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Datebook : Faber : Rite of Spring French Gourmet Dinner @ Delfosse : April 5th, 2008

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Rite of Spring French Gourmet Dinner at Del Fosse Vineyards and Winery
Don’t miss this elegant wine dinner Saturday April 5th at 6:00 PM hosted by Claude and Genevieve Del Fosse, owners of Del Fosse Vineyards and Winery. Enjoy gourmet French cuisine paired with some of our best local wines in a scenic country setting. Proceeds benefit The Wintergreen Nature Foundation. Tickets are $85 per person which includes dinner and wine pairings with a complimentary Del Fosse wine glass and discounts on wine purchases. Reservations for the dinner can be made through Del Fosse Vineyards and Winery by calling 434-263-6100 or make your reservations online.

The Wintergreen Nature Foundation is providing complimentary transportation to this event from the Trillium House. Space is limited for this event. Please email Mercy McBrayer at info@twnf.org or call 434-325-7473 to reserve your transportation.

Datebook : Afton : RVCC Community Market & Pancake Breakfast : Saturday 4.5.08

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Community Market

Saturday, April 5, 2008

First Saturday Community Market, Pancake Breakfast and lunch by Claudia Gibson. Live music by Worm Patterson & All Problems Solved and Junior Moment. Market features fresh produce, poultry & meat farmers plus art & craft vendors. 8:30am to 2:00pm.
434-361-1725

Afton : Entertainment @ Blue Mountain Brewery

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BMB-HOBO JACK
Photography By Christina Kline
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Hobo Jack @ Blue Mountain Brewery
Afton, Virginia

NCL’s Christina Kline, grabbed this shot Thursday night at Blue Mountain Brewery in Afton. Jacob Allen, left and John Howard, right (aka HoboJac) entertain the crowd on hand.

Christinia tells us:

“By the way, everyone should try the Irish Stout. So creamy and smooth… and it’s usually not my preferred genre of beer so for me to go for it as one of my faves is a big accomplishment for the brewers.”

Mmmm, sounds like that will be on the “must try” list Christina!

If you haven’t been over the see the folks at BMB you have to try the beer there, very yummy!
NCL

Datebook : Afton : Hamner Theater : RURAL NELSON 2nd COMMUNITY DANCE PARTY: 4.5.08

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RURAL NELSON presents our second COMMUNITY DANCE PARTY:
“FROM ARETHA TO ZIGGY”
at The Hamner Theater – Rockfish Valley Community Center

with Guest DJs

Saturday, April 5th – Doors open at 8:00pm

$5.00 – $10.00 suggested donation to benefit Rural Nelson
Cash Bar available to benefit The Hamner Theater
21 and over please

Come dance and spend an evening with friends!

For more information: email us, call 263.5000 or go to
http://www.ruralnelson.org/RNDanceParty0804.htm

For directions, go to www.thehamnertheater.com

Datebook : Lovingston : Nelson County Garden Club Bazaar : 4.12.08

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Saturday, April 12, 2008
Nelson County Garden Club Bazaar
8 am to 2 pm at Fleetwood Harmony Masonic Lodge #2,
behind Nelson Memorial Library and Visitors Center, Lovingston.

Products and ideas to bring the Joy of the Garden into your home this spring and summer.

“Joy of the Garden” will feature demonstrations, advice, design tools,
selected plant groups, kits, and garden accessories to help you make dazzling
window boxes, planters, and floral designs. Also look for pre-planted tabletop
and patio gardens, garden-themed stationery, crafts, and and gifts perfect for
Mother’s Day. A 50-50 raffle, white elephant sale, and sale of homemade baked
goods will also be held.

Proceeds will benefit community projects of Nelson County’s national
award-winning garden club.

Wintergreen And Nelson County, VA Weather : Thursday : Cool, Rain PM : Much Warmer Friday W/ Rain

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Milly RAP Sunset
Photography By Milly Colella
For Nelson County Life Magazine ©2008
Sunset At The Rockfish Airpark
Nellysford, Virginia




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There’s something about early Spring. You begin seeing hints of green, and then wham, snowflakes! Where did they come from. That’s part of the ritual in moving from Winter to warmer weather. It can’t really decide what it wants to do. But there’s one decision you don’t have to fret over, that’s stopping in at Ken & Yvonne Harris’ a.m. Fog on the Nelson-Albemarle Line along Route 151. They are as close to the farm as you can get!

Right now while Spring is still trying to make up it’s mind, they’ve already got; Asparagus, Lettuce, Cucumbers, STRAWBERRIES, strawberry onions (the best!!!), roasting potatoes, Idaho potatoes, carrots, green peppers, farm eggs, meat, & fresh baked bread.

And yea, they still have my favorite the trusty:
Local “Happy Steer” Hormone and Antibiotic Free Meat
-Local Hormone & Antibiotic Free Chicken

Not to mention all of the other vegetables, annual, and perennial plants along with lots of fruit trees ready for the spring planting! Spring is here!

And have you seen that new beautiful farm market going up, they ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS NOW, and soon they’ll be featuring hot teas, coffee, muffins, and bread.

