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5th Generation of Drumhellers Enjoying Fresh Tree-Ripened Peaches. Yummy !!!
Opening date: June 27, 2013 Through late August Monday-Saturday 9-5, Sunday 12-5
434-263-5036 drumhellersorchard.com 1130 Drumheller Orchard Lane, Lovingston, VA 22949 (1 mile behind Nelson County High School) Call ahead for availability of varieties.
THE COCONUT MONKEY by LYNN COFFEY
Our granddaughter Renea just graduated from high school and along with her regular gift we gave her another she probably wasn’t expecting and one that’s sure to get a laugh. The tradition started when Billy and I married. Our youngest daughter, Bec, was in Virginia Beach when we surprised the family by eloping in the spring of 1993. When we returned from our honeymoon Bec handed us a beautifully wrapped wedding gift with a big smile on her face. I was giving her the “Oh, you shouldn’t have” speech when the final wrappings came off, the box was opened and there nestled in a bed of colorful tissue paper was a coconut monkey; the kind that are carved from coconuts and are sold in every cheap
Doolittle’s Country Kennel It’s like camp for your dog!
434-361-1880
Minutes to Wintergreen, near Nellysford msdoolittlekennel@hotmail.com www.doolittleskennel.com
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Blue Ridge LIFE
JULY 2013
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