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LouisaLife
IN THE Spotlight
A monthly publication
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By Pat Wilson
Correspondent
P
earl Harris died in 2009 at
the age of 104. The homeplace, Oak Shade, where she
and her sister Wilhemina
Antley lived for 40 years was sold. The
purchaser planned to build a new house
on the site and demolish the antebellum
one, built by Sam and Mary Ann Harris,
the grandparents of “Miss Pearl’s” husband. Elaine Taylor had a better idea.
Taylor, the executive director of the
Sargeant Museum of Louisa County
History and a dedicated historian, was
pained by the anticipated destruction.
Preservation and living history are two
of her passions.
“I had taught history in the classroom for several years near Danville,
then, after moving to South Carolina, I
worked at a living history farm operated
by the Greenville Public School system,” she said. “I decided that was what
I loved – engaging kids in history in a
hands-on way.”
Dismantling and
Rebuilding
In 2008, Taylor purchased 13
acres, a partially-wood property previously part of Ann Shelton Smith’s family farm on Payne’s Mill Road in the
Orchid community.
“I knew that someday I would build
something on it, but didn’t know what,”
said Taylor. “My former husband and I
had dismantled and moved a log cabin
from North to South Carolina. I’ve
always loved old homes, and finding
one was a hope. I passed Oak Shade
every day as I drove up Route 522 and
was enchanted by its steep-sloped front
roof, large trees and tire swing.”
Learning, in 2012, that the house
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The Reverend Sam and Mary Anne Harris built Oak Shade in the mid-1800s
on property adjacent to her family’s farm along what is now
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A look at Saturn that Busby took through his telescope.
Amateur Astronomer
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By Linda Salisbury
Correspondent
Scott Busby stands near his Lake Anna observatory. All photos by Linda Salisbury
The observatory close up. All photos by Linda Salisbury
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novelist might be tempted to begin with “It was a dark and starry night.”
But rather than stay inside to read that book, on such an occasion amateur
astronomer Scott Busby would likely head for his backyard observatory to
point his telescope towards one of the many wonders of outer space.
Busby and his wife, Debbie, moved to the Lake Anna area in 2011 where their six
acres of open land provide an unobstructed view of the sky away from city lights. There,
he built a 10-foot diameter fiberglass domed observatory, which houses his state-of-the
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Busby said that the beauty of having his own observatory is that on any dark, clear night
he can enjoy the convenience of powering up his telescopes and pointing them to any
object he desires, such as the moon, planets, galaxies or nebulae “I have a full view of the
sky in almost any direction.”
Unlike the smaller telescopes, which excite youngsters to learn about astronomy, Busby
doesn’t look through the eyepiece. Rather, he uses star charts on his laptop to locate ob-
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Takahashi TOA150 (six-inch) refractor. He also uses a 10-inch reflecting telescope by the
same manufacturer called a Mewlon 250. The larger the optics in a telescope, the more
he can see, he said.
“All I have to do is invoke software on the laptop to begin recording images with the
camera. I take several exposure
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build up the exposure of very dim
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he said. He shows a visitor how
wondrous an object called Messier 42, the Orion Nebula located
in the sword of the constellation
Orion looks after being captured
with the telescope camera, versus what is seen with the naked
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His favorite objects to observe
are comets, he said. “When comets visit the inner solar system, I
try to capture an image of them.
Some brighter ones are visible to
the naked eye. The dimmer ones
I only seem to find using a camera
on the end of my telescope.”
Busby uses his various telescopes for different objects. He
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Stars M51 Whirlpool Galaxy that Busby took though his telescope.
Like other amateur astronomers, he
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amateurs or professionals who use larger
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explosions in distant galaxies, new
comets or previously unknown asteroids
that sneak in unnoticed near to earth. Of
course, these potential discoveries must
be shared with other professional
astronomers so they can be validated.
Amateur astronomers also share their
findings with each other, often through a
network or club such as the
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Rappahannock Astronomy Club, which
conducts public outreach events called
“star parties” at places such as Caledon
State Park or the Skyline Drive in the
Shenandoah mountains. He and other
club members have provided encouragement and information for beginning amateur astronomers, including youngsters in
the Boy and Girl Scout organizations, he
said.
Busby, a retired Army aviator (after 30
years), now works as a contractor for the
U.S. Army at Fort Belvoir., where he
manages reconnaissance aircraft.
He has been fascinated by planets and
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A look at Jupiter that Busby took though his telescope.
