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Pumpkins for sale. It's pumpkin season ... and while driving the backroads of Augusta County today we found these two farm wagons with pumpkins for sale sitting by the side of the road. It was the honor system ... pick a pumpkin and deposit your money. I love the Valley.... Photo by SWAC Girl

Fall is definitely here as the night temperatures sink lower and lower ... early this morning it was 39 degrees at my house west of Staunton. It wasn't cold enough to bother the flowers but more color can be seen in the leaves today.

Final rays of late afternoon sun were shining on this tree in a bend in the road. I grabbed my camera because it was so beautiful ... the photo does not even begin to do it justice. Dark was closing in and this was the road home.... Photo by SWAC Girl

McAllister's Deli in front of Target in Waynesboro Target in Waynesboro with the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains in background. I met a friend at McAllister's today for lunch and to pass off some "I Am Voting For The Chick" signs to him.

Blue Ridge Beauty Quilt Every cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains had quilts, those warm pieces of art that patched scraps of material together into a cover that kept pioneers warm on cold winter nights.

This tree was brilliant red today on the outskirts of Staunton. Fishersville maple tree.... It was an overcast and rainy autumn day looking out over the Alleghany Mountains of Pastures District. Western Augusta County.... Berries and nuts are plentiful this year. An old wives tale says that's a sign of a bad winter....

Coyner Springs Park, Waynesboro, VA Inside picnic shelter which has two fireplaces. Looking out window of picnic shelter toward springs.... Picnic shelter.... The Coyner Springs.... Old stone bridge over springs....

400 Consultations sent out, to: bridleway officers, development officers, affiliated bridleway groups; 116 responses received (return of 29%) Questions included: Do you ride near wind turbines? Are they near public rights of way? Have you encountered any problems?

It's apple season in the mountains of Virginia and nowhere is that celebrated more than at the Graves Mountain Apple Harvest Festival. For the 39th year, this popular October event will offer apples, music, food, and the stunning colors of fall leaves. This year's festival will run October 11-12, 2008, and October 18-19, 2008, rain or shine.

SWAC Niece is under the weather with an oncoming cold but she stuck it out all day at school and passed her social studies test with flying colors. Woo-hoo!  While she was at school, my sister and I roamed Richmond ... the Fan, Pleasants Hardware (old  Richmond ...