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Married in KESWICK

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Lifestyles in Keswick and its’ environs - November 2014

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Interview with a Huntsman

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Freezing His Whiskers Off!

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Garden Week in Full Bloom

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Masterful also: only in keswick, life happens, what’s cooking, overheard, travel journal and much more

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Keswick Vineyards Releases AmĂŠlie

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A Cowboy in Keswick also: only in keswick, life happens, what’s cooking, overheard, keswick scene and much more

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Lifestyles in Keswick and its’ environs - November 2015

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Blessed

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Lifestyles in Keswick and its’ environs - December 2015

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Keswick Hound andHorse Shows Winners plus much more

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Married in KESWICK

there goes another summer

also: overheards, keswick scene, keswickians, streetscapes and much more also: overheards, keswick scene, keswickians, streetscapes and much more

also horsin around, architectural projects and smart meters

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Fore for “Full Cry� also: horsin’ around, weddings, keswick scene, keswickians and much more

Lifestyles in Keswick and its’ environs - November 2014

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Interview with a Huntsman

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Beyond the Gates

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Good Tidings To All

Freezing His Whiskers Off!

also: only in keswick, life happens, what’s cooking, overheard, keswick scene and much more

Garden Week in Full Bloom

also: life happens, only in keswick, overheard, what’s cooking, travel journal and much more

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Masterful also: only in keswick, life happens, what’s cooking, overheard, travel journal and much more

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Summertime!

Hot Dog Parties

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Uncork it

Keswick Vineyards Releases AmĂŠlie

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A Cowboy in Keswick also: only in keswick, life happens, what’s cooking, overheard, keswick scene and much more

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Tis the Season Make it Merry!

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Remembering Hugh Motley - special contributor Leonard Shapiro writes of the man, Hugh Motley, who loved life, ‘and in turn was loved by so many, truly a character with great character right to the very end’. The article features comments and thoughts from many beloved friends and family members that give a unique insight into this local ‘hero’.

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Sandy Rives, Keswick local and special contributor, takes us on a trip with Keswickian Hugh Motley of more than 25 years ago, and hundreds of foxhunts since then, but they remember it like it was yesterday.

Barclay Rives, Bruce Eckert, Hugh Motley and Sandy Rives loaded up in Hugh Motley’s Imperatore box Horse Van and hit the road!

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Popular regular columnist, Joe Sheilds takes us on a traveling tale to Mossy Creek, near Bridgewater, for some brown trout fishing. But as is often the case the trip takes on a turn in another direction – where life, learning and talking to cows all cross paths with the rod and reel.

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JANUARY 2016

OVERHEARD Here and there... in Keswick On and Off The Market “Mulberry Hill” at 5515 Gordonsville Road, first listed at $595k, has sold after 355 days

for $445k. It is a 2 bed, 1.5 bath, 2,842 sf home on 22+ acres. 556 Huckstep Branch Lane, a 2,936 sf, 4 bed, 2.5 home, listed at $385k sold for $355k after 76 days. 326 Clarks Tract is a 29+ acre parcel listed at $550k and sold for $430k in 275 days and just down the street at 600 Clarks Tract, a 3 bed, 1.5 bath, 960 sf home on an acre listed at $194k sold for $145k after 103 days. 3465 Richmond Road, a 3 bedroom, 3 bath, 2,964 sf rental home on an acre listed at $219.9k sold for $177k in 171 days. In Glenmore 2720 Lockerbie Lane with 4 beds, 4.5 baths and 5,475 sf is a pre-sold at $838.2k.

New listings are hot in Glenmore. 2316 Grey Heron Lane, a 5 bed, 5.5 bath, 5,700 sf contemporary on 5 acres is available at $1.295m. 1414 Darley Row, a 5 bed, 4.5 bath, 5,674 sf home on an acre is available at $799k. 3410 Darby Road, a 5 bed, 4.5 bath, 5,116 sf home is available at $699k. Two cottages, 1560 Heathrow Lane with 3 beds, 3 baths and 2,269 sf is active at $542k and 1550 Bremberton Lane with 3 beds, 2 baths and 2,086 sf is active at $529k. Out and about in the area is 116 Distan Court, Hidden Hills, a 4 bed, 3.5 bath, 4,062 sf home on 2.2 acres, available at $499k. 1070 E. Keswick Drive, a 3 bed, 1 bath home on an acre is active at $194.9k. There are two “to be built” homes available on Turkey Sag Road. #6293 with 3 beds, 2 baths and 2,441 sf is available at $489.9k and #6293 with 3 beds, 2 baths and 2,242 sf is available at $459.9k.

Glenmore has also been hot with contracts. 25 Carroll Creek Road with 5 beds, 5.5 baths and 4,052 sf is a presale at $905.8k. 2131 Farringdon Road with 4 beds, 4.5 baths, 4,090 sf is under contract in 3 days at $899k. 1446 Bremberton Lane with 4 beds, 2.5 baths and 3,100 sf is under contract in 288 days at $629k. 3678 Perthshire Court with 5 beds, 3.5 baths and 4,517 sf is under contract in 55 days at $619k. 3360 Marsden Point with 4 beds, 3.5 baths and 3,433 sf is under contract in 124 days at $745k. 1367 Thistle Down with 5 beds, 5.5 baths, 2.2 acres and 5,537 sf is under contract in 186 days at $998k. Also in the area 1450 Running Deer Drive a 3 bed, 2 bath, 1,686 sf home on 3.2 acres is under contract at $259.9k and 5600 Hackingwood Lane, “Deer Brook Farm”, with 3 beds, 3.5 baths, 4,500 sf and 22.5 acres is under contract after 350 days being reduced from $685k down to $634k.

Welcome Owen Rivers Phillips born January 12, 2016 in Flagstaff Arizona. Parents Kellner and Fred Phillips and big sister Faye Phillips. Grandparents Nan and Hal Young, Barboursville Va. and Linda and Jim Phillips, Dierbach Germany.

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Dominating the division in Southern California and a tough-as-nails defeat against the older Stopchargingmaria in the Breeders' Cup was enough for Hronis Racing's Stellar Wind to be named the Eclipse Award-winning 3-year-old filly of 2015. The champion was bred in Virginia by Peggy Augustus' Keswick Stables and Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings.

She is out of the Malibu Moon mare Evening Star. A $40,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling purchased by Vernan Lee Stables in 2013, Stellar Wind was pinhooked to the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-old sale by Marshall Silverman, agent. There she was an $86,000 buy by Barbara Houck. Stellar Wind made two starts for Houck at 2 and then was sold to Kosta Hronis' Hronis Racing.

"To our surprise, when we got her out to Southern California, she was better than advertised," Hronis said. "She 'wowed' us right off the bat." With trainer John Sadler she advanced quickly, winning the Feb. 28 Santa Ysabel Stakes (gr. III) and the April 4 Santa Anita Oaks (gr. I). Sent off at 3-1 in the Longines Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) at Churchill Downs, she toiled near the back of the back before rallying to finish fourth behind Lovely Maria, Shook Up, and I'm a Chatterbox. A little more than a month later she surfaced in Santa Anita's Summertime Oaks (gr. II), prevailing by a nose. She prepped for the Breeders' Cup in Del Mar's one-mile Torrey Pines Stakes (gr. III) in which she was an easy winner. Four graded stakes wins and a photo loss in the Breeders' Cup put her over the top to win the Eclipse, which more often than not has been awarded to a filly based on the East Coast. Stellar Wind joins Beholder (2013) and Blind Luck (2010) as West Coast-based fillies to bring home the hardware in recent years. Voting in the 3-year-old filly division: Stellar Wind, 108; I'm a Chatterbox, 47; Found 46; Lady Eli, 34; Lovely Maria, 12; Curalina, 11; Include Betty, 2; voter abstentions, 1.

Stamps Up On January 17th, 2016, the U.S. Postal Service will implement a postage rate increase for most mail classes. For your convenience, the Stamps.com software will be updated automatically to reflect the new rates. However, if you print from the downloadable software you will need to update to the latest version – Stamps.com version 13.3 – in order to take advantage of the new First-Class Package pricing structure. Click here to upgrade to Stamps.com Version 13.3. If you print from the website, all features are available automatically. The First-Class Package weight limit will be increased from 13 ounces to 15.999 ounces.

The USPS will be discontinuing the following services: Priority Mail Express Flat Rate Boxes, Priority Mail Express International Flat Rate Boxes, Priority Mail Regional Rate Box C, Priority Mail International Regional Rate Box C. All Priority Mail International shipments, except Small Flat Rate Boxes and Flat Rate Envelopes, will automatically receive USPS insurance at no additional charge. The insurance provided will be based on the contents of the package, which is selected when completing the customs form. Documents will receive $100 of USPS insurance. Everything else will receive $200 of USPS insurance.

Parcel Select will be renamed to Parcel Select Ground. Unrelated to the USPS rate change we will also be introducing new Customs Forms and will be making slight adjustments to Stamps.com International Insurance. Please note that the price for postcards and letters will not be changing.

