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Looking south across fields and forest to Buffalo Mountain.
Hay Bale Rounds and Buffalo Mountain - photo by r.j.ratner

 
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What would you like to see happen in Floyd?
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"Urban Magic- A Poem",

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"Traveling Home - Part 1 - A Biography of Place",
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"An Allegorical Journey - Part 1l - A Biography of Place",
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"Lost Pennies",

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"Becoming Native"

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Floyd Tourism Directory
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Seven blunders of the world that lead to violence:


  • wealth without work
  • pleasure without conscience
  • knowledge without character
  • commerce without morality
  • science without humanity
  • worship without sacrifice
  • politics without principle
    - Mahatma Gandhi         (1869-1948)



Do you have a gripe you want to share with our community? Do you want to know what bugs or bemuses others?
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"Will our Chamber of Commerce or Merchants Associations please realize the need to preserve and prevent from developing-over the rural character of Floyd County is the only way to encourage tourism interest & income to Floyd?"..
....There's More>> "Floyd Watchman"

                                          


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If You Love Children, Love the Ones That Are Already Here, Too. Please Become Adoptive or Foster Parents.
ADOPTIVE FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP: You May contact DePaul Family Services, Christiansburg, to learn of their scheduled Informational discussions about formation of new support groups for adoptive families.




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Get Fit without Joining a Gym

It's my opinion and in my experience, if you are seeking to improve your fitness level or lose weight, so much of that can be done with a much smaller investment in just a few items to create your own home gym that suits your specific physical needs.
Also consider daily walking of ten minutes or more, practicing yoga and stretching (stretching properly is most important before and after exercising), get a friend or your spouse or kid involved to have a nearby work-out buddy, drink lots of your own good Floyd County water and stop stuffing your face with junk foods and just plain get off your butt more often. Use a push mower sometimes instead of that riding mower.
Most people do not utilize fitness center memberships beyond a limited degree and end up wasting their money.
Do it at home!
Above all and first of all, make certain you are healthy enough to undertake any new fitness related activity. Check with your doctor first!!


- Michelle Hussong


We don't have any connection to or with the following, these links are offered as examples of what you can find to help yourself on the web; Here are a few links to help you Do It At Home!:
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"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, "WOW! What a ride!"


O.Winston Link Museum

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The O. Winston Link Museum is excited to continue
a new series of gallery events titled Beyond the Frame.
 These events are conducted in the style of the popular television series Inside the Actor's Studio which features the Actor (or in our case the Artist) being interviewed about his or her life and work.
This series offers a dynamic way for the Roanoke Valley to learn about our exhibiting photographers and the work displayed in the Museum's Robert Kulp Trackside Gallery.
The next Beyond the Frame will occur on February 12.
The Trackside Gallery is open in the Link Museum seven days a week from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. and charges a general admission of $5.  Members receive free admission.   
 
Beyond the Frame with Christine Carr hosted by John Reburn

On February 12 the O. Winston Link Museum will be holding the next Beyond the Frame featuring Hollins University professor, Christine Carr.
This will be the opening reception for Christine's photographic exhibition, Portal.
John Reburn will host this event, beginning at 7 p.m. at the Museum. Light refreshments will be served.

In her extended exposure nighttime images, Carr explores the use of thoughtfully choreographed light as a signifier for transcendence and passage.
The intentionally ambiguous areas of light present in the work may be perceived as places in which to reflect or could be pathways to unknown and unseen possibilities.
This exhibition will run from February 12 until May 9 in Robert Kulp Trackside Gallery.