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Busby’s job with the military keeps
him from attending many Rappahannock
Astronomy Club meetings and programs
as he was able to in the past, but with his
own backyard observatory, he can follow
his passion whenever conditions are
right.
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galaxies since he was in elementary
school. During a weeklong field trip to
the Mount Palomar Observatory in
California, he toured the largest-telescope in the world at the time, the
famous 200-inch Hale telescope. "On the
tour we saw many of the images taken by
the telescope’s camera. The very next
Christmas I asked my parents for a telescope,” he said. With that, he was able to
look at Jupiter and identify its four largest
moons. While on Palomar Mountain, a
camp counselor offered young Scott a
small telescope that he promptly set up
on that very dark and cold and starry
night. "I first pointed to one of the two
brightest stars on the Western Horizon
and quickly realized it was the planet
Saturn. It was the first time I actually saw
Saturn's rings. Wow! What a sight."
Like many kids, he wanted to be an
astronaut. He followed all the rocket
launches and collected NASA memorabilia. “I followed the U.S. space program
and was glued to the TV during most televised events including the Apollo 11
moon landing,” he said. When he was
drafted into the Army in 1972, he
became a photographer, and I looked forward to improving his skills. He had his
own darkroom and in the style of some of
the well-known photographers, such as
Ansel Adams, had his fine-art work displayed and sold.
After his first wife died, and while raising his three sons, Busby met Debbie,
who is a star in her own right. She’s an
expert quilter, and is the regional head of
Project Linus, an organization that provides handmade blankets and quilts to
thousands of children suffering from sickness and otherwise in need of comfort.
Project Linus' logo depicts the Charles M.
Shultz Peanuts character, who drags his
blanket everywhere. Volunteers make
thousands of quilts each year for sick and
needy children.
When asked about sightings of UFOs,
Busby said he thought he saw one once,
but on closer examination, discovered
that it was just a weather balloon. Then,
he related that he was once a UFO himself. He was a pilot in a fleet of six helicopters heading from Fort Knox to Fort
Irwin, Calif., with a fuel stop in Wichita,
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picking our way through a low cloud
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to find the airfield in this dark and stormy
night.” To the residents of Wichita, the
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Oak Shade from page 3
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Receptions. Reunions. Retreats
Oak Shade housed members of the Harris family for over 150 years.
was to be torn down, Taylor received permission to look
around and photograph it for the Louisa County Historical
Society’s project to revisit old home places in the county.
Taylor judged the timber frame portion of the house might be
a good candidate to save.
“I called Craig Jacobs of Salvagewrights of Orange and he
examined the house and concluded that it was in fairly good
condition,” she said. “The new owner agreed to give us a
month to tear it down and take what we wanted to save.”
Beam-by-beam, board-by-board, door-by-door, window-bywindow and joist-by-joist, Jacob’s crew dismantled, marked
and hauled much of Oak Shade to storage in a vacant barn
belonging to friends of Taylor’s who lived on property adjoining hers. Of particular importance was the original section of
the house called a cube, referring to its 18x18 square-foot
floor plan. They also salvaged brick and flooring, usable material from a newer (1870s) part of the house, the steps to the
loft, and an adjacent smokehouse.
“We were able to save and reuse almost all of the oldest
part of the house which we know dates back to at least 1840.
Most of it was almost in the same condition as when it was put
up,” she said, “‘Miss Pearl’ lived there until just a few years
ago and always kept the home in good repair.”
County building officials approved her plans to keep it as
original as possible, and the Salvagewrights crew worked
through last winter to reconstruct the cube and its loft on a
modern foundation. New wiring and plumbing, plus a heat
pump, were necessities done by other professionals. Taylor
also added a wing with a bedroom, bathroom and laundry
area. A step-down kitchen in the rear and a reconstructed
“company” room, which she uses as an office, along with a
porch, completed the floor plan.
Taylor attempted to stay as authentic as materials and
building codes allowed. Beaded cypress siding was a close
match to the original. Oak Shade’s interior trim was reused
everywhere possible and the walls were whitewashed with a
textured coat to simulate rougher plaster finish.
Not all material was used as it had been at Oak Shade.
Roof sheathing became paneling for wainscoating, the
beamed ceiling was left exposed, windows were reconditioned
preserving most of the old glass panes, and heart-pine flooring from the newer section was laid in the kitchen. The length
of one wide board determined the width of her fireplace mantle. Doors salvaged from all sections of the old house were
used in various places. Taylor was involved in the process and
active in the labor.
