Outdoors « Charlottesville Country Living

Downtown Charlottesville in the Summer

by John Ince, President Charlottesville Country Properties, LTD.

Walking past the glittering marquee of the Paramount Theater, skirting the crowd watching young boys juggling , smelling the aroma from Friday’s special at Bizou as it wafts on the warm, humid air, hearing violins in the alcoves playing for tuition…such are the sights, sounds and smells of [...]

Dirt

by John Ince, President Charlottesville Country Properties, LTD
There are a few places around Charlottesville where topsoil has to be trucked in to grow good grass. This is the exception rather than the rule and generally soils in the area are very well suited for pretty much anything you’d like to do with the land. A [...]

Waterfront Living in Charlottesville, Va

Lake Anna

by John Ince, President Charlottesville Country Properties, LTD

Charlottesville, Virginia is best known for its dynamic setting at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains. People are drawn to the dramatic vistas, the rich, gently rolling pastures and great hardwood forests. This well watered countryside also offers the [...]

When Will They Know?

by John Ince, President Charlottesville Country Properties, LTD

I remember a few years ago when my daughter was about ten, something spooked the horses, and they started galloping, snorting, tails flagged, prancing as Arabs do. I stopped in my tracks and said, “Man, that’s something, isn’t it?” “What?” my daughter asked.

The horses had been around since [...]

Twentyten

by John Ince, President Charlottesville Country Properties, LTD

I love the ring of it. The aughts were awkward, hard to pronounce, no rhythm. It makes sense. We were just getting our legs under us in the new millennium and now we’re up and running. This whole decade will sound good and move fast.

There were a few [...]

Winter in Charlottesville

by John Ince, President Charlottesville Country Properties, LTD

Winter is a big surprise to most people and the perfect time to look at country property in Virginia. In the winter in Virginia the hardwood forest lets you walk through unencumbered without the blackberry canes and poison ivy snatching at your pant leg. If you wondered what [...]

An Ocracoke Morning

August 2007

by John Ince, President Charlottesville Country Properties, LTD

Last week was my week at Ocracoke. As it approaches I spend way to much time on the Tradewind’s website, reading the message board and fishing reports and planning my [...]

One Trout Rising

“If you put the fly where Pete tells you, you’ll be on a fish”

by John Ince, President Charlottesville Country Properties, LTD

I wrote this memoir shortly after returning from Montana in Mid-July of 2008. I last saw Jim Range on Thanksgiving four months later. Jim passed away in January 2009 with renal [...]

Fishing around Charlottesville, Virginia

Fishing Around Charlottesville, VA

by John Ince, President Charlottesville Country Properties, LTD

As a flat topped ten year old in Newport Rhode Island, the first time I threw a wiggling nightcrawler underneath a bobber into a reservoir, I was smitten with fishing. The thrill of watching that bobber plunge underwater and the pride in bringing home [...]

Horses in Virginia

by John Ince, President Charlottesville Country Properties, LTD

It crossed my mind when transporting horses to Scottsdale Arizona years ago that if we got stranded in that beautiful desert we would be in desperate straits quickly with thirst and starvation eminent for man and beast. Conversely, here, in this part of Virginia, a loose horse [...]