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Pick you own blueberries in Roseland, Va

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkGTxfSDT7DVFBIas17qc1YySMC_3u7tj4vB3vXN8XlMgMHfLzHvgbN7z46_5zZDwziodorAHwre81Rzy1E6rd2clwy4H9mbo68fRsGo-7QBCj1wbEbtbkVrwCkTICEcdzVhKBYogNXjb3/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkGTxfSDT7DVFBIas17qc1YySMC_3u7tj4vB3vXN8XlMgMHfLzHvgbN7z46_5zZDwziodorAHwre81Rzy1E6rd2clwy4H9mbo68fRsGo-7QBCj1wbEbtbkVrwCkTICEcdzVhKBYogNXjb3/s400/2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Overcast skies and cooler temperatures were perfect as my sister and I stopped by Seaman's Orchards to pick blueberries on Thursday. The mountains in the distance were fog-shrouded and beautiful as we gazed toward the Blue Ridge.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyJzplKgvXTp2qGA3tTy2yytQ7JWP0uJUnlNJNQ6CeJPyeqXwHnkIoqryuUrqVYb_m7X5C5fSw9U__dpwgfouKz3FnSC7Muaa8ks-41jdzE_RConq23X1sh73LY8ywrhRCk9JrhC4xF8eq/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyJzplKgvXTp2qGA3tTy2yytQ7JWP0uJUnlNJNQ6CeJPyeqXwHnkIoqryuUrqVYb_m7X5C5fSw9U__dpwgfouKz3FnSC7Muaa8ks-41jdzE_RConq23X1sh73LY8ywrhRCk9JrhC4xF8eq/s400/4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Blueberry bushes were loaded with ripe, plump berries that drew my sister like a moth to flame. In years past, it was a 4th of July tradition to pick blueberries on the Northern Neck of Virginia since our family spent that holiday with family who owned a summer home. The tradition died when they did and we sold the house and, thus, the beginning of new Independence Day traditions.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-BtSuew-2F4xkWwMuEAG9fbG_L9xSeIv2k0VxfQYDykJmxlN2nJoAtSC_eYpZsKNcnWjM9UZGsLTfWjJJ8zxxyhUXIYe3wLhN5pC-8AvNe2SAZz-ipU8DYH3lIJtY4huOrDQRZA4I0o7G/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-BtSuew-2F4xkWwMuEAG9fbG_L9xSeIv2k0VxfQYDykJmxlN2nJoAtSC_eYpZsKNcnWjM9UZGsLTfWjJJ8zxxyhUXIYe3wLhN5pC-8AvNe2SAZz-ipU8DYH3lIJtY4huOrDQRZA4I0o7G/s400/3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Along a ridge are apple and cherry trees as well as blueberries and strawberries.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzNaakDgsb0d8vsHc8QSc6T9ilNZoIu2cSCrP4o7tmn9gquINw8g9yBGLMlFSGS12Y7xGed6ahjFkeYXKL6csenK9BUVgffyxj97I3AvcSlksIMyUO3bAsICXCedXIv9Bj_sDG83pz5X8P/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzNaakDgsb0d8vsHc8QSc6T9ilNZoIu2cSCrP4o7tmn9gquINw8g9yBGLMlFSGS12Y7xGed6ahjFkeYXKL6csenK9BUVgffyxj97I3AvcSlksIMyUO3bAsICXCedXIv9Bj_sDG83pz5X8P/s400/5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiog4i1FAATnlSvAB93dv-riCUdelT7b-P_9krm3SJ9lXMeOSAkI2urglyY8o6KD-N2hyDtpWLjFUhkk9psp3FhcXrgTyxTHgZ1CNwqaz9dyzJbY_L28jKuMAkAlHPOeHY-BmlnQTbzQ5rC/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiog4i1FAATnlSvAB93dv-riCUdelT7b-P_9krm3SJ9lXMeOSAkI2urglyY8o6KD-N2hyDtpWLjFUhkk9psp3FhcXrgTyxTHgZ1CNwqaz9dyzJbY_L28jKuMAkAlHPOeHY-BmlnQTbzQ5rC/s400/6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizReGwnmLDVp81yftm-4lv7CKY84ZZrAzdnGYR_RWCh0k_PgyvtEpTifPG0L8ddbypEHc83zqnsjMDMXfHN9B8IXKDKlZl-ATqlfOc4UUOIujQAhWlpEfm-BZAS0CzZ3avHNceG2-opa-F/s1600/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizReGwnmLDVp81yftm-4lv7CKY84ZZrAzdnGYR_RWCh0k_PgyvtEpTifPG0L8ddbypEHc83zqnsjMDMXfHN9B8IXKDKlZl-ATqlfOc4UUOIujQAhWlpEfm-BZAS0CzZ3avHNceG2-opa-F/s400/7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The scenic views are an added plus.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcpqaMkytgKmUY94jSyNwjr_YjaeU19bMk4fWjmD3W9WGkjbDSWLBFQlZA9YUJTDNzjlbB9rns2BfzHACk6J3-3Q3YDOOuqSmEwkztFKMp1hgTJj0HI4C2SpjEq7-HAuYTb-NvPYghwJpy/s1600/10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcpqaMkytgKmUY94jSyNwjr_YjaeU19bMk4fWjmD3W9WGkjbDSWLBFQlZA9YUJTDNzjlbB9rns2BfzHACk6J3-3Q3YDOOuqSmEwkztFKMp1hgTJj0HI4C2SpjEq7-HAuYTb-NvPYghwJpy/s400/10.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.seamansorchard.com/">Seaman's Orchards</a> in Roseland.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDT5PgQ3QomDoOLtRZ4f2fqaFLoKLG7F60MqAxgzISQaBPtKSTc8tSXwEKJrT3SgwF2cwvakZlWjTwnCLx_0vTGb0I4e51GHq_ggUM2t_PekYarPPaFTWkQ68szv7YFU4Bh9Auq3t2fi6y/s1600/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDT5PgQ3QomDoOLtRZ4f2fqaFLoKLG7F60MqAxgzISQaBPtKSTc8tSXwEKJrT3SgwF2cwvakZlWjTwnCLx_0vTGb0I4e51GHq_ggUM2t_PekYarPPaFTWkQ68szv7YFU4Bh9Auq3t2fi6y/s400/8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And then we headed toward the mountains in the distance to explore the hollows.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1AVmkuVPsJ5HWz9Eswd6qm2di8ObGUC9lJVeJiY3ZeovtBwfTC1GJRvOjMGsAutVWRdNITpBPgjG_Bz_7iZ37kuK9f_37eklzIpKnlTFr84bhZGsW2Mo6muxyN_C7JgefyZ17rcBYBcq_/s1600/9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Mitchell<br />July 11, 2013

Overcast skies and cooler temperatures were perfect as my sister and I stopped by Seaman's Orchards to pick blueberries on Thursday. The mountains in the distance were fog-shrouded and beautiful as we gazed toward the Blue Ridge.Blueberry bushes were…

Pick you own blueberries in Roseland, Va

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