Various Scenes of Virginia

The little things are fun, too. This was a day of mainly running errands.

The Post Office at Paeonian Springs (1930) has to be one of my favorites.
It is attached to a house and it was just listed For Sale this past June. "Consider this listing signed, sealed and delivered. A 2,000-square-foot house in Paeonian Springs, Virginia, comes with a perk that many modern-day Americans would covet: the simple ability of never, ever missing a shipment. That’s because the home has a fully functioning post office attached to it. Priced at $405,000, the three-bedroom, one-bathroom Cape Cod-style property comes with an income-producing twist, the listing says.

The side of the home is rented out to the USPS, which is currently within lease, and has been for decades, the listing notes, adding that any prospective buyers who want to break the decades-long lease with the post office have that option, too."
I was also given a through the windshield tour of the monuments of D.C. I've seen them all before so we didn't need to stop but it was fun to see them, none-the-less.


A very cool stop was at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Its rich history and the fact that this is the hospital for all U.S. Presidents make it pretty interesting to visit. Chuck was there to pick up an x-ray and to take me shopping at the Exchange.
Another through the windshield tour happened in the town of Waterford with a brief history lesson at the Second Street School. In 1866, Quaker Reuben Schooley (1826-1900) sold this property to the "colored people of Waterford and vicinity." The local African-American population, with financial help from the Quakers, promptly erected a school building they could also use for church functions. This is one of the older one-room schoolhouses in the County and may be the oldest African-American house of worship. The school finally closed its doors in 1957. History is found everywhere.
Lunch was with Marcia, Chuck's first wife (and high school sweetheart). It has been years since we connected and it was just delightful.
Marcia has known me most of my life. Here we are together at Knott's Berry Farm (circa 1965). What fun.
Dinner was contributed by Chuck and Hazel's chickens.

Deviled eggs and a charcuterie plate are some of my favorite menu items!

I even got to play farmhand for a bit, helping with lawn care on their farmette.

A stay at my brother's can never be complete without a mention of Rosalind and Walter, the Jack Russell terriers that rule the roost. Too cute. One more day in VA. It has been so varied and so fun.

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1 comments:

Four Points Bulletin said...

I could picture you living in a house attached to a post office, you are keeping the post office in business so you may as well own it! ;)

October 11, 2023 at 6:35 AM

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