Deadline Important notice to Albemarle County voters March 1, 2016 Dual Presidential Primary Election Information: A dual Presidential Primary Election will be held on Tuesday, March 1, 2016, to nominate the Democratic and Republican candidates for the office of President of the United States. The names of the candidates for the Democratic and Republican Party nominations for the office of President of the United States will appear, respectively, on the Democratic and Republican ballots in all Albemarle County voting precincts. Voters will be required to choose to vote for either the Democratic or Republican ballot, and may not vote both ballots. In addition, voters choosing to vote the Republican ballot will be required to sign a statement declaring, “My signature below indicates that I am a Republican.” For more information regarding this statement, please contact the Republican Party of Virginia at: http://rpv.org.

To view the Democratic and Republican ballots for the March 1 primary election visit www.albemarle.org/vote and click on “Current Ballot.” The Deadline to register to vote in this election is Monday, February 8, 2016, at 5:00 p. m. Voters are strongly encouraged to inquire before the registration deadline if they wish to check their voter registration status. To check the status of, apply for, or change voter registration status, visit https://vote.elections.virginia. gov/VoterInformation. For further information, please call the Voter Registration office at: 434-972-417

Focus A joint effort between three artists in southern Albemarle County promises to bring expanded opportunities to live and breathe the arts around Scottsville.

Bob Strini, Linda Wachtmeister, and Michelle Gagliano recently opened Focus Contemporary Art – An Extension of Our Studios. The studio is a showplace and a working space for the artists as they plan their next creations. The gallery offers bi-monthly revolving exhibits giving art lovers the ability to see fresh representations of life, literature, and nature. Visitors can experience the evolving artistic process and see the artists' ideas come to life. The studio is divided into one large exhibition area with smaller work areas for each artist. The studio is currently expanding its speaker series, held every other month at the studio or Victory Hall. Alex Nyerges, the director of the VMFA in Richmond, Virginia is scheduled to speak at the next event planned for Saturday, February 13th from 6 – 8pm, held at the Victory Hall located at 401 Valley Street, Scottsville. The artists of Focus are committed to providing outreach programs to bring greater accessibility of art to the Scottsville community. The artists are currently in discussion with several local and state organizations to bring additional educational opportunities to the area. Additional details about these collaborations will be announced once finalized. Focus Contemporary Art is anchored in the heart of Downtown Scottsville at 385 Valley Street. It is open for viewing Wednesday through Saturday 1-5pm, and by appointment.

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Super Bowl 50

President’s Day Celebration

Where: Levi Stadium, Santa Clara, California When: February 7th – 6:30 pm

Where: Montpelier When: February 13-15th

Super Bowl 50 will be the 50th edition of the Super Bowl and the 46th modern-era

National Football League championship game. The American Football Conference (AFC) champion (either the Denver Broncos or New England Patriots) will play the National Football Conference (NFC) champion (either the Carolina Panthers or Arizona Cardinals) to decide the league champion for the 2015 NFL season. In a departure from the NFL tradition of using Roman numerals, this game is marketed in Arabic numerals as “Super Bowl 50” instead of Super Bowl L (the Roman numeral for 50). The game is scheduled to be played on February 7, 2016, at 6:30 pm Eastern time at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. This will be the first Super Bowl held in the San Francisco Bay Area since Super Bowl XIX in January 1985. It has been dubbed as the Golden Super Bowl because it will be located in the Golden State (California); held in the home stadium of the San Francisco 49ers, a team named after the miners of the California Gold Rush; and because a 50th anniversary is traditionally the “golden anniversary”. CBS will telecast the game in the United States. On December 3, the league confirmed that the half time show would be headlined by the British rock group Coldplay. On January 7, 2016, Pepsi confirmed to the Associated Press that Beyoncé, who headlined the Super Bowl XLVII halftime show, is expected to make an appearance. Bruno Mars, who headlined the Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show, will also be performing.

CBS set the base rate for a 30-second advertisement at $5,000,000, a record high price for a Super Bowl ad. This will be the final year in a multi-year contract with Anheuser-Busch InBev that allows the beer manufacturer to air multiple advertisements during the game at a steep discount. It is also the final year that Doritos, a longtime sponsor of the game, will hold its “Crash the Super Bowl” contest that allowed viewers to create their own Doritos ads for a chance to have it aired during the game.

QuickBooks is sponsoring a “Small Business Big Game” contest, in which one of ten small businesses from various parts of the United States will have a 30-second commercial aired free of charge courtesy of QuickBooks.

The Super Bowl 50 Host Committee has vowed to be “the most giving Super Bowl ever”, and will dedicate 25 percent of all money it raises for philanthropic causes in the Bay Area. The committee created the 50 fund as its philanthropic initiative and focuses on providing grants to aid with youth development, community investment and sustainable environments.

FOX MEET Virginia Foxhound Club Annual Meeting Where: Fauquier Springs Country Club When: February 14th

The Virginia Foxhound Club Annual Meeting, luncheon, and silent auction are scheduled for Sunday, February 14, 2016. This year’s guest speaker will be Martha Wolfe, foxhunter and author of The Great Hound Match of 1905: Alexander Henry Higginson, Harry Worcester Smith, and the Rise of Virginia Hunt Country. In her book, Ms. Wolfe sets a fictionalized version, accurately based on events, of this historic competition against the history of foxhunting in Virginia. Viewed as a metaphor for America’s brash emergence as an international power, she has written a wonderful account of the battle between two wealthy men—Higginson and Smith—with egos to match their fortunes, one representing the New World and one representing the Old World, each adamant that his hounds were the best.

Meeting and luncheon will be held at the Fauquier Springs Country Club, 9236 Tournament Drive (off Springs Road), Warrenton, Virginia 20186. A cash bar and silent auction will start at noon, with luncheon at 1:00 pm, followed by a short meeting and Ms. Wolfe’s talk. Foxhunting Life Editor Norman Fine will introduce Ms. Wolfe.

Price is $35.00 per person. For reservations, mail check payable to Virginia Foxhound Club to Judy Allen, PO Box 11, Casanova, Virginia 20139. Reservations must be received no later than February 3, 2016.

TRAVEL Westminster Dog Show Where: Madison Square Garden When: February 15- 16th

The event is embraced in New York City every February, with salutes from such world-famous partners as the Empire State Building, which lights its tower in purple and gold (Westminster colors) during the show; Saks 5th Avenue, which features a street window with a Westminster-themed display; and the New York Stock Exchange, which invites the winner to ring the opening bell following its big win. The show has been broadcast on live television since 1948.

The program airs on Monday and Tuesday. The Monday night broadcast is shown on CNBC and the Tuesday night broadcast on USA network.

Westminster takes place over two days and nights every February. During the day, the dogs compete at the breed level (i.e., against other dogs of the same breed). Each Best of Breed winner (BOB) advances into its respective group, of which there are seven (Sporting, Hound, Working, Terrier, Toy, Non-Sporting, and Herding). Group competition is held during the evenings, and the seven group winners advance into the final competition, which one judge will select one of them as the Best In Show winner. Since 2014, the show allowed mixed-breed dogs to compete in an agility event. Doors open at 6 PM for best of breed benching area Monday to include Hound, Toy, Non-Sporting and Herding groups (beginning at 8 PM) and Tuesday to include Junior Showmanship, Sporting, Working, Terrier groups and BEST IN SHOW (beginning at 7:30 PM).

Learn more about Madison’s role as Father of the Constitution on the Madison and the Constitution Tour on Monday at 1 PM. Tour fees: $20/adult; $7/child; free/ under 6. To commemorate Presidents’ Day Weekend, Montpelier will be offering special tours highlighting the arc of African American citizenship as well as James Madison’s role as Father of the Constitution. Visit the Gilmore Cabin and Freedman’s Farm on Saturday to learn more about the struggle for African Americans during Reconstruction. Adjacent to the entrance to Montpelier is the 1910 Train Depot, which houses the selfguided Jim Crow exhibit In the Time of Segregation. Bring the family and spend the day - enjoy a tour of James and Dolley Madison’s beloved home, and take a hike through James Madison’s Landmark Forest. Have lunch at the Exchange Cafe, featuring award-winning barbeque, fresh sandwiches, soups, salads, and desserts. Browse the Museum Gift Shop, which is filled with books, locally-sourced products, and great gifts for children and adults. Finally, stop by the Archaeology Lab (Monday only) to excavate and examine historic artifacts.

DISCOVER FOCUS Art Event Where: Victory Hall at 401 Valley St, Scottsville When: Saturday, February 13th; 6-8 pm

A joint effort between three artists in southern Albemarle County promises to bring expanded opportunities to live and breathe the arts around Scottsville.

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Looking Back

As we begin the New Year we wanted to take a moment to look back, so we’ve pulled together the best from 2015 and put them all in one place.

Keswick Life wishes you a 2016 that’s quite simply the best!

January

As is the tradition, on the cover, was a wonderful review of where we have been in 2014! As we begin the New Year we wanted to take a moment to look back, so we’ve pulled together the best from 2014 and put them all in one place. We wish you a 2015 that’s quite simply the best! Key parts of each month’s issue for 2014 was summarized with the highlights in an entertaining style to bring it all back to the time or place that has gone too soon or perhaps not soon enough! Take the journey with us and review where we have been and reflect where you are headed in 2015!

