Hi Friends! Remember I said we got a “dusting” of snow????? Well today we’re going to have a dusting of dust. That’s right – because it’s Friday and you know what that means around my house……………cleaning day. As for that pesky snow I complained about – it’s GONE – we had a heat wave all the way up to 49 yesterday so NO SNOW now – just mud everywhere. Not sure which is worse……Mom won’t let me play in the mud!!!
I had a bunch of people ask to see more of my town after I showed those snow photos on my bloggy yesterday………….here are a few more views of Small Town USA! (hover over pix for info)
The town was originally a settlement at the time of the Revolution so there’s a whole lot of history here…………that Court House (and the adjacent old jail) were originally constructed in 1790. The cemetery in town has a lot of “recognizable” names from the Civil War too AND General Mosby (The Gray Ghost – Mosby’s Raiders) owned a home in town which is now a museum.
The old jail museum
Mosby’s home/museum
ANYWHO what’s that got to do with today being cleaning day? NOTHING……just thought you might find it interesting. My Mom and Dad love living here – and it’s the only place I’ve ever lived so I naturally love it too! Anywhere THEY are is fine by me.
I’m also getting bacon for breakfast this morning – NO it’s not Saturday – it’s just a special treat………..but not for ME – it’s for my Dad who wanted pancakes and bacon for breakfast…..the fact I get bacon out of the deal is a BONUS!!!! WOO HOO!!!!
Happy Friday
Hugs, Sammy
TWO Spoiled Cats 
WE really like the town… it is PRETTY…
DUSTING… don’t get us started on that House Cleaning stuffs… BUTT dusting is better than VACULA. RIGHT SAMMY?
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Dusting is a whole lot better than the sucky machine – you’re right – however I’ll bet you that the machine makes an appearance – Mom says that she’ll be “dusting” but sometimes she fools me and drags THAT THING out of the closet anyway!
Hugs, Sammy
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Oh Sammy your town is very pretty and I can see why mum and dad stayed put! and I bet you love it just right too! home indeed is where the bacon is though hey Sammy! so lap it up myfriend 🙂 Loves Fozziemum xx
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Enjoyed hearing about the sheepies on your blog today but I’ll be worried until after the shearing is DONE and they’re OK!!! I love that Gentle Stitches is getting some of their wool – how cool is that?!?!?!
Hugs, Sammy
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Yes I will be to Sammy..always stresses us out..but they are safe and sound and fasing in the barn tonight the temp has gone down from 40.9C to 16C tonight so a more comfy night for them which is good…they will of course Baaa all night! and yes the wool will be used beautifully by Miss Sharon I am sure! she can have Oscar Felix and Jock creations 🙂 loves Fozziemum 🙂 xx
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Hope they’ll be in a good mood after the shearing…..would be wonderful if Miss Sharon would show everybody the things she makes from their wool!
Hugs, Sammy
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Lovely to see more of your neighbourhood Sammy. How much did you bribe Dad? 😉
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HAHAHAHAHA – good guess – Dad is easy to manipulate! 😉
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How cool to live in small town America!! 🙂
Now Sammy, does this bacon-on-a-Friday deal mean that bacon-on-a-Saturday is not going to happen? I should make sure the Saturday bacon contract is signed and sealed if I were you!! It could put your whole weekend out 😀 x0x
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Hi Austin! Oh I will still get my Caturday bacon but today – this is a special occasion – once in a while Mom does what Dad asks (hahahaha) like making pancakes and bacon!!!!
Hugs, Sammy
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You live in a beautiful place, Sammy! Glad your snow is gone, and today: the dust will be gone! (At your house anyway….my house is a different story!)
Love, Sundae
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Hi Sundae!! We do love our little town (not that I’ve ever seen it but Mom and Dad like it!). I’ll be in the basement during the cleaning adventure but I always take a good sniff around upstairs after it’s over – Mom tends to move my STUFF around when she cleans!
