the pattern of the past month and, at least right now, the extended forecast into Memorial Day weekend looks dry and mild. Beyond that it looks like hotter, temperatures will finally start becoming more commonplace.

Regional Current Surface Map via wunderground

Looking 12-24 Hours Ahead

Your Nelson County Life custom area forecast including: Afton, Batesville, Piney River, and Whetstone Ridge.

MONDAY: Mostly sunny, mild and breezy.
* Highs Valley: 70-73Â°
*On the mountains: 57-60Â°
*Winds: W 10-20 MPH with gusts to 30 MPH
*OVERNIGHT: Becoming cloudy with showers after midnight. Lows valley: 45-48Â° : Mountains: 41-44Â° : Winds: W 5-10 MPH with higher gusts in the evening.

TUESDAY: Showers likely. Cooler.
* Highs Valley: 64-67Â°
*On the mountains: 55-58Â°
*Winds: S-5 MPH becoming W in the afternoon.
*OVERNIGHT: Rain ending and cloudy. Lows valley: 45-48Â° : Mountains: 42-45Â° : Winds: W-5 MPH.

The remainder of the week has partly sunny skies Wednesday with temps in the lower 70’s valley and mid 60’s mountains. Thursday looks mostly sunny with a high near 70Â°. Friday is dry with highs of 71-74Â°

The Memorial Day Weekend looks pleasant and dry with temps in the low and mid 70’s valley and near 70’s on the mountains.

Have a great Monday everyone!

KnowYourNelson.com

AFTON : Band Fair 2008

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May 18, 2008

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Jenn Rhubright of Jive Katze Sings At Band Fair 2008
Afton, Virginia

Band Fair 2008 is over until next year, but despite the cool weather and a shower here and there it went off pretty much without a hitch! As we’ve been telling you over the past several days, this is the annual fund raiser for North Branch School. Each year lots of music is there with plenty of fun. The great folks over at Cardinal Point Winery let them hold the event there. This is the 6th!.

Speaking of Cardinal Point, I think that’s Tabitha back in town for a short time having a glass of chardonnay. Many of you may remember her from days at Stoney Creek Bar & Grill before she moved to Christiansburg. Nice to see her back if only for a visit!

Lots of activities for kids as well as adults.

The day included a silent auction.

And yep, a great day for father and daughter to hang out!

See you next year at Band Fair!

DATEBOOK : AFTON : Band Fair This Afternoon At Cardinal Point Winery

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May 18, 2008

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DATEBOOK : WINTERGREEN : Wildflower Symposium Continues Today

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May 17, 2008

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May 16 and 18 Wildflower Symposium Celebrate the 25th year of this trademark TWNF event. The Wintergreen Nature Foundationâ€™s favorite ritual of spring is celebrating its 25th year. As the days lengthen and the temperatures warm, an advancing green line of spring creeps up the mountain. Every woodland ravine becomes a colorful tapestry as violets, orchids, and lilies raise their faces to embrace the spring sunlight. Colorful wood warblers are busy as they flit through the infant foliage, their arrival perfectly timed with the caterpillar hatch. While we seldom associate instinctive behavior with wildflowers, there is clearly an evolved â€œbehavioralâ€ response to the passage of spring as they must bloom, attract a pollinator and set seed before the new canopy closes in. In perspective, while our ritual of celebration is twenty-five years young, their ritual is likely four thousand years old.
Placed into the setting of natureâ€™s most ancient and beautiful natural gardens, the 25th annual Spring Wildflower Symposium is a celebration of learning as we look at the science related to these incredible ecosystems. This yearâ€™s symposium will include programs such as:

Old Growth Forests of North America: Dr Dennis Whigham, Smithsonian Environmental Research Scientist, will place our Blue Ridge forests in perspective.
A Warming World: Jeff Halverson, Climatologist and Professor, will discuss the impact of climate change.
Ecology for Gardeners: Dr Ed Clebsch, Professor of Botany, and his wife, Meredith, will lecture and lead walks from a gardenerâ€™s perspective.
Mammals of the Southern Appalachians: Dr. Mike Pelton, Wildlife Biologist, shares the secret lives of many wildlife species.

Over 50 programs will occur including hikes to see and identify native wildflowers, ferns, trees and shrubs in their natural ecosystems. Birding will be fabulous as we get once-a-year sightings of tiny, colorful wood warblers and other birds of spring. Learn about the birth of the Blue Ridge with geologist Lorrie Coiner. Visit with herbalist Susan Belsinger as she teaches about medicinal and edible plants.
From veteran enthusiast to rank beginner one cannot help but be inspired by seeing first hand natureâ€™s prehistoric design in our mountains and woodlands. It teaches us by example that all things in nature are connected, including us.

Wildflower Symposium will be held May 16 through 18. Please visit www.twnf.org for detailed schedule and pricing information. Download complete details by clicking here.

WEEKEND WEATHER : Wintergreen And Nelson, VA : Scattered T-Storms Ending Tonight : UPDATED 5.18.08

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May 16, 2008

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Shipman Couple Survives Tornado
Shipman, Virginia

Today’s weather and is brought to you exclusively by:

The new farm market at a.m. Fog in Afton.

Not long ago I went back to Tennessee to visit my folks on the farm. You’ve heard me talk about my days back there as a kid. They were some mighty good ones, just like my grown up days here in the mountains. I was remembering this old man that lived across the road by the name of, Son Johnson. I’d always walk up to his house and remember those chickens running all over the place. He was farm raising eggs and meat long before it was trendy. Just good, down home, quality food.

Ken and Yvonne Harris at a.m. Fog on the Nelson-Albemarle County Line along Route 151 in Afton do the same thing.