Life Happens, Mary Morony didn’t need a neurological degree in veterinary medicine to know when something was very wrong with her beautiful black and white Great Dane’s gait - it changed! Hagar’s long, lanky, Jimmy Stewartesque swagger had morphed into a Rose Bowl Parade float with a front flat. Read her masterfully written monthly column titled, “A Lesson at the Paws of a Master� and get some insight into the ‘life happens’.

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On Exhibit, “Lucian Freud: Etchings� examines the artist’s powerful and detailed depictions of the human form and the psychological conditions that characterized his oeuvre. In addition to a selection of nudes, the exhibition will feature a series of portraits of family members (ranging from his children to the artist’s dog), associates, models and muses, such as Australian artist and fashion designer Leigh Bowery, who frequently appeared in his art.

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Keswick Hound andHorse Shows Winners plus much more

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Community, we took a trip with Tony Vanderwarker down our road, Route 231, on a winding recap of the bumps and turns the locals, VDOT and the politicians have lead us down - a path to no real improvement to date. Why is it that the residents have a clear idea for meaningful improvements, but the State seems to keep getting lost. Well we have a plan, if anyone ever wants to ask for directions!

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Interview with a Huntsman

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February

It's February, well at least for a few more days, and old man winter has definitely struck! We have experienced record low temps, historic wind chills and more snow and ice in the past week than this small fox cares to cry about.

Nestle up next to a cozy fire, grab your copy of Keswick Life and fill up on the warmth of our latest issue, packed with the practical, hysterical, informative and of course, the overheard. When you dig out, report in and tell it to Keswick Life.

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Good Tidings To All

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What's Cooking, there are records of çĹlbĹr being eaten by Ottoman Sultans as far back as the 15th century. ÇĹlbĹr is a Turkish dish of poached eggs with yogurt (often with garlic mixed in). It is not common to serve the dish topped with melted butter infused with Aleppo pepper, for which paprika can be substituted.

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Life Happens, Mary Morony’s column this month touches the hearts of not only dog lovers but also anyone that has an ounce of compassion for a suffering soul.

Breeding is all-important when making an investment in any large animal be it horses, cattle, or giant breed dogs. Ignore breeding at your own peril! I promise it won’t take a fortuneteller to see you will amass pain, suffering, and untold expenses. Read about Mary’s experience.

Keswickian, Wayne Kennedy was born in 1950 in Missouri the 8th child of 12, born into a laboring family.

His father worked in the lumber business clearing timber from the Mississippi delta with a mule. His mother ran the household, cooking, gardening and tending her children. Our deep rooted backgrounds make us good Keswick neighbors where “...we all took care of each other in the community.�

Politics, Diane Weber, guest contributor for February, takes on the twisted road to a not so straightforward debate on adding roundabouts in and around our special roads where the increase in traffic and growth is inevitable. She explores the problem, a recap of events, the pros and cons, and presents ideas on finding common ground and working together.

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ney that he planned for over a year in advance - Antarctica! It’s a two day trip just to get there; once in Punta Arenas, Chile, it is up to the pilot to decide if it is safe to fly down to Antarctica due to the unpredictable weather conditions. Less than 1,500 people a year get the opportunity - adventure travelers take caution, you may have a new destination to book!

Only in Keswick, Tony Vanderwarker reminds us if you are a teenager, you have pimples and if you live on a farm, you have potholes. Those random holes in your driveway that, like turbulence on an airplane, won’t kill you but make for a nasty ride and when you have a mile long driveway, you find yourself in a duel, dodging the damn things as best as you can but knowing that your wheels are going to crash into some of them!

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Garden Week in Full Bloom

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March

History, all of the farms in the Green Springs Historic District are privately owned except for Bracketts Farm. It is a working 515 acre farm with a 22 acre lake owned and operated today by the Elisabeth Aiken Nolting Foundation. Go on a historical journey with all the dates, folklore and magic that is Bracketts.

April

On the Cover, Masterful! It’s election time at the Kes-

Cover, It’s Springtime at Morven, featured during this

year’s Virginia Historic Garden Week festivities. Visitors will not have to venture far from Charlottesville city limits to encounter the unique properties on this year’s Albemarle-Charlottesville tour. There is something to please everyone, from historic estates to restored Gillette gardens to prized modern landscape architecture.

Mary Morony’s column this month dealt with the fact that there is a sorrowful dearth in common sense. The lack of it gets bandied around a lot these days, especially when things go awry and most especially in politics where things are in a never-ending state of chaotic flux.

Common sense while common, in that we all have it, or most of us do, it is not the same for any one of us. Join Mary in the journey!

Travel Journal, Greg Schmidt shares an incredible jour-

wick Hunt Club and Nancy Wiley was elected as a Joint-Masters-of-Foxhounds joining Andrew Lynn and Charlotte Tieken.

Life Happens, Mary Morony’s column this month talked of brogues as thick as porridge, fondness of beer, equally as thick, and charming senses of humor mixed with being a world-class tease – she must be talking about an Irishman! Charming? In spades! In the land of Guiness, banter is a national pastime.

What’s Cooking, Liz Delaney sat down and talked with Jarad Adams, the new head chef at Clifton Inn in Keswick. This visionary local chef has the culinary skills and a major grasp on a garden to table offering that already is a force to be reconvened with here in Keswick and its’ environs.

Community, The Virginia Horse Center Foundation ratified John Nicholson as the new CEO following his

highly successful 17-year tenure as the Executive Director of the Kentucky Horse Park. Nicholson joined the team and plans to execute the same incredible transformation that he headed at the Kentucky Horse Park, and transform the Virginia Horse Center into a first-class venue capable of hosting major events.

Travel Journal, Joe Shields takes on a wild adventure of fishing, travel and meeting new friends with this funny tale that appeals to fisherman but to all readers alike.

Once you start to read this article you will find that you can’t put it down as Joe’s clever writing style keeps the reader plugged in and wanting to join him on a trip for personal enjoyment and maybe even a little betterment of society in general.

May

On the Cover, Go Behind the Gates on the Farm Tour

2015! We received a railside preview of Keswick’s Grace Church Farm Tour! Keswick Life’s coverage is the only resource you will need to get all the information you need before you go!

Life Happens, regular columnist Mary Morony shared updates with her devoted readers on the status of Hagar, the Great Dane, on his road to recovery after Wobblers and Cruciate Degeneration Disorder.

Keswickian, regular columnist Liz Delaney provided an exclusive interview with one of the Keswick environs’ most beloved chefs, Craig Harman. Most of us remmeber him as one of the former chefs at Keswick Hall, but Liz uncovers Craig’s extraordinary past including a reunion with his birthparents and newly discovered siblings!

Travel Journal, columnist Joe Shields trasnports us to another world with a retold tale of remote fishing, helicopter adventures and a float down the Kamchatka region web of rivers. Don’t miss this exciting read told through a freind’s eyes which will make you call your travel agent!

Only in Keswick, Tony Vanderwarker shared with us a personal tale of the trials and sometimes unfortunate tribulations of getting old. >>> continued >>>

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June

On the Cover, Summertime! Get in the know with all that Keswick has to offer in the summer! Susan Rives captures a group of Keswick juniors in her great photo take at a sunday evening hot dog party.

In the words of John Lubbock, “rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.”

Keswick Scene, summer at the kennels with the Keswick Kids is off to a big start with the Keswick Hunt Club Hound Puppy Party – Nancy Wiley, MFH, and the hunt staff Tony and Sommers did something very good for the junior members of our club. Read all about the relaxed social time that set a new standard in Keswick and the club’s juniors – the Keswick Kids.

Travel Journal’s regular columnist Joe Shields gives us an exclusive first-time published account of his redfish adventures at Wappoo Creek, part of the intracoastal waterway near Charleston. His incredible story telling keeps you on the edge of your seat waiting to see what’s on the end of the line, while at the same time laughing all the way as he intertwines fishing with with all that life has to offer – the good, the bad, the ugly and even the awkward.

Weddings, Victoria Maclaren Lockhart married Jerome Stephen Katz on Saturday September 13th in Nantucket.

What’s Cooking, is special this month with a wedding planner, Sheila Motley, and a chef, Mat Allen, who tapped into their vast culinary experiences and combined bold seasonal fruits to take a summer’s night dinner into the extraordinary!

Life Happens, columnist Mary Marony shares an exclusive for Keswick Life – What Happens When Remarkable Mommas Ain’t Happy. Step back into 1958 with the story of a political maneuver that affected area schools during segregation, Senator Byrd’s massive resistance and ten remarkable and clear-sigted mothers who were really not happy.

Only In Keswick’s Tony Vanderwarker has an incredible knach for taking everyday life events and breaking them down into the thoughts that go on in our heads – most of which we don’t say aloud, but sometimes we do! Tony’s humor, wordsmithing and sesinility is perfect for a Seinfeld-like sitcom story line called - Only In Keswick!

Only in Keswick, regular columnist Tony Vanderwarker shares another tale from his upcoming book of stories from Keswick and its’ environs, The Day it Rained Bats.

Business Insider, met Michael Turk, aka The Turkish Towel Trader, whom sells hand-loomed cotton/bamboo blended beach and bath pestemals made in a family owned workshop in Buldan, Turkey.