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"God loved the birds and invented trees.
Man loved the birds and invented cages"
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Save our Dark Skies
Limit dusk to dawn lighting in the countryside


If you use a dusk to dawn light
or are planning on installing one,
please consider using a deflector on it so the light only shines on your home;
Or
install an 'on/off' switch so you can turn it on when needed and off when not;
Or
connect it to a motion detector to go on only when
something passes by it.
Please don't leave these lights on all night long
and destroy our dark skies over our countryside
or bother neighbors who don't care for intrusive all night-bright light.
Please visit: http://www.darkskies.org/


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Volunteers needed to assist local seniors with small chores,
like moving boxed items.
Please contact Tiffany at the
New River Valley Agency on Aging
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Growing Redbud Trees from Seeds


After a long, cold and snowy winter, what is a more welcome
sign of spring than a redbud tree with its branches covered
in thousands of delicate lavender blossoms.  Redbud trees are
one of the first trees to bloom in the spring and they are
also quite easy to grow from seeds.


Eastern redbud trees are hardy to zones 4-9 and are found in
the wild across much of the eastern United States and as far
west as Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.  The Latin name for this
native tree is Cercis Canadensis.  Redbuds will grow in either
full sun or partial shade and they make excellent ornamental
trees that require very little care.


Very soon it will be time to start the simple process of
growing redbuds from seed, so look around for a redbud tree
in your neighborhood.  Each redbud seedpod contains anywhere
from four to ten flattened round seeds.  The seeds may be
collected in the fall before the pods drop from the tree, but
often the pods remain on redbud trees into the winter.

If you want to try growing redbud trees from seed, gather the
seeds from the pods and store them in a sealed jar within the
refrigerator.  Around Valentine's Day, remove the seeds from
the refrigerator and rough them up a bit between two pieces of
sandpaper.  This process will begin to remove some of the tough
outer layer of the seeds and will aid in germination.  Once you
see that some of the outer layer has been sanded off the seeds,
they are ready for the next step.

Boil some water, remove the pan from the heat and place the
seeds in the water.  Allow them to soak in this water for 3-4
days.  This step will further soften the seed coat.


Once the seeds have been treated, they can be planted a quarter
inch deep in small containers of moist sand or potting soil.
For the next 5-8 weeks, keep the planted seeds cool in the
refrigerator or an unheated garage.  This will be an imitation
winter for the seeds.  If you live in an area with cold winters,
the seeds in their pots can be planted outdoors, but cover them
with wire mesh so critters cannot dig them up.


After the chilling period, the potted seeds may be kept outdoors
and the seeds will begin to germinate when warm spring weather
arrives.  Once the seedlings have produced their first set of
heart-shaped leaves, the little redbud trees may be planted in a
permanent location in well draining soil.


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For anyone in Floyd County wanting to participate in keeping your worthwhile but unwanted items from ending up in the landfill, please consider joining (for free, no strings attached) the Floyd County Sharecycle group. This is a Floyd based online interactive group through Yahoo that allows you to post items you'd like to see reused and recycled.
You will also be able to see what others are offering that may be of use to you or ask for something specific you would like to find.
Sharecycle originated in Floyd County and those involved in it are all local residents.
This group is not connected in any way with the freecycle organization that is under fire for numerous acts of alleged bad karma.

FLOYD COUNTY SHARECYCLE
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Note:
"Sharecycle" originated in
Floyd, Virginia

Participate in Reuse-Recycling
Starting one in your community? Contact us and we'll add your link here.
Here are some of our regional Sharecycle Groups:
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New River Valley Sharecycle
Click here to go to the NRV Sharecycle website
Franklin County Sharecycle
MONROE COUNTY WVA. SHARECYCLE
FLOYD COUNTY SHARECYCLE

SHEBOYGAN COUNTY (Wisconsin) SHARECYCLE

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There is also a former freecycle group in Floyd now functioning under a different name offering online recycling connections as well.
FCIV does not support this group as it is a satellite of a centralize organization located in another state.
This is the same way freecycle began.
And only one of its three "moderators" lives in Floyd.
FCIV encourages our neighbors and residents of Floyd County to honor and support truly local growers, artisans, businesses
and organizations that are firmly rooted here in our home county.


If you would like to get involved within our own community and "share the wealth" of worthwhile but unneeded goods and items, please look into Floyd Sharecycle.
This is a free Floyd County service with other Floyd County residents.

But even if you decide not to join any online group, please recycle your items that can be used by others.

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