Mattifer.net » Chatham http://www.mattifer.net/blog Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:55:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 North Carolina/Virginia, Day 3 http://www.mattifer.net/blog/2008/08/21/north-carolinavirginia-day-3/ http://www.mattifer.net/blog/2008/08/21/north-carolinavirginia-day-3/#comments Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:50:44 +0000 Matthew http://www.mattifer.net/blog/?p=264 Day 3 was an all-day road trip to Charlottesville, Virginia and its most-famous building: Monticello, the residence of Thomas Jefferson.  For many years, I’ve desired to visit this place.  Thanks to the recent John Adams mini-series and repeated listens to the Thomas Jefferson Hour podcast, waiting to visit there was akin to a kid trying to quietly pass through the 364 days before the next Christmas.

On the way back to Jim’s house, we stopped in Chatham, Virginia.  At Chatham Hall, an all-girls prepratory school, we visited with Jim’s friend (and former student) Blair.  We assumed that the three of us would grab a drink or a quick bite of dinner.  Little did we know that Blair would sweep us into a dinner party being thrown by the school’s rector.  A night of home-cooked vegetarian food, fudge-covered ice cream, handmade guacamole, and wonderful conversation would follow.

Through the Canopy Lunchtime Micha's Gnome Rachel Levy Gravesite Western Gardens Overlooking the Gardens View of the Nearby Mountains Tighter Mountain Shot Downridge East Poser Jefferson Family Graveyard Thomas Jefferson's Second Tombstone Wishes at Jefferson's Tomb Gate to the Jefferson Family Graveyard Seal on the Graveyard Gate Jefferson Family Graveyard Monticello Vineyards Uphill from the Vineyards Orchard and Vineyard Been Caught Stealin' Peaches Monticello Entrance Bottom of Monticello Windvane Southwest Corner of Monticello Jefferson's Sundial Rear Entrance Back Side of Monitcello Oval Path Garden Center Abyss Stump Another View of the Rear Cockscomb Joseph's Coat Spider Flower Spider Flower One More View of the Rear Saturday on Jefferson's Great Clock Monticello Cellar All-Weather Passage Underneath Monticello Peeking Out From the All-Weather Passage Fig Thief Sneaking a Peek of the Entrance Another View of the Monticello Entrance Pruden Hall at Chatham Hall School Virginia Dusk Jim Breaking the Door Handle Caught in the Act Chatham Hall Gardens More Chatham Hall NPR Geek ]]> http://www.mattifer.net/blog/2008/08/21/north-carolinavirginia-day-3/feed/ 0