Post Christmas
Posted on December 26, 2017 by
As a follow-up to the last blog, Jack got the steps leading from the front porch to the chicken yard completed! So convenient!
We had a really relaxing and lazy Christmas and are ready to host you to ring in the New Year! You will get a free bottle of fine champagne in your room if you reserve. Two rooms left!
And guess who got a new camera for Christmas! So excited to learn all of the interesting things it can do! Here are some of my holiday subjects just for fun!
Bella the Christmas dog!
Christmas Fire
Special effects
Macaroni the chicken
Super grand daughter
Here’s to 2018!! Happy holidays!!
We have a new artist in the house! We welcome Rita Carroll. Rita is an active member of Art Visions. We have been very fortunate to have access to the talent at Art Visions! This month’s artist, Rita has always loved art but didn’t seriously pick up a paint brush until her husband gifted her with a set of oils. Today she prefers watercolors but still paints with oils as well. Rita has been recognized by her peers in art shows for more than a decade earning judges choice and first place ribbons in shows from Smith Mountain Lake to Bath County. Stop by to see Rita’s art or contact her through her website.
Two of the 9 works on display by Rita Carroll
Generally in the winter months we do a bit of home repair. My to-do list continues and Jack grumbles a bit as he works down the list as opposed to spending every waking minute in the hangar working on his RV-10 airplane building project. I must say, however that his airplane project is coming along!
It’s hard to get a good angle, but this shows the fuselage from the tail toward the front panel which he is working on wiring.
From the front where he is wiring the panel. A lot of connections to be made!
On the house project list, he is currently working on cutting out the end of the railing on the front porch so we can access the chickens easier.
View from front door to the end that will be cut. Chicken house in the yard.
These little cluckers have to be locked up in their coop each night to stay safe and warm and then let out each morning; essentially sunset and sunrise are their preferences! This opening will put us somewhat closer to the coop, especially on chilly mornings! More to come on this project!
We don’t have a Christmas tree yet but we have hung our stockings and gotten the pup groomed for the holidays! This coming weekend, we will get the tree and hopefully start to trim it between two performances of our Christmas Cantata – A Christmas Rose” we will sing at Bethlehem United Methodist Church.
Bella, the queen of Bedford Landings groomed for the holidays.
The stockings are multiplying as we add grand children!
I recently gave a program to another group about eggs.
I thought I would reproduce it for the Bedford Landings blog. But why not just link to it? For your reading pleasure- information bout cooking, cleaning and use of eggs.
The Egg-citing Egg by Karen DeBord of Bedford landings Bed & Breakfast and Jodee Jeans, of Ippys Restaurant in Rocky Mount, VA
It was an exciting weekend at Bedford Landings B & B. After Karen arrived back from a quick trip with her BFF to Charleston, SC, we had a full house. Jack had checked in a wonderful young couple on Thursday and we discovered that by Friday they had exciting news to share! They visited the Smith Mountain Lake State Park and came back engaged! They spent most of the day sharing the news with family and friends!
Another couple arrived late at night having driven about 300 miles in one piece wind blocking jumpsuits. She was frozen and in need of a restroom quickly! They thawed out in the jetted tub in the Fourth Room with the gas logs blazing!
Then they had to don the suits all over again to leave! That’s when I snapped the photo! Come again Harley lovers!
Jack has given several flights over the lake with Bedford Landings Air Tours for those who enjoy leaf peeping! But, it looks like Thanksgiving will bring a little cooler weather and it is time to fill the bird feeders and hunker down for the winter! Remember we are here for your get aways and enjoyment complete with glowing candles, warm fires, hot coffee, and good company!
Bedford Landings proudly introduces a Mark Halbeisen, a massage therapist who can be scheduled for a personal massage when you stay with us.
Mark is a Licensed Massage Therapist who attended the Potomac Massage Training Institute graduating in February 2000. He continues to attend seminars on various types of massage to meet the continuing education requirements to maintain his license and to continue to learn techniques. He is a board certified massage therapist and in good standing with the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) License as well as holding a Virginia license.
His massage techniques include sports massage, connective tissue (myofascial) massage, as well as assessing client posture relative to what is needed in the massage.
Previously, he was in the United States Air Force, where he became an X-ray technologist. Upon leaving the USAF with an Honorable Discharge, he was employed at Georgetown University Hospital (GUH) for 28 years as an X-ray/cardiovascular technologist and an administrator. After managing his own massage therapy practice in Mclean, VA (2009 – 2014), he decided to move to Bedford, Virginia where he works for Massage Envy in Lynchburg part time and does independent work the remainder of the week. Bedford Landings is fortunate to have met Mark so we can refer him to our guests.
Guests may email him with questions and to schedule a massage session. Email address: bodywork9111@gmail.com