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Keswick Vineyards Releases Amélie

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July

On the cover, Uncork It! Get all the details on Keswick

Vineyard’s newest vintage and thekick off celebration that was held to launch the bottle! Enjoy yourself, life is short and be sure to tell it all to Keswick Life.

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Life Happens columnist Mary Morony is back from a restorative vacation, and raises sensitive social questions in her article A Lesson from Camp, about our good or bad behavior while we are out socializing in Keswick and its’ environs. Is she talking about you? Or me? Or everybody else!

The Magnificent Man

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What’s Cooking, we’ve got a special event coming to Monticello! Welcome chef’s from all around for demonstration day, September 12th. Read all about it and get the highlights of the details before you go!

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man by day and fishing phenom by weekend - meets a couple of tatooed sales associates at a yearly meeting in Florida. Joe starts asking questions; next thing he knows he is embarking on another journey along the waterways where there are bound to be fish, if they are lucky enough. One thing Joe counts on are the life lessons, stories and tales of the past, present and future that are sure to be shared.

August

On the cover, a Cowboy in Keswick!

We met Ashton Beebe, Keswick’s entrepreneur and owner of Ashton Beebe’s Indian Summer Guide Service. Liz Delaney, Keswick Life’s frequent contributor, went for a test ride out in Afton. Get the details!

September On the Cover, the Magnificent Man, Stuart Burford, a

member of the “Greatest Generation“ – a generation that was Keswick’s “old guard,” whose gracious elegance has helped to define our community – we took a look at his life, remembering him. As an integral part of the Keswick narrative; he embodied that special something that makes Keswick so different -- and always has – a rare and wonderful melding of grace and good humor, impeccable manners and sense of style, with a healthy dose of irreverent – even salacious – wit and charm. Read all about the magnificent Stuart Burford inside this issue of Keswick Life.

Keswick Scene, the summer months in Keswick get a touch on the quiet side, partly due to the exciting travel adventures Keswickians make during this traditional vacation time. Check out the “Keswick Faces in Summer Places” photo journal and take a trip on the summer-side of a Keswick traveler.

What’s Cooking, on a very cold afternoon at a late 18th century tavern turned home in Milton, Anne Vanderwarker and Sara Lee Barnes went to see a friend about his recipes. They were “filed” in a wicker hamper - so they sorted through recipe after recipe saying which ones they would like to use for a huntclub cookbook – get the details on this wonderful adventure told by the friends of the man who served the Queen.

Travel Journal, regular columnist Joe Shields, media

Life Happens columnist Mary Morony, shares the story

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of a gift, a long desired labyrinth created for her by her loving husband. She takes us down the path, a path with no dead ends, a place to focus the mind on the present moment as she meanders through the circle to the center and then all the way back! Read all about this virtual fountain for the spirit and you might just be looking for a local labyrinth cropper to come to your yard someday soon!

Only In Keswick, we all ponder from time to time, what gets us from one place to the other. What makes us move from house to house, to change position, follwing a specified course or to progress toward a particular place. Tony Vanderwarker’s piece for this issue spells out their adventure on finding their little piece of the Heaven on Earth along Rt. 231, a little fix’r up’r.

Bookworm’s Suzanne Nash is just in time for Halloween with three book reviews with a great selection of creepy, spooky and eerie tales that will put you in that late October spirited mood. Be sure to catch her monthly column to keep your brain heated up all year long!

tesville. More details were shared in our photo journal, exclusive by Keswick Life.

Keswickian, regular columnist Liz Delaney took a look on the adventure of the renovation at the historic Inn at Willow Grove by personally interviewing the owners, David and Charlene Scibal, son Matt – General Manager, and Dr. Brian Clark, a guest who recently stayed at the inn.

Business Insider, Janie Ober is making pillows from recycled equestrian equipment. Read all about her craft, skill and materials in this article by Equestrian Quarterly’s Stephanie Peters.

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KESWICK Lifestyles in Keswick and its’ environs - October 2015

time. The film fanatic got to drive around VIP’s who were in town for the recent Virginia Film Festival held here in Charlottesville. She lets you ride shotgun to get up close and personal with movers and shakers, command centers and all the ins and outs of various VIP’s for rides from hotels to theater venues and beyond.

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Tis the Season Make it Merry!

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Blessed

all give thanks for living the Keswick Life!

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Winners! also: only in keswick, life happens, what’s cooking, overheard, keswick scene and much more

October

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November

On the cover, Blessed! The waning days of fall had ar-

rived. Days are getting shorter, Christmas spirit is everywhere and all give thanks for living the Keswick Life!

On the cover, Winners! It was a busy month in Keswick

Keswick Scene, the Montpelier Races went off with great success despite heavy rain and generally lousy weather. The opening meet for the Keswick Hunt Club had better weather and as much success. All chronicled in the photo journal which gave a ringside seat to all the fanfare and action!

Politics, the local Supervisor race - who won? the big Albemarle County Supervisor seat race for the Rivanna District! More importantly than who won might be, will the person that won actually do what they say they would. Here Lawrence Gaughan, Norman Dill, and Richard Lloyd share their words; politics are not a spectactor sport - get involved and keep the winner in check!

Community, Christmas comes but once a year, and picking out the perfect tree to jolly up the living room is a family ritual full of fun and promise. But with all the different types of trees out there, it’s hard to know which one is right for your holiday display. This feature will leave you feeling confident whilst shopping for the Tree! Written by contributor Marilyn Ware.

and its’ environs with winners from all walks of life - a dog, a couple of horses with their riders and a politician. All the details were shared and more and readers told it to Keswick Life!

Weddings, two separate beautiful days, two weddings occurred. On Saturday, August 29th Robert Walker Coleman wed Cristina Adriana Bumgartner at The Cloister, Sea Island, Georgia. The happy couple currently reside in South Carolina with their dog, Cooper. Cesar Dcroz and Michael Latsko tied the knot on September 19th at The Farmhouse at Cardinal Point Winery in Afton. The two currently reside in Charlot-

Business Insider turned it’s sites on Fearless Flowers, the first website dedicated to flower arranging with streaming high-quality videos showing how to arrange flowers quickly, easily and, since the arrangements use fewer flowers, economically. The brainchild of Annie Vanderwarker – a Keswick artist – we took a look inside this business.

On Screen, Liz Delaney had a recent experience of a life-

December

Pictured on the cover, Collins Allen and his dog “Patch”

bring home the Christmas Tree. Collins adopted “Patch” at the 2014 Grace Church Farm Tour from the Charlottesville SPCA. Keswick Life wishes you the merriest Christmas and the happiest of holidays.

The Keswick Scene featured the blessing of the hounds!

As is Keswick’s tradition, the awarding of colors and the announcement of the Barrister Award recipient were made at the start of the Thanksgiving Meet. Colors are a badge of honor and are awarded to those members who have helped in the hunt field above and beyond the desire to fox hunt.

Community took us on a tour of the new road marker signs. Mine’s iridescent green, tall, free and glows in the dark — Tony Vanderwarker gave his unique perspective just after getting socked with a quarterly tax payment and feeling like the government is fleecing him for every penny he’s got. They turn around and put an expensive road sign at the entrance to his farm—at no cost to “us”! It was a not to miss article on the insights in this lcoal tale!

Life Happens, a month or so ago, as columnist Mary Morony walked her labyrinth. Contemplating life, she noticed that she was covering a fair amount of ground.

Not like she was breaking any land speed records, but she was booking right along, so much so that she started to question why so fast?

Community, the Paramount Theater celebrated the conclusion of the 10th Anniversary of its restoration in a big way and lit the newly-installed, reconstructed 33’ historic vertical blade sign for the first time since the 1960s for a crowd gathered on Charlottesville’s Downtown Pedestrian Mall — readers got it all here in Keswick Life!

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ormer Washington Redskins coach George Allen once described the players on his memorable 1970s teams as “characters with character.”

Remembering Hugh Motley

many of America’s premier racing sales.

For more than 25 years, he also had a business breaking and training yearlings on his family’s Highground Farm in Keswick.

BY LEONARD SHAPIRO WITH THOUGHTS FROM SOME FRIENDS

When I think of my friend, Hugh Motley, it’s the perfect characterization. So sadly, Hugh fought and fought some more until he succumbed to pneumonia on Jan. 9 in Wellington, Florida, where he spent the winters over the last few years. He was only 60 at the time of his death, but he packed more great fun and pure joy into those six decades than anyone who ever walked on the planet.

Hugh was also a passionate rider, especially in the hunt field. He fox-hunted all his life and served as Master of Fox Hounds for the Keswick Hunt from 2000 to 2005. He also played polo for many years as a member of the Charlottesville Polo Club.

“He was a great rider with a natural seat,” said Tommy Lee Jones, another great friend and the long-time huntsman for the Casanova Hunt. “He did a great job as Master at Keswick. People just enjoyed riding with him. He knew how to have a good time, and he was always harder on himself than he was with anybody else.”

In my family, he was known quite affectionately simply as “Hubie.” His wife, Winkie, and my wife, Vicky Moon, have known each other forever. I came along back in the early 1980s and Hubie already had legendary status in our fledgling household. It did not take long to find out why.

Hugh was was an avid golfer and a voracious reader, and he loved watching the races up close and personal at many of the country’s top tracks, or sitting in his study riveted to the cable racing channel.