Love, Sammy
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Your town is adorable!! We love the cozy “small town” feeling.
Mom is threatening to do some of that cleaning stuff today….we’ll see how that goes.
The Florida Furkids
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Glad you like my little town………..it’s just my size!!!! Mom and Dad finished cleaning so now it’s NAP TIME! YES I got bacon today too – WOOT!
Hugs, Sammy
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Bacon!!!!!!!! You live in a beautiful place Sammy! I could be happy there.. 🙂 Dusting today.. I hear no mention of the vakoom ❓ Shhhhh.
I am going to be doing vacation laundry all the dang day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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The Monster came and went while I was quietly sawing logs (OK so I was snoring not sawing!) in the basement. Done deal by the time I came upstairs…..Mom had REARRANGED my “stuff” though…..my fleece blankie I like in a certain spot on the floor and my favorite toys. She keeps trying to make it NEAT!
Mom usually spends DAYS doing vacation laundry too – how two peeps can make such a mess is beyond me! Makes being nekkid more attractive indeed!
Hugs, Sammy
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you have a jail museum? wow! what’s inside? torture tools? I’ve read about the gray ghost (of course I’m a gray ghost too lol) and I would like to visit his house…
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It’s a way cool old jail and it’s haunted……it’s also a bit scary (Mom says). Mosby’s house is at one end of our little town and is a museum now. Since you are the gray ghost, you should definitely see the “other” gray ghost’s home!!!
Hugs, Sammy
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yes, absolutely! what say the visitors about Mosby and his doing after the war? Are they with him or do they think it was wrong to be a friend of President Grant?
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The townspeople here LOVE Mosby…..there are monuments all over the place and he’s actually buried here in the town cemetery. Also, every year they have a big Civil War costume ball and “The Black Horse Cavalry” with General Mosby ride up to the building in uniform on their horses where the costume dinner is being held just like they did “back then” as part of the evening’s entertainment. Cool huh??
Hugs, Sammy
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that’s super cool! I wish i could see such an event once…. boy that’s really great!
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Lots of Civil War stuff around here as many battles occurred in Virginia……………but the Mosby Black Horse Regiment is apparently really something to see!
Hugs, Sammy
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You live in the cutest town ever. Love all the history out east. I sure wish I had time to swing by in the spring but I think we may be in Alexandria and even near Virginia beach one day. Is that anywhere near you? I arrive in Washington Mar 30th. Just a thought xo K Hug-a-roni’s
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You will LOVE LOVE LOVE Alexandria….Old Town is really tons of fun – fab stores and restaurants – make sure you visit! Never been to Virginia Beach – that’s way south of us……When we lived in Springfield (closer to DC) we would spend every Christmas in Old Town Alexandria….but we haven’t been back since we moved out here. I will send you a big virtual hug even if I don’t get to give you one in person!
love, Pam
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The mom loves towns like that! Very quaint, she says.
Our snow is still here…we wish it would disappears like yours.
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Ours is gonna make another run for it this afternoon/evening – they say another “dusting” (but we know what DUSTING is!!!!).
Hugs, Sammy
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Your town is picture perfect and what I think of when I think: “East-Coasty”. It’s so pretty. Have a great Friday out there!
~d.
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Thanks Dee! We love it here – I’ve lived all over the world but always wanted to live in a small town…..this one is just right!
Hugs, Pam (and Sam)
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Really hope weather is good to us and we get to see your town in March xx
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Yes – am hoping the snow stays AWAY! It’s a tiny little town but cute………..!
Hugs, Pam
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There’s no history here. That also means that nothing bad happened here.
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That’s certainly one way to look at it!!!! With no history then there probably aren’t ghosts either and we have a LOT of them in our old town! EEEEEEK!
