Elaine's Blog

When You See A Cardinal It’s finally Spring and I can hear the birds chirping outside of my windows every day. One of my favorite birds to see are Cardinals. Did you know that cardinals represent a lot of different things to people?   A few of the most popular meanings when you see a cardinal are...

The Small Town Of Middleburg, Virginia Just Might Be The Unofficial Antiques Capital Of America, not the Cutest!Who doesn’t love antique shopping in Virginia? Walking into a local store, you truly never know what treasures you’ll find. From the everyday essentials to the perfect hand-picked gifts...

Moving On Up: Buying a Luxury HomeBuying a luxury home is equal parts exciting as it is nerve-wracking. When buying a luxury home you're investing a lot of money and/or committing to a substantial mortgage. With a large investment like this comes a lot of homework and ensuring you're buying the r...

Can We All Sing Hallelujah!"Hallelujah" is a song written by Canadian singer Leonard Cohen, originally released on his album Various Positions (1984). Achieving little initial success, the song found greater popular acclaim through a new version recorded by John Cale in 1991. Cale's version inspi...

Where in the world is Tesnacommacah? The Other Jamestown Good question you may ask.  Just go to Jamestown Va. 1607 as a time traveler, step out of the fort gate and you are there.  The term Tsenacommacah comes from the Powhatan language, and means “densely inhabited land.”Tsenacommacah (pronounce...

When life gives you snow, make snow ice cream! ♡ During our youth, my friends and I knew that when snow fell, certain activities were a "given." We made snowmen and ate snow cream.Snow cream is a winter specialty, akin to ice cream, both in taste and appearance but different in a special sort of ...

Preston Tucker A Man from the Future! When you hear the name Preston Tucker, it usually brings up memories from the historic golden age of automotive design and innovative genius.Tucker had a brilliant mind when it came to automobile design and engineering. Many enthusiasts and automotive histori...

Not Just a Drink: Wassail“Wassail, wassail, all over the townOur toast it is white and our ale it is brownOur bowl it is made of the white maple treeWith the wassailing bowl we’ll drink to thee”— Gloucestershire Wassail CarolWhen you read the lyrics aloud to this drinking song (or hear the tune),...

To Pea Or Not To Pea: The Black-Eyed Pea  The black-eyed pea or black-eyed bean is a legume grown around the world for its medium-sized, edible bean. It is a subspecies of the cowpea, an Old World plant domesticated in Africa, and is sometimes simply called a cowpea.Black-eyed peas (Vigna unguicu...

Bet You Never Seen a Squash like me: Delicata Squash! This little beauty is one all-time favorite squash. I can not wait till the end of August or 1st of September for this one to come into season. My mother nor my grandmothers grew or cooked this squash.  I found it one day at a local vegetable ...