I quickly learned that Hugh Motley was part classic Virginia gentleman, part classic Virginia good old boy. He traced his roots to the Camp family, a major player in the Virginia paper business. Born in Virginia Beach, his own family moved to Keswick when he was ten, and not long after that he began a lifelong love affair with horses.

“Hugh could do pretty much anything when it came to horses,” said John Coles, Hugh’s lifelong friend who grew up in Keswick and now lives in Middleburg, where he is Master of the Orange County Hunt. “We started fox hunting together when we were ten. He was a wonderful horseman, a guy with a great sense of humor, and everybody just loved him.”

Hugh Motley was generous to a fault.

When our son, Taylor, began riding at a fairly early age, it was Hugh who supplied the pony for a lead-line class. For years, he also loved to tell the story about Taylor saying to him before one event, “if I don’t win this, I’m dead meat.”

As Taylor grew older, there was Hubie occasionally attending his football games at Woodberry Forest. One day we were sitting in the stands and Hugh looked at Woodberry’s schedule for that season.

“Oh yeah,” he said, “I went to all those schools.”

Yes, he loved horse racing. Most of all, he loved Winkie, his darling wife of 40 years, and his daughter, Sheila, the gorgeous and multi-talented mom of his precious grandson, Collins. He loved his friends, he loved his family, he loved a party, riding in the hunt, driving an open-top convertible, making birdies and reading a good book, usually with a cold Budweiser nearby.

When he found out that Taylor was going to rent a tuxedo for a formal event, he would have none of it. He lent him one of his own (a perfect fit, by the way) and of course grilled him on the girl he was taking to the dance. Hubie eventually got to know her himself, because she married our son eight years later, and there were Winkie and Hugh at Taylor and Victoria’s wedding, enjoying it almost as much as their own proud parents.

Hugh attended the Blue Ridge School in St. George, Va., and then transferred and graduated from Christ Church School.

When I asked Winkie if he’d ever gone to college, she laughed and said “no, he always told everyone he went to the University at Belmont Park.”

Hugh Motley loved life, and in turn was loved by so many, truly a character with great character right to the very end.

But Hugh Motley had plenty of smarts, particularly when it came to horses, and the horse business.

He began his thoroughbred career working for his cousin, L. Clay Camp, another Virginia-based horseman who had a nationally-known thoroughbred bloodstock agency. Hugh and many other talented young Virginia riders, including horse show legend Rodney Jenkins, also would help Camp show his yearlings at various venues up and down the east coast, including the iconic sales ring in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. every summer.

The family of Hugh Motley is requesting that donations be made in his memory to two charities: the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation, which funds veterinary research projects specifically for the benefit of all horses (821 Corporate Drive, Lexington, KY 40503) and the Little Keswick School, P.O. Box 24, Keswick, VA 22947.

Leonard Shapiro is a former sports editor, reporter and columnist at The Washington Post.

Hugh became a savvy, highly-regarded horseman who started his own bloodstock agency and sold thoroughbreds at

Mr. Hollywood will forever be in my heart. – Anne Hooff

Very sad, the world is a much more boring place without Hugh! – Justin Wiley

One of a kind. Was happy to have him as a friend. – Christopher Spitzmiller

Love and laughter – like it was yesterday – Alison Dickie

Our community has loss such a good man. – Cindy Schornberg

Hugh was a fun guy, a great master and will miss him dearly – Darlene Murphy

Such a funny guy that I have many great memories with! – Anthony Corey

He was larger than life itself in so many ways! – Sharon Merrick

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To say that we lost our best friend doesn't begin to describe the hole in our hearts. The light of our lives - an incredible spirit and character.

Grateful to call this one of a kind soul my dad. Missing him more each and every second. Thank you to all for your kind words. We were all so lucky to know him. – Sheila Motley I can't even remember when I met Hugh. Or "Hubie" as his circle of closest friends called him (he did not appreciate that term of familiarity from others). Never high-falutin, he was as at home with the stable hands as he was with the poshest at Saratoga.

But take my word, he did not easily suffer fools.

Well-born, handsome, a fabulous raconteur with impeccable manners, a voracious reader, a devoted sportsman, he had a sense of humour and a twinkle in his eye that drew me and countless others to want, no, to be compelled, to be in his company. Even his moodiness was somehow endearing.

Without a doubt my best times out were with Hugh. Together we hunted and cavorted through England, Ireland, Scotland and even France. When he was Master, he occasionally asked me to join him up front. At last I was finally able to begin to grasp what hunting hounds was all about. Hugh was the brother I never had. I loathe knowing that there is no replacement for our friendship. – Kinsey Marable Such a fabulous sense of humor, of course we will all miss Hugh Motley. He leaves us smiling – Vicky Moon.

We have all lost a very special friend.

Hughbie was truly one of a kind.

– Sydney Keith Great loss to everyone who was ever touched by his irreverent great spirit – he always burned the candle at both ends – but with such joy! – Ginny Semmes Hello Hugh, it’s Sumter, I wanted to say goodbye to a friend of 40 years. I want you to know what you meant to me. There is so much I wanted to say before you left. Goodbye my friend, I will miss you.

– Sumter Pendergrast

4-5 nights a week “Wingman” (alias Hugh) would get the call, “time for a nightcap”and off to Keswick Hall or a spot in Wellington we would go.

– Will Coleman There are far too many things to sum up my memories of Hugh in a few sentences or paragraphs, but Hugh was a good friend. He was always able to cheer us up when we felt like things had really gotten bad and to quickly sum up the bright side of some of the worlds day to day tragedies. None of us who knew him will ever be able to go outside on a really cold day and not remember his quote "a little cool on the tool today" but he was far more than his ability to throw in the foolishness to make us all smile. We all knew he cared about us and his sometimes inappropriate speech was his way to get us out of our depression and on to the fun things of life. – Sandy Rives I first met Hugh 23 years ago at the Keswick Hunt Club. He was so handsome, outspoken, and so funny.

He became such a good friend and caring companion in the hunt field here and especially during our trips to Ireland. We drank and laughed and he told stories like the true raconteur he was. As long as his stories are alive and we are alive to tell them he will always be with us. He will forever have a piece of my heart. He was a dear, funny man who lived life as he wanted with no stone unturned. I miss him every day. – Christina Markey There was no one like Hugh, everyone loved being around him. I have had so many calls from so many circles, Kentucky, racing, hunting, you name it – they all loved him. I can’t even remember all the good times we had there were so many from kids, parties, hunting, polo, racing, sales, stopping to say hi – he always made you feel good and gave you a good laugh. I miss him and always will.

– John Coles

“Uncle Hugh” was a great person and we will miss him a lot. He seemed to always be in a happy mood and he greeted me whenever he saw me and gave me a hug. I know that he is in a better place now, but we will really miss his presence down here with us; he is still in all of our hearts.

– Lily Wiley Love you, Hugh Motley – Peter Parrish Hugh, my uncle who showed me how to live life to the fullest.

– Leslie Fishback Cutchins As I think back to our earliest days in Cobham and Keswick, Hugh was the friendliest and most welcoming neighbor. He was always glad to see us and he was a wonderful ambassador for the Hunt Club as MFH. Hugh was a fixture in the Keswick Scene in all the best sense of the word. It feels like a chapter of great memories and good times is closing.

– Ann and Peter Taylor If you're sad today just remember that the world is over 4 billion years old and you somehow managed to live at the same time as Hugh Camp Motley.

– Hugh Kalergis I am certain that all the love, kindness toward others, superior sense of humor, great horsemanship, and down to earth friendship he gave to all of us on the planet is running in your veins and those of your son. Hughbie was a ‘once in a lifetime’ man.

– Ellen Shevella Big void in our hearts. Talking with old friends and bringing up some good stories. Good times! – Liz Callar Hugh was such a wonderful part of our lives. We will miss him.

– Bunny Camp Gibbons So shocked, sorry, sad and simply speechless that Hughbie is gone, he will be so very missed. – Amy Nunnally Hold on to all of your wonderful memories! Your Dad was a wonderful person!

– Nancy Holt

Two things come to mind. The many trips when we would get on my plane and go to New York to watch one of my horses run (hopefully win) and be home by dinner or when he was Cabana Boy at my pool watching a very young Sheila who was almost more interested in making phone calls from the ladies dressing room (no cell phones then) than swimming. – Peggy Augustus Winkie, we are heartbroken and send you all of our love and our deepest sympathy. Keswick will never be the same.

– Sissy Fisk Hugh was one of my favorites, and we will miss him dearly! – David Watson Enthusiasts across the hunting and racing worlds are mourning the recent passing of Hugh – former MFH, KHC Am so sad to hear about wonderful Hugh. I always thought he had a great zest for life and was very kind. Think of you all the time Winkie, thinking of Sheila – I send you lots of love, my friend – Janice Aron Jake Carle, longtime Master and huntsman at Keswick, remembers Hugh from the time he was hunting ponies. “He was game as hell," Jake recalls. "He would go anywhere on his pony." We bonded instantly because we both stuttered as kids, so I understood. Later, he whipped-in to me. When it was time to name a new Joint-Master, he was the only person I trusted to maintain the standards. And he did. "He hired Tony Gammell, and they had a bond. He had the most wonderful sense of humor, and we all will miss him terribly. He’s one of only a few people I know who was liked by everyone who met him.” – Jake Carle This Hugh always had a very good time with your Hugh. Always. – Hugh Wilson You and Hugh were some of the first people I met in Keswick, how many years ago? Both of you were a big part of my decision to move to Charlottesville. Such cool interesting people that have a rich sense of humor, and loved horses, I thought to myself. I found my tribe, and never looked back.