Hugs, Sammy
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SAMMY MY DAD WAS JUST SAYING THIS MORNING WE NEEDED TO GET OUT OF ALL THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF RALEIGH. IT IS GROWING WAY TOO FAST. MAYBE WE NEED TO MOVE TO YOUR CITY. MAIN STREET IS BEAUTIFUL.
HUGS MADI YOUR BFFF
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Wouldn’t THAT be fun!!!!! They’re building a new community just down the street from us……….AND there’s one house for sale in our community! Actually there’s a lot of houses for sale here – just try Realtor.com and type in Warrenton, Virginia and see what you can see!!!!! We’d be a force to be reckoned with in Warrenton wouldn’t we??
Hugs, Sammy
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That’s a beautiful little town you live in. Enjoy the bacon today, and have a lovely weekend.
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It is a pretty little town……….and we like it like that…..hasn’t changed much in 18 years either which is even BETTER!! Happy weekend!
Hugs, Sammy
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dood !! de fotoz in de korner iz way kewl !! we bet de fishin ther iz grate…N look…BURD FREE TREEZ !!! ♥
heerz two a goatfish N guppy kinda week oh end !!♥♥♥
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Do goatfish have beards like goat-animals do??? Just sayin……………..happy fish-filled weekend to you!!
Hugs, Sammy
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WOW! You got bacon on a Friday, you are a lucky kitty. Your town is very pretty and historic thanks for sharing the photos.
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I was SHOCKED when Mom actually did what Dad asked and made pancakes and bacon this morning…..however I was not so shocked I couldn’t eat my bacon!
Hugs, Sammy
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What a charming town! Our Midway is not so picturesque. But then it was a rowdy mining town back in the late 1800s.
No dusting at our house today…Mommy is sick and moaning on the sofa.
Excuse mes, Me must now goes and throws litter all over the little warm room floor!
Kisses
Nellie
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Oh I’m sorry your Mommy is sick Nellie – I hope you have your nursing gear on and are keeping her company?
Love and kisses, Sammy
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What a pretty place you live in, Sammy! Enjoy your bonus Friday bacon.
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Thanks Christy- we love it here – small town America is alive and well in Warrenton, VA!
Hugs, Sammy
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that’s cause YOUR snow is headed OUR way!! MOL!
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UHOH…..well it just started snowing here about a half hour ago – AGAIN! 😦
Hugs, Sammy
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Aww, what a beautiful town you live in. 🙂 Happy weekend, sweetie! 😀 xx Roxy & Tigerlino ❤
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THANK YOU!!!!!! Happy weekend to you two sweetie pies too! 🙂
Hugs, Sammy
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This is a lovely historic town. If there was a place similar to this in BC we would move there.
(((Shoko)))
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Moving from the big city out here was the best thing they could have done (so says my Mom). It’s grown a lot since my parents moved out here though (18 years ago) but still, the Main Street is the same size and “downtown” hasn’t changed a bit!
Hugs, Sammy
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Thanks for the tour Sammy! You sure have a pretty place there!
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We love our little town………nothing really special about it – just the right size!
Hugs, Sammy
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Your town looks lovely Sammy. The park with the river and the bridge is very pretty. That was lucky for you that your dad wanted bacon today. Will you get it tomorrow too?
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Hi Flynn! YES! I’m getting bacon tomorrow too in fact my Saturday blog is YET AGAIN (!) about bacon………..that’s my favorite subject you know! How are you doing my friend????
Hugs, Sammy
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I am doing well Sammy eating on my own, playing and going for short walks. Mum has to discuss with my vet on Monday whether I am well enough to try the other thyroid pills.
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Glad to hear you’re doing well my friend…..I’ll be anxious to hear what the vet and your Mum decide..but one thing I know for sure – there’s a WHOLE LOT of POTP coming your way from me and all your friends!!!!
Love and hugs, Sammy
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Momma misses that small town USA. A lot of things around here are strip malls
Lily & Edward
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There are some of those here too but not many – mostly my Mom and Dad like being on Main Street with the little shops instead of the malls…….you get to know everyone and it’s more personal! (or is that PURRRRRSONAL?!)