Visit them on the web at www.amfog.net or call them at 540-456-7100.

–WEDNESDAY’S High / Low at NCL-Nelson County Life Magazine in the Rockfish Valley : 67°/40° – RAIN APRIL: 0.06″
–WEDNESDAY’S High / Low at NCL-Wintergreen Nature Foundation on Devil’s Knob @ Wintergreen Mountain : 29°/54° – RAIN APRIL: 0.10″
–WEDNESDAY’S High / Low at NCL-Hatcreek Farm on Horseshoe Mountain @ Roseland, VA : °62/38° – RAIN APRIL: 0.25″
–WEDNESDAY’S High / Low at NCL-Tiger Fuel @ Lovingston, VA : 66°/45° – RAIN APRIL: 0.00″ Monthly Total Unavailable
–WEDNESDAY’S High / Low at NCL-Delfosse Winery & Vineyard @ Faber, VA : 65°/44° – RAIN APRIL: 0.10″
–WEDNESDAY’SHigh / Low at NCL-Mini Tara Vineyards @ Arrington, VA : 62°/52° – RAIN APRIL: 0.22

Wednesday started off cloudy and cold with sun coming out by afternoon and warming things up a fair bit. Milly Colella caught a great sunset recently over at the Rockfish Airpark near Spruce Creek and e-mailed that off to us. A beautiful ending to the day, thanks for the picture Milly! The northerly winds still kept it pretty chilly Wednesday if you were in the shade. Overnight we dropped back down with many locations seeing 20’s for low temperatures by this morning.

Today will start out with some sun then mostly cloudy skies the rule by afternoon with showers likely. A stray shower can’t be ruled out this morning, but the bulk of the rain will come later in the day and tonight. Depending on how much sun, if hardly any, we get early in the day will determine how cool the day stays. Right now the thinking is we’ll only reach the low and mid 50’s for afternoon highs due to the cloud cover and rain showers developing.

Rain continues overnight tonight with temperatures actually rising during the nighttime hours as a warm front moves across the area putting Nelson in the warm sector. By Friday we actually get into the 70’s even with showers continuing early. Thundershowers are possible late day Friday into Friday night as well.

By Saturday I think we’ll have some morning showers, but do believe some sun will work in for the afternoon. Temps stay relatively mild in the low and mid 60’s for valley highs and upper 50’s mountains.

Regional Current Surface Map via wunderground

Looking 12-24 Hours Ahead

Your Nelson County Life custom area forecast including: Spruce Creek, Montebello, Piney River and Arrington

Thursday: Morning sun and isolated showers, then cloudy with rain developing in the afternoon. Cooler.
* Highs Valley: 52-55° warmer if we get ample sunshine
*On the mountains: 46-49°
*Winds: SE 10-15 MPH
*OVERNIGHT: Rain. Temps rising overnight. Lows valley: 40-43° : Mountains: 38-41° : Winds: S 5-10 MPH

Friday: Cloudy early with showers then partly cloudy and much warmer.
* Highs Valley: 73-76°
*On the mountains: 64-67°
*Winds: SW 10-20 MPH
*OVERNIGHT: Scattered thundershowers. Lows valley: 52-55° : Mountains: 49-52° : Winds: SW 10-15 MPH.

The weekend has rain in the forecast until afternoon Saturday when skies become partly cloudy. Temps remain pretty fair during the period with mid 60’s for daytimes highs in the valley and around around 60° on the mountains. Overnight lows generally in the 40’s and 50’s.

Have a great Thursday everyone!
KnowYourNelson.com

Wintergreen : Wintergreen Winery Wins Medals At Finger Lakes International Wine Competition

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Medal Winners WTG Winery
Photography By Tommy Stafford
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Wintergreen Winery Wins Medals
Wintergreen, Virginia

Wintergreen Winery has been awarded three Silver medals at the Finger Lakes International Wine Competition held in Rochester, New York on March 29 & 30. Silver medals were bestowed on their 2006 Black Rock Chardonnay Reserve, 2004 Cabernet Franc and their Raspberry dessert wine. In addition, Wintergreen’s 2005 Brent’s Mountain Merlot and 2006 Viognier were awarded Bronze medals.

Over forty five judges with national and international credentials judged over 2300 wines from across the United States and around the globe. Finger Lakes International is the only charity wine competition in the country with all profits benefiting Camp Good Days and Special Times, a program that helps children who suffer from cancer, aids, and severe abuse.

These wines are available for tasting at the winery which is located just ½ mile off Route 151 on Route 664 in Beech Grove. These wines will also be featured at Wintergreen Winery’s upcoming 15th Anniversary Celebration on April 26th and 27th from 10am to 6pm each day. Their popular Mill Hill Apple wine will be released at this event. The tasting room, gift shop and picnic area are open daily from 10am to 6pm. For more information or directions visit their website at www.WintergreenWinery.com or call (434) 361-2519.