– Lynne Brubaker

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SPORTING LIFE

A Foxhunt To Remember Hugh

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It was 25 years ago, and hundreds of fox-

hunts since then, but we remember it like it was yesterday. Barclay Rives, Bruce Eckert, Hugh Motley and Sandy Rives loaded up in Hugh Motley’s Imperatore box Horse Van that Hugh appropriately had named the Grey Goose because it looked like a fat grey goose.

Hugh named us the four amigos for this trip. We had received an invitation from Joyce Fendley, MFH, Casanova Hunt to hunt outside of Warrenton. The Horse Van was made to seat two comfortably, and maybe a third, but the four of us squeezed into the front seat with Hugh driving and Bruce shifting and Barclay and I finding whatever room we could.

Fortunately, other than Barclay, we all were a good deal thinner in those days.

No seatbelts or other safety gear than our hunt caps should there have been an accident. The four of us were honorary whippers-in at Keswick at the time and we were confident that we had nice enough horses to survive a good day at Casanova – which was experiencing a wonderful hunt year. We made it to the meet without incident, with a couple of times passing state troopers with one of us ducking down so that it would appear that only three passengers were in the front seat. MFH Fendley was kind enough to waive the capping fees and after the normal greetings and welcome from the Casanova members, we were ready to hunt.

The hunting conditions could not have been better with a cloudy day of about 35 degrees, with good footing and a wonderful field master in Mrs. Fendley, and an eager pack of hounds and legendary Huntsman Tommy Lee Jones.

The hounds found their fox early in the day, and we proceeded to run that fox for the remainder of the Day. On a couple of occasions, there were checks where the fox obviously had laid down.

But the Hounds found again, and off again we went, galloping, doing all we could to stay with Mrs. Fendley jumping line fences, through some very nice country, up and down river banks, etc.

At one point, a rider came up to us and said a Keswick Gentleman has fallen off into a ditch and needed some help. Hugh responded that it was not a gentleman who had fallen off but himself. Unhurt and moved on by the adrenaline of the hunt, Hugh jumped back on and took it all in stride. The four of us were going to stay until the end.

At early darkness, the fox found the safety of a river bank earth, and hounds, horses, and riders stood in the stream watching the hounds speak the satisfaction of knowing that they had worked hard all day and accomplished their task.

The steam was rising off all our horses in one of the most picturesque ends of a fox hunt that I have experienced. It had been a day to remember.

We rode home in the dark knowing 22.

22. that we all had a great time. However, this was before the days of what is now a general tradition of a field tailgate.

There was no food or drink as we loaded up our horses and headed home. Hugh needed a beer and Barclay wanted water, and we all needed something to eat since we had not eaten all day. We stopped at the first country store, and while it supplied the necessary beer for Hugh, it was one of the old type stores that have now all gone out of existence. There was nothing edible to eat in the store other than stale peanut butter crackers and a box of moon pies which we bought. There was some cheese with mold on it and a ham hanging from the ceiling that the clerk offered to cut pieces off of for our pleasure.

I remember Hugh declining the moldy cheese. Hugh was a picky eater but was so hungry that he ate the stale peanut butter crackers and washed it down with his Bud Light. We had an extraordinary foxhunt but more than that we had a fun day. It was hard not to have a fun day with Hugh because when he was along, it was always fun. We will miss him.

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LIFE HAPPENS Why So Fast?

BY MARY MORONY

The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is to be in reality what we would appear to be; all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice and experience of them. ~Socrates

There isn’t a man or woman alive today who doesn’t feel the angst of a world operating with little virtue. Maybe because of the loftiness of the goal, to live with honor seems such an archaic notion, and unobtainable in these times. We have settled for mediocrity in if not all things, most. That attitude erodes pride, and commitments and inspires no one.

our homes? Do we find the holidays exhausting as we try to be all things to all people? How is work working out? Our bosses’ perceptions of us are not a fixation, are they? No doubt we are the same at work as at home. If our kids, friends, and co-workers got together would they be surprised at the many contradicting facets of us?

Who doesn’t love the promise of the shortest and surest way to just about anything especially when we put aside the notion that short and sure don’t necessarily mean easy? Socrates’ short, sure way to living with honor would defiantly fall into the not so easy category. For that reason alone, living an honorable life is a hard sell in our want-it-now-withoutpain epoch.

Honor, or the lack of it, goes a very long way in explaining why presently we have such a cast of clowns vying for the job of our fearless leader. To live under the scrutiny of the public eye and be, in reality what we pretend to be, would be a task for the gods, and impossible for a mere mortal—too many puppeteers pulling too many strings. But would it be impossible if we, the electorate, were not so complacent?

It is interesting that we expect our leaders and wanna-be-leaders to live and lead with honor. What’s up with that?

Shoot, honor doesn’t even have a seat in the way back. If honor even exists now, it is just barely hanging on by the trailer hitch, not only in the public sector but also in the private as well. Except for a few brave service women and men, who

Socrates’ definition of living with honor is a hard line, but God knows it can’t be any harder than doing what most of us do on a daily basis. Are we the same on the inside as well as the outside? Isn’t that exactly what we mean when we make pithy little remarks like I want to be the person my dogs think I am? How many of us can even pass that litmus test? among us leads honorable lives? I believe that there are hundreds if not thousands of human beings quietly going about their lives in ethical fashion, just not out in public. Maybe we have extreme media scrutiny to blame for that? I wonder how many of us are what we appear to be?

My guess is not many. If you had a Go Pro equipped drone peering into windows, I imagine few of us would pass Socrates’ test.

It doesn’t seem reasonable for us to hold our leaders and aspiring ones to a standard any differently than what we expect from ourselves. Great women and men lead, the rest of us follow; isn’t that how it goes? Isn’t that how we write ourselves out of taking responsibility for the pickle we now find the world?

Since the vast majority of us are not plan-

ning a run for the White House, we can relax, put our feet up and be our less than honorable selves. All we need to do is carp and gripe about the dearth of principled leadership, then shake our heads, post on Facebook, pass along a derisive email or two, and ultimately admit that no honorable human being would want the job. Luckily for us, we don’t have CNN & Fox looking up our preverbal noses. Selling our souls for votes isn’t how we make our pacts with the devil.

We are just the hapless victims of a twohundred-year-old good idea gone terribly wrong. Right?

How many of our strings are getting pulled by others? How are we dancing to the tune of the day, tunes far removed from our own? How much of the happenings in the world are only larger reflections of what goes on at home,

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Falling woefully short of passing it myself as I am not who I pretend to be on many levels, I’m going to attempt to stop handing down judgments on the leader of the free world and all those who aspire to take his place while I endeavor to be more honorable myself. My dogs, alas, will not be the arbiters of my progress as they are far too forgiving of my foibles. That job is mine alone—a job that will require perseverance, a whole lot of patience, a commitment to scrupulous attention to my motivations and a rededication to the Golden Rule.

I trust my virtues, like muscles, will strengthen the more I use them. I believe honor on the global stage could solve most of the problems the world is facing, and I can’t think of a better time or place to start than now.

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◆ KESWICK GOLF COURSE ◆ This extraordinary 2.4-acre lot with the new Peter Dye Golf Course wrapped around two sides is priced well below the original purchase price, is by far the best lot available, and is the best value within the club. MLS#503871 $420,000 Tim Michel 434.960.1124

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◆ LOCUST GROVE TAVERN ◆ Unique opportunity to purchase a historic property originally built in 1812 that served as a store, tavern, jail, school and residence.

Many of the original architectural details are intact in the gracious rooms. MLS#539784 $525,000 Charlotte Dammann 434.981.1250

◆ 2347 PADDOCK WOOD ◆ 127-acre horse farm in Keswick. A lovely, 1.5 story stone home with 3 bedrooms and 3 baths accompanies the property. This is a beautiful mix of rolling land and mature forest with a lake, stable, barns and total privacy.

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ONLY IN KESWICK My User Name

BY TONY VANDERWARKER

These days, with your whole life on the Internet, you have to be constantly vigilant. One bad move and you can end up like Anthony Weiner. Or what’s worse, finding your assets suddenly wired to the account of a pushcart vendor in Kazakhstan.

Back in the good old days you could get away with using passwords like 1-2-3-4 and I-O-U. But no more. Now you have to string together a long list of symbols, letters and numbers that you can never remember so you’re forced to write them down somewhere. But where?

I tried writing them on Stickies and hiding them in closets but I’d forget where I put them so I’d be back to square one coming up with new combinations. So I took to writing them on the underside of drawers with Magic Marker. Sure, lying on my back on the floor was no fun but at least no one would think of looking there. That worked for a year or so but I piled up so many passwords I ran out of space.

I thought, “This is getting pretty silly.”

