2010 Calendar

I’ll be home for Christmas.

You can count on me. Please
have snow and mistletoe…
~ Bing Crosby
 December 2009
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In the bright calm after an all-night
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snow, a deep blue sky lifts the spirit.

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National Pearl Harbor
Remembrance Day Hanukkah

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First Day of Winter Christmas Eve Christmas Day

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New Year’s Eve

November 2009 January 2010

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Christiansburg • 540-382-9111
Wytheville • 276-228-6608
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The snow is melting into
music…
~ John Muir
 January 2010
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Goose Creek’s flow frozen in time at 1 2
an old mill dam south of Shawsville.
New Year’s Day

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Martin Luther King Jr.
Birthday (Observed)

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December 2009 February 2010
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Wytheville • 276-228-6608 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Christiansburg • 540-382-9111 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
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Every new beginning comes
from some other beginning’s
end.
~ Semisonic
 February 2010
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Groundhog Day

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Lincoln’s Birthday

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St. Valentine’s Day President’s Day Ash Wednesday
Chinese New Year

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Washington’s Birthday

28 Beauty hibernates a bit in winter but

can still be found above ground on a
cold morning.

January 2010 March 2010

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3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Christiansburg • 540-382-9111 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Wytheville • 276-228-6608 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
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Purple morning clarifies, the
rain has gone away…tomorrow
is today.
~ Andreas Johnson
 March 2010
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The “purple
mountains” majesty
of our ancient
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Appalachian ridges,
wave upon wave.

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Daylight Savings St. Patrick’s Day First Day of Spring
Time Begins

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Palm Sunday Passover

February 2010 April 2010

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7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Wytheville • 276-228-6608 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Christiansburg • 540-382-9111 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
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It’s just a raindrop in
a bucket of dew, time
marches on and we’re
left to find something
brand new.
~ Better Days Ahead,
Eight Days & Waiting
 April 2010
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Good Friday
April Fool’s Day

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Easter Sunday

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Administrative
Professionals Day Earth Day

25 26 27 28 29 30 A morning web
glistens in first light,
an illuminated
Arbor Day fiber-optic work of art.

March 2010 May 2010

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Christiansburg • 540-382-9111
Wytheville • 276-228-6608
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We stood on the crest of summer, beneath
an oak that blossomed green, feeling as I
did in April…but it’s a morning in May.
~ D. Loggins,Three Dog Night
 May 2010
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Light slips gracefully through hemlock
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branches along our slow road home.

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Cinco de Mayo

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Mother’s Day Armed Forces Day

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Memorial Day
Observed
April 2010
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Wytheville • 276-228-6608
Christiansburg • 540-382-9111
June 2010
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Standing in the sunlight
laughing…with you, my
brown-eyed girl.
~ Van Morrison
 June 2010
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An unplanted garden blooms adjacent to our
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rural post office in Check, Virginia.

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Flag Day

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Father’s Day First Day of Summer

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May 2010 July 2010
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9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Wytheville • 276-228-6608 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
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Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall.
All you have to do is call. And I’ll
be there…you’ve got a friend.
~The Beatles
 July 2010
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Our dog, covered in pollen and summer’s
flotsam-- a good friend, outstanding
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in his field.

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Independence Day

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June 2010 August 2010
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6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Wytheville • 276-228-6608 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
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20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Christiansburg • 540-382-9111 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
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Leap of faith, got to take that chance,
miracles have their own sense of timing,
got to be ready to make hay while the
sun is shining.
~ Clay Davidson
 August 2010
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29 30 31 This rural still life made me stop and

admire. Some beauty “just is.”

July 2010 September 2010

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Christiansburg • 540-382-9111
Wytheville • 276-228-6608
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All that shimmers in this world
is sure to fade away again.
~ Fuel
 September 2010
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Labor Day

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Grandparents Day

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First Day of Autumn

26 27 28 29 30 Several miles of the New River in

Grayson County are now under
conservation easement.

August 2010 October 2010

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8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Wytheville • 276-228-6608 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Christiansburg • 540-382-9111 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
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And though the changing colors are a
lovely thing to see, if it were mine to
make a change, I think I’d let it be.
~ John Denver
 october 2010
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This simple rural setting speaks of a
settled existence in a quiet place in
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Floyd County, Virginia.

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Columbus Day

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Halloween

September 2010 November 2010

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Over the mountains and the sea
Your river runs with the love for me… for I will
always sing of when Your love came down.
~ Sonicflood
 November 2010
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Near home, a place
of quiet to appreciate 1 2 3 4 5 6
nature’s harmony
through the seasons. All Saints’ Day Election Day

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Daylight Savings Veteran’s Day
Time Ends

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Thanksgiving Day

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October 2010 December 2010
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10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Christiansburg • 540-382-9111 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
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Winter sings a song that’s all her own,
though I should make it mine, of hope
and joy and life that’s yet to come.
~ Anonymous
 December 2010
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National Pearl Harbor
Rememberance Day

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First Day of Winter Christmas Eve Christmas Day

26 27 28 29 30 31 Odd “ice curtains”were

draped from every
fallen trunk across the
New Year’s Eve
creek one cold winter.
November 2010 January 2011
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 Fred First enjoys natural beauty near home in northeastern Floyd County. Learn more about
his writing and photography at slowroadhome.com and fragmentsfromfloyd.com
or email Fred at fred1st@gmail.com

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