#26 ~ Vintage Bicycle Found in Fairfield, VA

"The bicycle is a curious vehicle. Its passenger is its engine."

~John Howard

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These pictures were taken with my iPhone C.

Tanned Hides $20.00 ~ Signs, Signs

Monday I took my car to have the breaks checked only to be told it couldn’t be driven. It had to have both breaks and rotors ~ #650.00...Ugh ~ so I needed to find something to do until 5:00.  Well, in my overalls, sneakers, and two silly pigtails, I decided to hoof it down the highway through Fairfield, Va, to Fairfield Elementary School and volunteer in first grade for the day...taking pictures as I was going.  I was definitely dressed to work. As I was walking and BEFORE I stepped into a hole and fell ~ I discovered this sign. At first I was totally befuddled by it,  and then I took each letter and flipped it in my head. Once I figured it out, I was off again only to go kaboom. Now, I have spent two days in bed with my trusty back spasms. I really do need to start looking where I am walking.  Lots of my falls are caused because I am too busy looking at what is all around me for things to shoot with my iPhone and not paying attention to where I am walking. You would think I’d learn, but it’s hard to teach this old dog new tricks. I continue to laugh at my stupidity, but I’ll be up and about tomorrow ‘cause I HATE being stuck flat and not moving.

   Here it is as I saw it. Pretty confusing.

 Here it is after I rotated it.

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Fall on Swope Lane ~ Fairfield, VA ~ DP 10-26-12

SOOC

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The Swisher Farm ~ Fairfield, Virginia

Swisher Homeplace, Fields, and Barns 

 Fairfield, Virginia

I have taught with Donna for years. This is where her husband grew up, and it is within walking distance of the school. Her house is just up the road a bit further.

  

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The Quiltery ~ Faifield, VA

The Quiltery

Genie’s Favorite Place To Spend Her Money

Sign at the Top of the Driveway

 The old home Is  made of stucco and wood.

We use the side entrance rather that the one 

on the front porch.This is where we park, too.

The other sign is here on the fence as you drive in the driveway.

There were lots of squiggly shadows on the lawn yesterday afternoon. Not until tonight when I started working to upload the photos did I discover that I had successfully captured both the vertical and the horizontal boards in the shadows. That was a whopper of a surprise...a nice surprise :-)

The other side of the fence in the shot just above.

All I can say is this has to be the most beautiful quilting shop I have ever frequented. The wood inside is vintage, and the guild ladies who run it are the nicest people in the world. Their fabrics are gorgeous. Classes are held upstairs and are very popular. It is a wonderful spot located only a mile from my school. It was here I purchased all of the Civil War reproduction fabrics to make my 12 Christmas present wreaths.

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