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Oak Shade from page 8
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Elaine Taylor left exposed wood
between the original cube-shaped
portion of the house and her kitchen
addition.
“I spent hours in the barn measuring
to see what materials could be reused in
various places. Several friends helped
me scrape, prime and paint boards,”
she said. “It was really in the spirit of
the old community effort.”
Although she will spend months
completing the “finishing touches,”
such as back-banding the window and
doors, Taylor has been living in the
house
since
mid-October.
Reconstructing the smokehouse is also
a future project, as well as putting up a
small storage building.
“I am pleased to still have old boards
left for the outbuildings,” she said.
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Taylor advocates that persons purchasing property on which there is an
old home should consider alternatives
to tearing it down. Since Central
Virginia has a wealth of historic places
and old homes, the area also has a
number of experts who welcome the
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board that Elaine Taylor measured while the wood was still stored in a
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Oak Shade from page 9
Elaine Taylor added the kitchen but kept the feel of the old house.
tial of salvaging a structure. In addition,
numerous craftsmen have the skills to
perform the work, such as a blacksmith
forging latches for doors.
“I wish people would consider saving
a place as much as possible, adding and
upgrading where needed,” said Taylor.
“Even taking a house apart reveals its
history, for instance, the saws and chisels used in its construction leave
marks.”
An added benefit of Oak Shade is
that Taylor has discovered documents
tracing the Harris family, an aspect that
appeals to her keenness for historic
research. Conversations with family
Oak Shade was dismantled and each board labeled for reconstruction in the
future.
members even revealed a quilt that was
made and signed by the women of
South Anna Baptist Church and given
to Mary Ann Harris since her husband
Sam was the pastor there. Family members are giving her the heirloom.
“The quilt will be coming home to
Oak Shade as soon as the family that
has it can visit,” she said. “Oak Shade
wasn’t only a place where two sisters
shared their last decades, but a place for
family. I am pleased to bring new life
back to the old house. My house had a
history before me, and hopefully will
have one after me.”
Combining preservation with modernization, the house has new life on Payne’s Mill Road in Orchid. Photos by Pat Wilson.
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January Events Louisa County Library
JANUARY 2015 EVENTS
All events are free and open to the public
ALL AGES
Tuesday, January 20 @ 6:30pm
Free Family Film Night
“Maleficent”
Free fresh popcorn and drink provided. All ages welcome. Bring your blanket and supper.
ADULTS
Wednesdays @ 2pm
B.Y.O.C. – Bring Your Own Craft
Do you knit, bead, make rugs, hand stitch or do any kind of handcraft? Come to share ideas, show off your work and get another crafter's
eye and perception. Chat and meet your neighbors while you work on your craft. Bring any project you're working on, or come just to be
inspired. All ages and levels of experience welcome. Call
or visit the library for details. Meets every Wednesday.
Friday, January 2 @ 2pm
White Elephant Swap
Bring a wrapped gift to exchange for an afternoon of
fun and games for adults. Refreshments will be provided. Please call the library or
email [email protected] to register.
Sunday, January 11 @ 2pm
Homeschool Idea Swap
It’s an open forum. Come swap ideas, curriculums, books, and anything that has
helped you homeschool your children. This is an opportunity to talk about what has
worked or has not worked for you and get to know other families who homeschool.
Tuesday, January 27 @ 7pm
Tuesday Evening Book Discussion Group
"Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker" by Jennifer Chiaverini
Presents a fictionalized account of the friendship between Mary Todd Lincoln
and her dressmaker Elizabeth Keckley, a former slave.
TEENS
Monday, January 12 @ 4pm
Teen Advisory Board (TAB)
This is your chance to be heard when it comes to programming at the Louisa
County Library. Help plan teen programs and activities! Snacks and drinks will be provided and participants receive volunteer hours for their participation in TAB. Grades
6-12. Registration requested but not required.
Monday, January 19 @ 4pm
Well-Versed Poetry Group
A free form poetry group that meets to read, write, discuss, and more. Snacks and
drinks are provided. New members always welcome. Grades 6-12.
KIDS
Thursdays @ 10:30am
Preschool Storytime
Join the library for a fun-filled half hour with interactive stories, fingerplays, songs
and flannel board stories that enhance your preschooler’s language and social skills.
Ages 2-5.
Saturday, January 17 @ 2pm
It’s LEGO Mania
Come join the library for building fun. All you need is your creativity and building
abilities. All ages.
