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I'm well away from the south but I also cook collard greens in the house. Just made some last week.
 

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Maurine and I are chaperoning Rachel's class field trip to Colonial Williamsburg, VA
Early start today:)
 

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I love Williamsburg!! About two hours from my house, but we always go there at least once a year. I would say if you didn't have a whole class with you to head to Pierce's Pitt BBQ (downside is it is always soo busy), the Pottery Factory (now rebuilt to look like a strip mall), and definitely Busch Gardens :D
 

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I love Williamsburg!! About two hours from my house, but we always go there at least once a year. I would say if you didn't have a whole class with you to head to Pierce's Pitt BBQ (downside is it is always soo busy), the Pottery Factory (now rebuilt to look like a strip mall), and definitely Busch Gardens :D
Well, with the entire 5th grade our choices were limited. But, we went to Williamsburg 5 years ago when Rachel was 5 and we did Colonial Williamsburg, Busch Gardens and Water Country USA. :)

Rachel was 5 years old at the time so Water Country and Busch Gardens were cool, but Colonial Williamsburg was boring..... I'm bored, I"m tired of walking..... :)

Was better this time.
So @SheepGirl any idea what these are? They were on the grounds at the Colonial jail?

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I don't know if you like this kind of stuff, but I do. :)

This is the mansion of the Royal Governor of Virginia. Of course, he left town about 1775 and the first two elected Governors of Virginia also lived here. A couple of guys named Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson. :thumbsup

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The foyer of the governors mansion basically served as an arsenal. There were over 500 weapons in the foyer and in the stairwell.
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More from the governors mansion

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that's neat to see! Sounds like fun.

We took the kids, 2 years ago, to Ashville NC and toured the Biltmore Estate with them- the 1st time my DD(almost 15 year old now) was there was when she was 6 months old, they opened a few more areas since then. Kids enjoyed it.
 

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Hard to tell from pics but it looks like its def a longwool breed. Probably lincoln longwools? I know those are big sheep but its hard to tell in the photo how big they are.
 
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