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wind wsTemperatures are starting to rise and the days are getting longer. Naturally, thoughtsare turning to spring cleaning and gardening. For ideas on turning your home andgarden into a showplace, go on a tour of some of the best decorated homes. We’veincluded a list of Garden Week tours in Lancaster, Middlesex, and Gloucester counties.We’ve also sought the experts’ advice on flower arranging and organic gardening. Ourreporters have taken a peek inside two very different but beautiful homes, one newand one centuries old. Go treasure hunting with reporter Lisa Hinton-Valdrighi, whoexplores the world of estate sales, and drive along the roadways of Middlesex andGloucester counties with reporter Larry Chowning in search of historical outbuildings.Find out how reporter Tom Chillemi tackles the weekly chore of grass-cutting with hisslightly dangerous double-mower. We hope that you find our publication not onlyentertaining but helpful and you continue to support the advertisers that make itpossible. Welcome spring!Susan & Lisawind wsssimmons@rrecord.com & lvaldrighi@rrecord.comOn the CoverA view from the inside of The Cryer House, inMiddlesex County, out to the RappahannockRiver.photo by Tom Chillemiwindows on the Bay is a supplement published annuallyby the Rappahannock Record, P.O. Box 400, Kilmarnock, Va. 22482,(804) 435-1701 and the Southside Sentinel, P.O. Box 549, Urbanna, Va.23175, (804) 758-2328.News Tom Hardin and Robert D. Mason Jr., editors; Larry S. Chowning,Tom Chillemi, Lisa Hinton-Valdrighi, Audrey Thomasson and ShannonRiceAdvertising Sara Amiss and Maeghaen Eley, managers; K.C. Troise,Marilyn Bryant, Wendy Payne and Troy RobertsonProduction Julie H. Burwood, art director; Wayne Smith, manager;Joseph Gaskins, Susan Simmons, K.C. Troise and Sarah BowisPublications Coordinator Susan SimmonsEditorial Consultant Lisa Hinton-ValdrighiAccount Managers Geanie Longest and Lindsay BishoffGeneral Managers Fred and Bettie Lee GaskinsTreasure HuntingConfessions of an estate sale groupie . . . . . . . . . 4InglesideRestoring an historic home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12Cedar Pointe HomeA French country estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16Bricks & MortarCommercial construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21Mowing side carGrass-cutting shortcut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27OUtbuildingsReminders of the past . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 • windows on the Bay • 3