{"id":4252,"date":"2021-10-17T18:54:23","date_gmt":"2021-10-17T22:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lunarivervoices.com\/staging\/?p=4252"},"modified":"2021-10-17T18:54:29","modified_gmt":"2021-10-17T22:54:29","slug":"october-17-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lunarivervoices.com\/staging\/life-love-family\/october-17-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"October 17, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A great day out! Really beginning to feel like autumn for the first time this year. We plummeted from 80s to 40s overnight, only reaching into the 60s today. For an early birthday gift, Hubby reserved a short tour of the Blue Ridge Wildlife Center<\/a>. On our way there, we stopped by a small plot of land set aside as a little park where a Civil War skirmish took place. The feature is a beautiful arched bridge built in 1802 and still standing. It spans Goose Creek and was in use until 1957. It\u2019s the oldest stone bridge in the state. We also popped by Blandy, the state\u2019s arboretum just to kill some time and drop off a couple of my books in their Little Free Library. Every book I\u2019ve put there has been taken. A young doe and buck took their time crossing the gravel road in front of us. Looked like this year\u2019s young.<\/p>\n

Blue Ridge Wildlife Center takes in injured animals, fixes them up, and releases them again if they think the animal can survive. Those they don\u2019t think will make in the wild find a permanent home in indoor\/outdoor enclosures. I\u2019m glad that they have a place to live out their lives being taken care of by people who love them, but I\u2019m sad these critters can\u2019t roam free anymore. The residents included<\/p>\n