Belle Grove Mansion

On what was probably the coldest day of the year so far, I demo'd spinning at Belle Grove Mansion for Kismet Acres Alpacas.  We were staged in a barn...and boy was it cold!  




There were some interesting exhibits in the barn.    I loved the caning vendor....they did beautiful work.   They're fairly local (Winchester), so....I may FINALLY get my the caning grandmother's dressing table bench repaired!















The other fascinating exhibit was the old fashioned apple press.   Wow!   It really takes a lot of work to make cider with this implement!