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FEBRUARY 2
8–MARCH 1,
2015
Following his love of architecture
and historic buildings, Hal Davis
painted a Williamsburg
landmark diagonally on canvas.
Showcasing
the Artists of
Blue Ridge
Shores
By Pat Wilson
Correspondent
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Orange County
High School
201 Selma Road, Orange
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Saturday 9 AM – 5 PM
Sunday 9 AM – 4 PM
rom pottery and sculpture
to painting and photography, artistic residents of
Blue Ridge Shores will display their work at the
Louisa Arts Center. With
an opening reception from 6 to 8 p.m.
on Friday, January 30, the talents of
the lake community will be on exhibition until Friday, March 20.
Coordinated by Laura Foussekis, a
member of Blue Ridge Shore’s community services committee, and curated by
Ward Saunders, a Richmond portrait
artist, the art show evolved from two
previous exhibits in the BRS
Community Center.
“Our first show in 2013 was nonjuried and we had about 60 pieces of
artwork,” said Foussekis. “Last August
we featured needlework including a
wedding dress and quilts.”
Because of the enthusiastic responses from the local shows, Foussekis was
contacted by Christine Corrieri, a Blue
Ridge Shores resident and LAC board
member, and asked to coordinate the
entry process for the show, which will
initial the 2015 season in the Purcell
Gallery. The project also received overwhelming support from Michael
Bollinger, LAC executive director.
“I contacted everyone who had
shown locally and 18 artists submitted
over 100 pieces to the curator,” said
Foussekis. “We added photography,
and will have ceramics, sculpture, castings, and paintings in acrylic, oils,
watercolor, pen and ink, and pastels.
Styles range from abstract and pop art
to landscapes and still life. One artist is
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Songs in the Cellar Presents
By
ByThe
The Decade:
Decade:The
The 1960s
1960s
Because her husband George has
her studio filled with plants over the
winter, Laura Foussekis paints at a
table in the sunroom of their Blue
Ridge Shores home.
When designing their Blue Ridge
Shores home, Sarah and Hal Davis
included a studio where Hal does both
commissioned work and personal
pieces mainly with historic themes.
in her nineties and another is a teenager. None of the work has been previously
exhibited in art center shows.”
In addition to Foussekis, Donya Bauer, Herb Bauer, Kayla Becker, Paul Belair,
Barbara Brewer, Hal Davis, Karen Foussekis, Angela Hammond, Suzanne Jackson,
Dottie Jones and Kay MacCormack have submitted pieces. Also, Andrea Maléter,
Pal Maléter, Malcolm McGregor, Rhonda Spencer, Frank Tarrant and Theresa
Walker sent photographs of their work to be juried by Saunders.
Both Foussekis and Davis praised the enthusiasm of Bollinger and the arts center board in preparation for the gallery show.
“Michael is strong in theater, but he is so supportive of the programs at the center,” said Foussekis.
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Artist from page 13
Sailboats on a pond in the plaza near the Louvre Museum in Paris caught
the eye of Laura Foussekis. Jenifer Stone handles the sewing.
A photograph that Hal Davis snapped at a red light on Route 20 emerged as
a detailed painting of a dump truck.
Inspiration from Travels
scenes of local buildings. Davis commented that the
comparison was a tall order “since I think that Twain
and his writing talent are more than a little ahead of
With a master’s degree from the University of
my ability on canvas.”
Maryland and a career that included working as a speDavis occasionally paints from reference photocial assistant to the director in the state’s department
graphs,
but he prefers to make a preliminary sketch
of assessment and taxation, Foussekis admits that the
on
site
using
watercolor pencils or pastels. Then, in his
extent of her early artistic endeavors was finger-paintstudio, Davis commits his work to canvas.
ing in kindergarten, taking a semester art course in
“I like to paint the American scene particularly rural
high school, dabbling in stained glass and endless dooVirginia,”
he said. “Picturesque landscapes and nostaldling. But, that changed when she and her husband
gic architectural themes are some of my favorites.”
George, a former defensive coordinator for the Terps,
Following a master’s in American literature from
retired to Louisa in 2007, selecting the area because
the
University of Iowa and graduate work at the Art
both had roots in Central Virginia.