Hugs, Sammy
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Hi Sammy! That’s a really pretty place to live.
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Hi Clowie! How about a BIG CLOWIE HUG??? (((((((((CLOWIE))))))))) We do love our little town…….it’s the only place I’ve ever lived and I’m happy here!
Hugs, Sammy
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OMG! I forgot you live up the road from me! Sweet.
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That’s right Stu! I’m not all that far from NC…….are you getting any ICKY weather down there???
Hugs, Sammy
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What a nice little town you live in sweet Sammy. Did you help with the dusting? Hugs and nose kisses
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I sure did help – I stayed out of the way which Mom says is just exactly the kind of “help” she needs from me! HAHAHA
Hugs, Sammy
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All towns seem to look the same except in this area. That looked like our shopping district 20 years ago. Glad your snow is gone. Ours is set to begin at midnight. 3-6 inches.
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WOW…….3-6 inches is a pretty good pile of snow. Hope that’s ALL you got – weather peeps are notoriously WRONG. Our town hasn’t changed in 18 years….although they did put new old-timey street lamps up and re-bricked the sidewalks…..we hope it stays just the way it is!
Hugs and Happy Weekend!
Sammy
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Enjoy dat extra bacon!
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You guys know that I will enjoy every crunch!
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246 pawss up fur bacon today an tomorrow Unccle Sammy!!!!!
Yipppeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mee iss so happy fur you.
Wee luvved thee fotoss of yur town an LadyMum told mee there iss a bridge thee same inn our local park!!!
Luv Neffkitty Siddartha
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I’m loving my bacon AGAIN this morning Siddhartha! I was happy to read your update this morning about your visit with Dr. Dave……sorry you had the de-worming when you didn’t need it but it sounds like you were a real trooper and did just fine anyway. Today you get to REST!
Love, Uncle Sammy
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Have sum bacon fur mee Unccle ok???
Mee was a troopurr at thee Vet’ss. Poor LadyMum looked shredded enuff without mee fightin thee Vet 😉
Today mee iss havin a luvly day playin toyss an will have yoogurt at suppurrtime….mee likess thee blueberry/blackberry now….mmmmmm….. 😉
Luv Neffkitty Siddhartha ❤ ❤
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Hi Siddhartha! I’m having cherry yogurt lately – just a switch from my usual….it’s nice to try them all isn’t it? YUM! Bacon was delish this morning and there’s a rumor that we’re having it tomorrow too! WOW!
Love and hugs, Uncle Sammy
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Sweet little town. It looks perfect for you, S.
Love and licks,
Cupcake
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We are quite happy here Cupcake……and know what? All along Main Street in the summer the merchants have doggy treats and water bowls for all the passing pups!
Hugs, Sammy
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What a pretty town!
Have a great weekend…
Noodle and crew
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Thanks! We do love our little town……..and I hope you have a FAB weekend too Noodle!
Hugs, Sammy
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Sammy, looks as if you may get dusted (or worse) again! Will you get bacon again tomorrow is what we want to know? Hope you’ll join us Sunday for our Selfies Blog Hop. XOCK, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Jo
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We had more “dust” last night – not much though – not sure WHAT today will bring but so far, not bad at all – hope you all are OK there too???? I did get my bacon this morning – and OF COURSE I’ll be there for Selfies tomorrow!
Stay warm..
Love, Sammy
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That’s one very cool town! You have so much history out east – more than we have in teh midwest!
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Yes, we think there are a lot of interesting things just here in our little town – then when you start exploring this area you find more and more spots where interesting things took place in time. The Midwest has a lot of stories to tell too with the settlers heading west to find their fortunes and get their land……it’s fun to explore and sometimes you find a lot worth seeing right in your own home town!
Hugs, Sammy
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