Wintergreen And Nelson County, VA Weather : Wednesday : Sunny & Fair : More Rain Ahead

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Rockfish @ Wintergreen Winery
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Rockfish River @ Wintergreen Winery
Beech Grove, Virginia




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There’s something about early Spring. You begin seeing hints of green, and then wham, snowflakes! Where did they come from. That’s part of the ritual in moving from Winter to warmer weather. It can’t really decide what it wants to do. But there’s one decision you don’t have to fret over, that’s stopping in at Ken & Yvonne Harris’ a.m. Fog on the Nelson-Albemarle Line along Route 151. They are as close to the farm as you can get!

Right now while Spring is still trying to make up it’s mind, they’ve already got; Asparagus, Lettuce, Cucumbers, STRAWBERRIES, strawberry onions (the best!!!), roasting potatoes, Idaho potatoes, carrots, green peppers, farm eggs, meat, & fresh baked bread.

And yea, they still have my favorite the trusty:
Local “Happy Steer” Hormone and Antibiotic Free Meat
-Local Hormone & Antibiotic Free Chicken

Not to mention all of the other vegetables, annual, and perennial plants along with lots of fruit trees ready for the spring planting! Spring is here!

And have you seen that new beautiful farm market going up, they ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS NOW, and soon they’ll be featuring hot teas, coffee, muffins, and bread.

Visit them on the web at www.amfog.net or call them at 540-456-7100.

–TUESDAY’S High / Low at NCL-Nelson County Life Magazine in the Rockfish Valley : 79°/50° – RAIN TOTAL MARCH: 3.85″
–TUESDAY’S High / Low at NCL-Wintergreen Nature Foundation on Devil’s Knob @ Wintergreen Mountain : 64°/51° – RAIN TOTAL MARCH: 5.48″
–TUESDAY’S High / Low at NCL-Hatcreek Farm on Horseshoe Mountain @ Roseland, VA : °73/47° – RAIN TOTAL MARCH: 7.02″ station temporarily offline
–TUESDAY’S High / Low at NCL-Tiger Fuel @ Lovingston, VA : 73°/48° – RAIN: 0.00″ Monthly Total Unavailable
–TUESDAY’S High / Low at NCL-Delfosse Winery & Vineyard @ Faber, VA : 75°/49° – RAIN MARCH: 2.79″
–TUESDAY’S High / Low at NCL-Mini Tara Vineyards @ Arrington, VA : 75°/° – RAIN: 0.00 Monthly Total Unavailable

We’re back in the saddle here at NCL after a little computer trouble during the past 24 hours. Our NCL-Weathernet station here at the office is back up and running. It must be the week for computer gremlins, the station over at Wintergreen Winery in Beech Grove is having some issues this week as well. But I was over there yesterday with Jeff and it’s being looked into, should be back up soon. But look at the shot we took over there yesterday, at that point who cares about the computer, what a great day Tuesday ended up being.

After a cloudy damp start, the afternoon turned off very warm and partly cloudy with temperatures even going several degrees above predicted highs, with some locations flirting with 80°. Forecasted showers never developed during the daylight hours and only widely scattered showers occurred overnight Tuesday.

Today will be a mostly sunny day, but not as warm as yesterday due to a cold front that’s moved through keeping temperatures down with a cool northerly breeze. By tonight skies will go partly cloudy after midnight in advance of our next rainmaker that arrives by Thursday afternoon. As we near the end of the week temps warm back to the mid 60’s for afternoon highs.

Right now the second half of the coming weekend looks dry and fair.

Regional Current Surface Map via wunderground

Looking 12-24 Hours Ahead

Your Nelson County Life custom area forecast including: Beech Grove, Tyro, Whetstone Ridge and Afton

Wednesday: Early morning scattered clouds then mostly sunny and cooler.
* Highs Valley: 60-63°
*On the mountains: 51-54°
*Winds: N 10-15 MPH
*OVERNIGHT: Becoming partly cloudy and cold. Lows valley: 30-33° : Mountains: 24-27° : Winds: E-5 MPH

Thursday: Partly sunny early, then cloudy with rain developing in the afternoon.
* Highs Valley: 49-52°
*On the mountains: 48-51°
*Winds: SE 5-10 MPH
*OVERNIGHT: Rainy and cool. Lows valley: 43-47° : Mountains: 40-43° : Winds: SE-5 MPH.

The rest of the week into the weekend continues to have rain in the forecast until Sunday when skies become partly cloudy. Temps remain pretty fair during the period with mid 60’s for daytimes highs in the valley and around around 60° on the mountains. Overnight lows generally in the 40’s and 50’s.

Have a great Wednesday everyone!
KnowYourNelson.com

Datebook : Afton : Figure Sculpture Workshop : Flickinger Studios : Apr 26 & 27

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Flick Studio

FIGURE SCULPTURE WORKSHOP @ FLICKINGER STUDIOS – Nelson County –
Rockfish Valley Community Center. Taught by Charles “Flick”
Flickinger. April 26 & 27, 2008. 10am- 60m. $230. 10%
discount for first time students.
Call / email to sign-up.
434-361-2126, info@flickingerstudios.com,
www.flickingerstudios.com

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