Institute of Chicago, Davis worked in the field of
“When we moved here I started taking classes from
advertising and marketing. After their children graduCopper Mabie at The Red Door in town,” she said.
ated from college, Davis and his wife Sarah decided to
“My husband had a summer house on a lakefront lot
leave the suburban lifestyle. They came to Virginia in
since 1978, so we expanded the house including a stuA historical survey map of Virginia provides the
1993,
where they bought Sugar Tree Inn, a country
background for a colonial rifle in a painting by Hal
dio for me.”
inn
just
off the Blue Ridge Parkway, between
Davis.
Foussekis prefers to work with oils and her subject
Lexington and Staunton. Seven years later, they
matter centers on landscapes, birds and objects which
accepted an offer to sell the thriving business, bought
“caught her eye” while traveling. The ziggurat at
an RV and traveled the country.
Chichen Itza, Alaskan glaciers, white cliffs in Denmark
“All this time I was sketching and storing up,” he
and toy sailboats in a Paris pond are among her choicsaid.
es.
In the late 1990s, the Davises had purchased
“I paint from my own photographs,” she said. “I’ve
property at Blue Ridge Shores. Later, they designed
learned that when I take photos, I must take several
and built a lakefront house in the community, comshots to capture the colors. I then paint from them
plete with studio. Next, Davis developed and taught
along with my memory of the scene.”
the literature component of American Humanities
She varies the sizes of her canvases and acknowlcourses at Eastern View High School in Culpeper
edges her style is perhaps unique.
County for eight years. With the theme, “American
“I am not a truly realistic painter, and enjoy painting
Art That Stirs Emotions,” Davis’ current endeavor is
objects with bright colors and geometric shapes. I say
Americana Reflections, his commissioned art busithat I paint the world as though I took my glasses off
ness.
and everything is slightly out of focus.” she said. “I paint
“Being retired now gives me the opportunity to
at leisure, but sometimes I get out of control.”
explore
my potential and push a little bit to see what
An example of that is a collection of birds painted
I
can
be,”
he said. “After I stopped teaching, I had
diagonally on canvases which fill one wall of the family
time to paint seriously, although we still love to travroom. Her latest project involves a grouping of 5” x 7”
el.”
scenes in oils.
Laura Foussekis submitted a photograph of a bald
Davis admits that he has more ideas than he
Besides organizing activities for the Blue Ridge comeagle perched on a tree near her home for the Louisa
would be able to paint in a lifetime, comparing the
munity, Foussekis serves as president of the St. Jude
Arts Center show.
situation to never being able to read all the books a
Women’s Guild. She hopes to have the curator select
person
would want.
several of her pieces, including a photograph of a bald
“I see what I would like to paint in my mind and if it fits the genre I am particueagle which she took while it perched in a tree in their yard.
larly interested in, I paint it, mainly using acrylics,” he said. “I leave time for commissioned work as well.”
The artist works with Corrieri and Foussekis in promoting the arts program at the
Mark Twain with a Brush
center as well as serving on the board of directors of the BRS Property Association.
“We at Blue Ridge Shores thank the Louisa Art Center for making this exhibit
Attention to detail and creativity are just two of the hallmarks of the artwork of
possible.
It’s exciting to show the various talents of our residents,” said Davis.
Hal Davis. He would like to be a “Mark Twain with a brush,” known for painting a
wide range of subjects from a whimsical collection of vintage candies to numerous
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Call: 540-967-4420 Or visit: www.LCPRT.info
Louisa County Parks, Recreation and Tourism presents the
21st Annual Father-Daughter Dance
Friday, February 6
7:00-9:00 p.m.
Fathers, stepdads, grandpas and uncles!
Treat your little sweethearts to an evening of dressup, fun and dancing.
For girls ages 5 - 13 years.
Held at the Betty Queen Center,
522 Industrial Drive in Louisa.
(Snow makeup date: Feb. 20)
$12/couple plus $5 each additional daughter with the same father.
and.....
17th Annual Mother-Son Dance
Saturday, February 7
7:00-9:00 p.m.
Sons, grandsons and nephews can treat the special ladies in their
lives to an evening of fun and dancing.
For boys 5-13 years.
Held at the Betty Queen Center,
522 Industrial Drive in Louisa.
(Snow makeup date: Feb 21)
$12/couple plus $5 each additional son with the same mother.
Registration Information
Register by February 3rd for the discounted admission to both dances.
After Feb. 3rd registrations will be
$18 per couple / $10 each additional child.
Professional photographer will be on-site. Details at LCPRT.
Hosted by Louisa County Parks, Recreation and Tourism
For more information visit www.LCPRT.info or call 540-967-4420
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