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Anne Smith Burton
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  January 20-21, 2007    
  Hello people:      
  Okay so we walked 6 miles on Saturday in cold, blowing wind and survived. The most amusing incident was Eva who was dressed up like our mothers dressed us when we were children! The only parts that moved on her body were her legs and her arms from the elbow down. We have some great pictures that we will post on my website whenever Roz gets the time. I’ll let you know.

Despite that, I ended up in Charlottesville on Saturday and discovered a new wine. I know I drink a lot of wine! So slap me! Please!!!
   
  This is another change for me…try the Riesling berg by Anton Bauer, another Austrian wine! NO, it is not sweet. I know that you know that I dislike anything sweet including the word, but this is very drinkable.  
    And on the home front: the most stubborn Boston terrier ever in the history of dogdom is now residing in my home! Casey II has learned how to break out of her sleeping crate and has been renamed “Breakout Betty”. She waits until I have gone to bed; since I’m the last, and then the noises start and eventually out she comes. She has proclaimed ownership of most of the comfortable seating in the house and if one refused to move, she simply takes over the furniture.  
 

Sunday January 21
Cold, windy and snow, but a wonderful day!  Sandra found us a new walking route through beautiful scenery on back roads and it was fantastic!  Walking through the snow was like a fantasyland and the sights we saw!

 
 

We started with a beautiful horse that demanded that I stop walking and rub her face for the remainder of the day…I wish we could have taken her with us.  Then we passed a pasture (snow covered) with buffalo and as we were watching the buffalo, a herd of deer went running through. 

Then we came upon something I would have wondered about my drug use had not everyone else seen the same sight!

   
   

  Someone had put one of those board fences in front of their house and had painted religious murals on each panel.  One had an enormous cross, but our favorite was a large mural of death that read, “Hi, there. We have an appointment”. 

 

 
  We passed a wonderful and large, old barn; and the vineyard in winter, lovely.
And we saw a lot of “full moons rising” as we stopped several times to pee in the road!  
 
 

   
 
 
It was one of those magical trips with good friends and a beautiful six miles. It will be "one of those memories" days.
Hope all of you are well.  Take care and thanks for your donation.


Anne
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