Why don’t I just put my passwords where nobody would ever think of looking for them? So I had them tattooed on my inner thigh – upside down so I can read them easily. Of course, I have to wear shorts if I want to go online at Starbucks but I thought that was the only drawback until summer rolled around.

In June, I quickly discovered having them on my thigh meant no more Speedos at the pool; someone could read my leg, hack into my computer and rob me blind.

Thinking I was being very clever, I bought some of those trunks that look like basketball shorts, real long things that hang down over your knee. Then my wife pointed out that the shorts would be a dead giveaway—some hacker would figure out that this old guy who’s wearing B-ball shorts that make him look like a white Kobe Bryant is trying to hide something. Of course, the wife’s always right. So then next time I go to check my email, I find my new name’s Aboubakar and I’m now living in Nigeria.

Turns out, hacking into the security camera in the men’s locker room was a piece of cake and there’s me dropping my drawers on video to reveal my passwords on the inside of my thigh. Zooming in on a still of my leg and my secret is blown, my passwords are all over the Internet and I’m back to being Aboubakar

in Nigeria again. So I have to have laser tattoo removal and start all over.

To make matters worse, my user name got hacked. That’s right, they hacked Tony Vanderwarker, so I had to come up with a new one. It’s now %^&8cv@# and it’s pronounced Percarn8seveeatpound. I know it’s a bit cumbersome, so if you see me at the Post Office, you can just call me “Percarn.” %^&8cv@# has a pretty high security rating so I think I’m good for the time being until Winkie opens an office in Lagos.

But the question still remains, how do I remember the damn thing? That’s when I get the idea of encryption.

Apple encrypts stuff, ISIS does too, so why can’t Percarn? Now I don’t have rooms full of computers, Chopping Bottom after all, is no server farm. In fact it’s not much of a farm at all. But that shouldn’t, I figure, keep me from devising a way to encrypt my user name.

A couple Christmases ago, we gave our grandkids a set of those wooden alphabet blocks that help children learn to spell.

Of course, in this day of video games, the kids thought they were fuddy-duddy old things and cast them aside after the first few minutes. My wife figured that times would change and the great grandchildren might appreciate them so she stored them in the attic. I dug them out and began to devise my scheme.

Remember that movie “The Imitation Game”? About the guy who breaks the German code using a machine built of pieces of wood? I figure if he can do it, so can I. First, using the blocks I spell out a phrase I can easily remember like: Inky Dinky Parlez Vous. Second, I turn the blocks on their sides and write the individual symbols, letters, and number and on them with a Magic Marker. What’s so ingenious about my encryption system is that the first letter “I” I put on the right side, the next on the left, alternating until I’ve encoded my entire user name. Then in a final trick to stymie would-be hackers, I scramble up all the blocks and dump them back in their bag.

A perfect system. Who would ever think of encrypting a user name on a bunch of kiddie toys? I can easily remember the phrase. Now if I can just remember where I put the damn blocks.

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Windy Hill Farm enjoys an ideal setting amid the large working farms and estates of Rapidan, in the Keswick Hunt and Windy Hill Farm enjoys ideal setting convenient to Bull Run an Hunt territory. amid1920 the large working and estates The farm housefarms is completely of Rapidan, in the Keswick Huntnineand private in its elevated setting. With convenient Bull rooms, Run Hunt foot ceilings,tolarge two territory. working The 1920 and farmfloors house is completely fireplaces, of oak and pine, it private in its elevated setting.

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acres at the base of the Southwest mountains. Federal two story brick Historic Keswick situated on 477 residence with Farm english basement. acres at the base of the Southwest Adorable restored guest cottage, 2 mountains.

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TRAVEL JOURNAL Caught a Cow

BY JOSEPH SHIELDS

Chris Young picked me up at my home

of flies are used, including meat patterns, crayfish, sculpins, and hellgrammite.

These flies sink, so the angler must keep the fly moving across the water to avoid catching bottom. Streamers are excellent for catching big fish and are terrific options when the angler does not know what the fish are eating. Strikes can be explosive.

in Keswick before daybreak. We shook hands and loaded my gear into the Jeep.

I had coffee ready and went inside the house to fill two travel cups. Coffee is a requirement for a cold morning.

My English springer spaniel must have slipped by unnoticed on my way out the door. Moments later, Chris stopped the vehicle. He said, “We have company.”

My friend brought his 6-weight rod and threw heavy, gigantic flies. I had my 5-weight and used slightly smaller streamers.

I believe the dog would have followed us to Harrisonburg. I opened the door and he jumped into my arms.

“That’s some bird dog,” said my friend.

“He’s more of a fish dog,” I said. “He loves to swim.”

Chris turned the car around and drove back to the house. I secured the dog indoors. I got back in the Jeep, grabbed a ski hat from my bag, and tugged it over my fat head until it covered my ears.

He drove through the dark neighborhood. We drank coffee and soon headed west on Route 64.

Traveling to Mossy Creek, we exited Route 64 and took Route 257 off I-81 at Bridgewater. We passed by Bridgewater College, the school my mother-in-law went to. I played tennis against Bridgewater for Roanoke College. My team beat their team every time.

We headed south on Route 42 and banked a right onto Route 747. We approached the lower boundary and made another right onto Route 613. We parked in the second parking area. Our car was the only one there.

I peed against a tree and examined the single-lane bridge that spans the creek.

Suddenly a truck barreled down the road and made a left to cross the creek.

An attractive woman waved to us while I peed. It’s impossible to stop once you get started.

“That would only happen to you, Shields. It’s 7 o’clock in the morning and we’re in the middle of nowhere. What are the chances?”

I finally finished peeing. We put our waders on, mostly because we were go-

photo: The cow is interested in Chris Young here, cool picture because it gives perspective on fishing here at Mossy Creek, stairways over the fences and all the charm. ing to hike through meadows full of boggy mud and spring water. We crossed the bridge with our rods, climbed over a fence, and walked along the creek.

Mossy is a bastard. I fished it once before on a private, guided stretch of the stream and caught a beautiful 15-inch brown trout. Chris took an enormous rainbow – more pig than fish – that exceeded 25 inches. I spent the rest of the day snagging flies on obstacles: deadfall, rock bed, brush, fencing, my shirt, my pants, my friend, the guide, moss, and overhanging branches.

Chris fishes Mossy’s four-mile section of public waters frequently. The creek is regarded as one of the best, albeit challenging, fly-fishing streams in the state. I read that huge brown trout weighing up to seven pounds have been spotted there; few of the monsters have been caught. I joined him with low expectations and would have been shocked if I caught anything.

Mossy Creek was created in 1976 through a cooperative agreement with private landowners and the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.

Only fly-fishing is allowed once a permission slip is obtained from the VDGIF. Mossy is spring-fed and the water remains cool during the summer months.

It is extremely fertile and generates plenty of large insect hatches all year long.

In winter, there are fewer casting ob-

structions. I noticed some of the foliage had been cut back; the cold accomplished its natural work at thwarting seasonal shrubbery. We climbed another set of wooden steps constructed by the cooperative that spanned wire fencing bordering a neighboring dairy farm.

I put gloves on because I couldn’t feel my fingers. The morning sun at our backs, I forgot to bend my knees and hunch down to keep low; my shadow landed on the water.

“Forget this spot,” said Chris. “Keep moving Shields. You spooked them.”

The creek is heavily fished and the trout are particularly skittish. Mossy is lush and provides fish an abundance of real food to eat. In sunshine, the large ones lurk in deep water and can hide in plenty of vegetation. Very fine line tippet, 6X or 7X, is mandatory because the fish are intelligent and tough. The bottom of the creek is limestone, and the trout can see easily through clear water. False casting will do you in at Mossy. These factors make it easy to get skunked.

Chris is a streamer junkie. These larger flies are the lures of fly-fishing and require an active retrieve. Streamers imitate baitfish and large aquatic insects.

According to Fresh Water Fishes of Virginia, fish larger than 11 inches eat more minnows than bugs.

Brown trout are stocked throughout the state but not as frequently as rainbows, which are easier to catch and more accepting of poorer water quality and higher temperatures. I read that trout in this particular fishery have difficulty spawning because of heavy siltation caused by cattle that range alongside the stream.

We threw streamers and moved along the riverbank. Chris pointed out deep holes and let me have shots at very fishy water. We alternated attempts at promising spots, crossed another meadow, and approached the farm.

I watched Chris, upstream, cast to elusive trout against a backdrop of a dilapidated farmhouse. The scene was hauntingly beautiful. I took out the Leica and snapped a quick photograph. Virginia is full of wonder.

The two of us moved on and encountered a herd of cattle scattered along a narrow bridge we needed to cross. The animals studied us with curiosity as we approached. They must have thought we were morons, casting into the water beneath their bridge and coming up empty.

Casting practice. The herd watched as the skunking continued.

I had never been that close to dairy cows before. A young heifer walked up to me while I moved my streamer across the water. Later, I would learn that heifers are technically referred to as cows once they become mothers.

I eyed the heifer and looked at Chris.

Both listened to my nervous laughter.

She came closer.

“Don’t worry,” said Chris, taking photographs. “I believe cows are generally docile creatures.”

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“I didn’t realize they were so curious.”

