I think I will restart my Luray blog. It has be years since I've posted so I will have to relearn how to do this. This is going to be a blog about me and the town of Luray. I want to use lots of pictures of the things in Luray that I enjoy seeing. That's all for now.

It's raining too much in Luray. It feels like an El Nino year in Florida. The storms are ruining my garden with high winds and hail stones. Enough rain is good but too much rain is bad. We haven't had any flooding yet. I will post pictures as soon as I can. Yours truly- Elaine

Hawksbillcabin says Hello

I was contacted by 'Jim' via comment on my last post. He also has a blog about Luray and the Page Valley. His blog address is http://www.hawksbillcabin.blogspot.com/ It has lots of pictures. Give it a look see and let him know you heard about it here.
Don't forget the Heritage Festival is this weekend. I will be there at 10:00 am on Saturday morning.

Page County Heritage Festival

The Page Heritage Festival is October 11-12 Saturday and Sunday. It starts at 10 am. till ?
I love this festival. There are lots of cheap crafts to buy. Lots of great food and entertainment all day long. Lots of fun stuff for kids like a train ride. It only cost a few dollars to get in. Be there or be square.- Elaine

Summer in Luray 2008

I can't believe it's been 9 months since I last blogged. Winter and Spring have come and gone and a hot wet summer is here. Where has the time gone. It seems the older I get the faster time goes. The valley is a beautiful green with all the rain we've been getting. Unfortunately it has been delivered in the form of thunderstorms with high winds and hail stones. The grass needs mowing every week to keep in under control.

Things in my life were going so perfect. I am living my life just the way I want. I wish things could go on just the way they are. But alas, life is like a soap opera. Just when you think you couldn't be happier along comes an evil twin to kick you in the teeth. My evil twin came in the form of breast cancer. Why me? I spent an hour getting a mammogram and then a sonogram and a lump showed up. Page hospital is very small and only has one doctor on duty. She was busy with a patient so I will have to wait till Monday to find out what to do next. The nurse doing the test said it is still too small to feel so that is a good thing.

When I have to do something unpleasant I try to make a positive out of it. Advise I got from my sister. So since I don't like getting a mammogram my DH and I went for a picnic up on Skyline drive for lunch after all the test. I haven't been there since last fall and forgot how beautiful it was. It is so peaceful and all my stress just floated away. I must go there more often. We sat at a picnic table and ate great cold cut subs from Anthony's and it was so quiet all I could hear were the birds singing. There were lots of wild flowers in bloom. If I get bad news Monday I will have to go there again and have a good cry. Then I will pull myself together and kick this cancers butt!

I will be blogging every week and take lots of pictures. Thanks for listening- Elaine

Fall Pictures From Imagination Station Luray

Stormy Weather in Luray

We had a big electrical storm here last night. The lightening kept the sky lit up almost constantly for over an hour. The wind was blowing the trees and the rain was pouring so hard the gutters couldn't keep up with it. Some of the thunder sounded so close it scared me. It reminded me of the winter we spent in Florida during El Nino. It would storm all night and flood everything then 3 days later it would happen again. Lucky no major damage was done and the town didn't flood. I finally got to sleep about midnight with DH cuddled up close. We need the rain but a nice drizzle would be better.

August in Luray

August in Luray

Things are quiet here in the valley. It's too hot to do much of anything. My lawn is nothing but weeds. The grass is gone or brown. The weather man said it was sleeping. I think it's dead. There are lots of tourist in town during the weekends. Yesterday we drove past the Caverns and the parking lots was full on a Saturday afternoon. It is only 54 degrees down there so a nice place to visit. Luray doesn't have a pool but does allow swimming at the reservoir. The mountains were very clear this morning and as I took my walk I could see all the way down the valley to Massenutten sky resort.

There isn't much news in town. They have started work on building the new high school. The last time a high school was built in Page County was in 1961. Folks here with kids are very excited about this new construction finally happening after years of promises. All I see is my taxes going up. I can't wait till fall when all the leaves change color and the weather is cool and dry. It's my favorite time of year. Stay cool-

Long lost recipe found

About 25 years ago when I was first dating my husband, he took me to the Greenbelt American Legion for a dinner dance. One of the items at the buffet table was sliced ham in a raisin sauce. It was so good and I looked for the sauce recipe for all these years. Yesterday while reading an old 1962 Family Circle magazine I found a recipe for the sauce.

Royal Raisin Sauce
Simmer 1 cup of raisins in 2 cups of water for 15 minutes.
Make a paste of 2 Tablespoons of cornstarch, 2 Tablespoons of sugar, 1/8 teaspoon of salt,
2 Tablespoons cold water.
Add to raisins
Heat until thick.
Remove from heat. Add 1 Table spoon of butter, 2 Tablespoons of lemon juice.
Mix well.
Serve on ham.

I collect old magazines from the 1950s - 1970s. The old ads are interesting to see how our lives have changed over the years. Low fat was not heard of nor nutritional labeling. The old recipes are made from scratch, no mixes or frozen foods.
I think I will go fix salad for lunch. Enjoy your day, life.

Life

Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, totally worn out and proclaiming
"Wow, What a RIDE!!!"