My old friend Son is long gone these days. His house isn’t even there anymore, but Ken and Yvonne’s is. Right now they have spinach, kale, brocoli, cabbage and veggie start, 6 kinds of lettuce, 26 types of heirloom tomatoes, plus sweet peppers, and a big selection of HOT peppers! Heck for your Hawaiian flair how about pineapple, and back home…maybe a little watermelon!

And look what else they have: asparagus, lettuce, cucumbers, STRAWBERRIES, strawberry onions (the best!!!), roasting potatoes, Idaho potatoes, carrots, green peppers, farm eggs, meat, and fresh baked bread.

And yea, my buddy, the trusty:
-Local â€œHappy Steerâ€ Hormone and Antibiotic Free Meat
-Local Hormone & Antibiotic Free Chicken

Not to mention the countless other vegetables, annual, and perennial plants along with fruit trees ready for planting.

The beautiful new farm market is OPEN FOR BUSINESS NOW, and just on the horizon, hot teas, coffee, muffins, and bread while you take a look around.

If you do the WWW thing you can visit them on the web at www.amfog.net If you don’t, they are the kind of folks who still answer the phone, now there’s a concept! Call ’em at 540-456-7100.

First, want to tell you about a neat couple I met Thursday afternoon in Shipman. Ed & Sharen Dowdy are some lucky folks. They’re in today’s weather photo above. They had the rare honor of getting hit by a tornado in Virginia and they came out without injuries. It’s one of our web stories and will be detailed in print in the June issue of NCL. Very neat to read about!

Also a reminder about Band Fair coming up today over at Cardinal Point Winery to benefit North Branch School. You’ll hear Jenn Rhubright that’s playing on our cast today, as well as her husband Andy Waldeck and others. They have a really neat item for this year’s event, $5 buys a raffle ticket for two Dave Matthews Band tickets to any show, anytime, anywhere in the country, with great seats and two backstage lounge passes. You can also get 5 tickets for $20. The tickets are available at Band Fair and also at North Branch Be sure to go out on Sunday. It will be a great afternoon!

Saturday was the nicest day of the weekend with partly sunny skies and temps in the mid & upper 70’s. Late Saturday night into Sunday scattered rain showers redevelop and linger until Sunday night. Thunderstorms develop Sunday afternoon with some of these possibly storms reaching severe limits as noted in the area hazardous weather outlook:

DAY ONE…TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT THE OUTLOOK AREA LATE THIS
MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE
MAINLY EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE…AND WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER
WILL BE FROM NOON TO 4 PM.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON FOR
AREAS EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS. THREAT IS PRIMARILY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS AND MAINLY BETWEEN NOON AND 5 PM.

Regardless it will become windy over the next 24 hours with gusts to as high as 30 MPH late Sunday afternoon into the night.

Monday is sunny and pleasant again before more rain heads our way by mid-week.

Regional Current Surface Map via wunderground

Looking 12-24 Hours Ahead

Your Nelson County Life custom area forecast including: Shipman, Wintergreen, Tyro, and Gladstone.

*OVERNIGHT: Evening showers then partly cloudy. Lows valley: 44-47Â° : Mountains: 40-43Â° : Winds: W 10-15 MPH & gusty

>Early next week has partly sunny skies returning on Monday with temps in the lower 70’s valley and mid 60’s mountains. By Tuesday rain reenters the forecast and stays around through Wednesday. Temps are mild in the mid 70’s.

Looking way ahead to Memorial Day weekend,the trend looks dry and mild.

Jenn Rhubright of Arrington and Jive Katze take us out with a cut from their collection. This one’s called Fly Me To The Moon. Jenn is one of four acts playing this coming Sunday at Band Fair. We’ll see you there!

Have a great weekend everyone!

KnowYourNelson.com

According to the online urban dictionary a “Jive Cat” is “not the ordinary person you or your homeboys would hang out with”. And what has a less jiving, less hip and less swinging reputation than a “German Jazz Cat” anyway? â€“ Well, Jive Katze is not your ordinary Jazz band.
Jive Katze is the newest addition to the diverse Charlottesville music scene. They combine vocal jazz in the tradition of Billy Holliday and Ella Fitzgerald with contemporary forms and concepts influenced by Brad Mehldau, and Kenny Werner.

Jenn Rhubright’s intimate renditions of jazz classics meet the sensitive and versatile playing of German born pianist, Gerrit Roessler. Jenn contributes her unorthodox approach to music as well as her vast experience with rock and pop from her nationally acclaimed bands Clare Quilty and The Dirty Dishes. Gerrit on the other hand, has a background as a formally trained jazz musician and paid his dues playing mostly in Europe and the US with his award winning band Mars Attacks.

It is this difference, and the artistic tension that makes this project so interesting: Sometimes only subtly and carefully altering the divine masters, sometimes overhauling them drastically to create something entirely new. Although they are not a retro-jazz band that attempts to re-enact an alleged golden past, they are respectfully aware of the vast tradition of vocal jazz and are attempting to translate it into the world of today. The result is an intimate and energetic performance that is strongly shared by the audience during their performances.

Although Jive Katze is conceptualized as a duo, Jenn and Gerrit are frequently backed up by Bassist David Cosper from South Carolina and Drummer Granville Mullings from New York.

Jive Katze is not in it for the money. They play for their love of music. That is why they decided to support a non-profit organization that is dedicated “to revitalizing the music and cultural community within the neighborhoods of New Orleans by helping its tradition bearers return to and stay at home.” By financially and actively engaging with “Sweet Home New Orleans” (http://www.sweethomeneworleans.org) Jive Katze feel they are reaching out to a vast musical tradition and heritage on more than the mere artistic level.