I should have known better. Jay, a friend who studied writing with me in college, wrote a story about cows and read it to the class. He reminded me about the stories we wrote back then when I saw him and a few other guys from Roanoke in Brooklyn just days before Chris and I headed to Mossy.

A New York-based filmmaker, Jay said he wanted to produce a short film about a story I wrote in which the protagonist receives a bad haircut from Elvis. His story, I thought, was more interesting.

As I recall, Jay’s protagonist came across talking cows during a walk on a country road in Connecticut. To the narrator’s surprise, the cows spoke English. The small herd was curious about his life and asked smart questions. The man jumped the fence to join the beasts and waited to speak with the next passerby.

The heifer came closer and stopped within an arm’s length of me. I looked into her eyes. She had mud on her big schnozzle. Her ears were tagged. The yellow tag read: “6916.”

Me: Hey there, 6916.

Cow: Moo. My cell phone made that annoying sound when a text is received. Aggravated by the intrusion, I checked the message in case it was from home. It was from Jay: “Here is the deal: A. Cancel the train tomorrow.

Court is 9 AM Monday and we have to look sharp.

2. I would greatly appreciate if you can find a 24-hour hardware store that carries non-latex gloves, BUT they must be waterproof. I prefer the light green color, globe size, large. Not blue.

Not ecru (which is off-white to common folk) and definitely not blue. My eyes get dry when I look at light green so let’s not make any mistakes here.

D. You cannot tell anyone about this. No one. Except your accountant. He will be integral in this endeavor. Godspeed.”

The cow patiently waited while I read the text. My friends and I last saw Jay in a hipster bar that did not accept credit cards. We left following recollections,

directly after he brandished a knife. He declared his interest in shredding our shirts and capturing the footage on his iPhone. I split a cab with the other guys and headed back to Manhattan. The next day I left on the train unscarred.

I texted back: “I can’t talk now. I am communicating with a cow. I might be the guy in your story.”

I didn’t know what else to do, so I petted the heifer on the head. She didn’t flinch.

We didn’t need to speak.

It was time to move on. I walked towards another wooden staircase to get over the fence. The cow followed me to the steps. I looked back; she kept watching as I headed down a hill to new water.

“Is your new friend coming along?” asked Chris.

I listened, thinking she might say something. In English.

When I got home my daughter was eating lunch in the kitchen. The springer spaniel bounded and clocked me in the midsection. He peed on the floor and all over my legs with excitement. I wished I was still wearing waders.

“How was fishing,” she asked. “Did you and Mr. Young catch anything?”

“No, we both got skunked,” I replied.

I received a text and checked the message. Chris had sent a picture he had taken of the cow watching me cast on the bridge. My daughter is an animal lover.

I showed her the image.

“Oh, I love cows,” she said. “I am glad you caught a cow, Dad. Did you talk to her?”

I told her I did. I told her we spoke the same language. Maybe I didn’t get skunked after all.

“Moo.”

photos this page: top: Mossy Creek fishing area, middle: Joe snapped this picture of his friend the cow from the adjacent dairy farm and bottom: Chris Young fishing Mossy Creek, cool structure in the background.

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OBITUARY

On January 10, 2016, Thomas Ross Grinde was in a fatal car accident – it was his son Paul's 20th birthday. He was returning from helping his sisters with their late father's house in Charlottesville and looking forward to getting home to Virginia Beach.

Tom was the most influential person in his children's lives, cheering them on from the stands and so very proud of both. Among the best moments in his life, in addition to their birth, was first Paul and then Vista getting accepted to Vassar College. His sense of humor and love of life and family will not be forgotten. Tom graduated from Albemarle High School in 1974, and received a B.S in Business Management from Virginia Tech,

and a M.B.A from The College of William and Mary. He had a 30 year career in Executive VP positions in national and international sales where he made many friends, including his close working relationship with Ron Bregman. Tom was a past president of the Charlottesville/ Albemarle Chamber of Commerce. Tom was married to Tonya Grinde and they celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary on December 20th. They enjoyed many years of skiing, golfing and traveling, including Europe and South America. Their passion was their children and traveling to their school and sports events, as well as Disney World, skiing, cruising in the Caribbean, and so many other places as a family. Tom was the son of the late Paul and Edith Grinde of Charlottesville, Va. He is survived by his wife, Tonya; son, Paul Ross; daughter, Vista Alexandra of Virginia Beach; his loving sisters, Barbara McMurry, and Joan Grinde of Charlottesville, and Paige Lauster of Hunting Valley, Ohio; six nieces and nephews, and three great nieces and nephews. Please make memorial gifts to Vassar College designated for the basketball team. A memorial service and reception will be held on Thursday, January 14, 2016, at 11 a.m. at Grace Episcopal Church in Keswick, Va., the church where Tom and Tonya were married and their children christened.

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ORANGE COUNTY. With over 4,700 total finished sq. ft. this Colonial style home has the possibility of 5 bedrooms, plus 4.5 baths. The finished walk out basement could be an in-law suite. We feature hardwood floors, a gas fireplace, a main level master suite with ceramics and a jetted tub, 3 bedrooms on the upper level plus the large bonus room. The driveway is paved, there is a covered front porch and an all year rear elevated covered porch. Central Vac., 2 hot water heaters, gutter guards, a second level master suite and basement surround sound too. NOW $489,900. Buyers Warranty.

GREENE COUNTY. Our 3 bedroom, 3.5 bath, 1995 Colonial home sits on 15+/- beautifully wooded acres just 10 minutes from Stanardsville. We have well proportioned rooms, two upper level master suites, a superb kitchen, a fireplace ion the great room, reclaimed custom woodworking, extensive hardwood floors, vaulted ceilings, a wraparound porch with a large private rear deck, an unfinished walk out basement and a pastoral setting on a knoll overlooking the woods and lawns. There is meadow to play on down by Blue Run creek. Around 20 mins to the City. Reduced $25k to $399,900. Buyers Warranty.

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SPRING BROOK c. 1850 ~ This renovated VA farm house is situated on 34 open acres w/ beautiful mtn. views in Orange Co. The 4-bedrm. 3.5 bath house is in excellent condition & w/4000+/- fin. sq. ft. is a perfect size. Property is further complimented with a bank barn used for entertaining or game room/studio. Also included is a large pole barn (stable conversion), guest cottage, garage/workshop, pool, fully fenced, spring-fed pond. Spring Brook is the ideal VA Farm, located 25 min. from C'ville and two hours from D.C. MLS#509039 $995,000.

MAYHURST ~ Impressive Victorian Italianate manor house built by President James Madison’s great nephew in 1859. The 9,000 square foot home has been beautifully restored and offers gracious rooms with high ceilings, hardwood floors, and original woodwork. The house boasts 8 spacious bedrooms, and 8 ½ bathrooms all accessed by an impressive spiral staircase that rises from the English basement to the third floor. The house is privately situated on 36 acres just outside the town of Orange. The current owners have operated a very successful bed and breakfast, which a new owner could continue or is ideal as a private estate. $1,950,000.

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WIRTLAND ~ Circa 1860 Considered to be the finest example of Gothic Revival Architecture in all of Virginia, this house is ideally situated on 112+ acres in Westmoreland County. The main floor has many unique features including marble and heart pine floors, 13ft ceilings, Gothic arches, and a walnut stair case. The 5200+ sf house is constructed of brick and covered with scored stucco and offers 5 BR and 3+ BA. The English park like setting and beautiful approach to the house only add to the grandeur of the estate. The land is a mixture of open setting and hardwoods. House and land are protected by the National Register of Historic Places and Virginia Landmarks Register. $1,595,000

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QUARLES MOUNTAIN ~ Stunning mountain views! 22 acres located minutes from the town of Orange in the beautiful Rapidan road area. The land is a mix of green pasture and woods with a cleared elevated building site from which the view is incredible. Ideal as a small horse property or just a private estate to build a home with a million dollar view. $185,000

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HISTORIC CAMERON LODGE ~ Nestled in theprotected heart of Somerset on a gently sloped ridge in the Southwest Mountains, this unique, 66-acre estate offers rare and spectacular views to the east and south across Jefferson’s Sea as well as to the west towards the Blue Ridge. It is rare for a property to deliver such extraordinary views from a single location. This spot with its 180-degree views and 700 ft. elevation offers a home site for a new home like few others. The Lodge includes a 23 x 20 living room with wood paneling, exposed beams, stone wainscoting and 16 hand-cut paned windows on three sides providing light and views of the gardens and mountains beyond. There are also three other historic cottages that once served as 19th century servant’s quarters. $1,950,000

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AERIE c. 1850 ~ Located in the Somerset area of Orange, just 2.5 miles from Gordonsville and 22 miles from Charlottesville. The 1850 manor home has had numerous improvements completed by the present owners, using only the finest materials including a new, paneled living room (20x34), country kitchen and laundry/mudroom. Also in the main house are four bedrooms, dining room, breakfast room, study, original living room, library and two galleries.

The 170 acre estate is further enhanced by a four bedroom guesthouse, three bedroom tenant house, two new garage/workshops, smokehouse, swimming pool formal gardens, 3-stall stable and a fenced cutting/vegetable garden. $2,320,000

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