Annual Events

I wrote about these con­certs in greater detail a cou­ple years ago, but just wanted to remind you about them and post a link to this year’s sched­ule. The end up sum­mer is sneak­ing up — only five more Wednesday evening con­certs left. Enjoy!

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8-4-2010 ETA — Blueberry sea­son is long gone in Northern Virginia. Mark your cal­en­dars to start look­ing into local farms next May! Hooray! It is blue­berry pick­ing sea­son again! We picked 10 pounds Saturday morn­ing to restock our freezer and are still eat­ing fresh berries by the hand­ful.  Everyone I know who vis­its seems to be […]

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The annual Bluemont fair is com­ing up again this week­end (9−19 & 20). Here’s the scoop from two years ago. Please remem­ber to check their web­site for this year’s details!

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There’s a fab­u­lous free event com­ing up in Leesburg on August 29th: the Airport Open House! Leesburg Airport Open House 1001 Sycolin Rd SE (map it) Leesburg, VA 20175 August 29th,  10 AM — 4 PM Free admis­sion and park­ing We pre­viewed the event last year and my four year old and his friend had […]

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Woodend Sanctuary 8940 Jones Mill Road Chevy Chase, MD 20815 301−652−9188 We love the Audubon Nature Fair, and look for­ward to attend­ing each year. We pic­nic with friends, shop for gifts for upcom­ing events, meet bee keep­ers, learn about inva­sive species, find lit­tle crea­tures in the pond, make card­board binoc­u­lars, enjoy per­for­mances geared at both […]

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Valerie Cook of Better Choices, a ven­dor par­tic­i­pat­ing in Earth Day @ Loudoun 2009, asked me to pass the fol­low­ing announce­ment along: EarthDay@Loudoun 2009 Family Festival will be held on Sunday, April 26th from 11–3 at the Willow Creek Farm by Clyde’s, 42920 Broadlands Blvd.  Vendors will be offer­ing green ser­vices and goods.  Local artists will […]

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I have never been to the Ashburn MOMS club annual preschool forum, but their spread­sheet cat­a­loging local preschools and the scrib­bled notes of par­ents who attend are hot com­modi­ties passed around moms groups through­out Loudoun County each year. Here’s the info they passed along announc­ing their upcom­ing event! The MOMS Clubs® of the Ashburn Area are […]

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TALLY HOme for the Holidays

December 10, 2008

If you are stick­ing around for the hol­i­days and need to escape from the extended fam­ily for a while, check this out. The Tally Ho Theater in down­town Leesburg is offer­ing $1 screen­ings of Family Holiday Favorites & Childrens Christmas Classics between December 19/20th and 24th. Call or check the web­site for exact dates & times.

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Happy belated Thanksgiving! We snagged a great book from the library recently! In A Plump and Perky Turkey (writ­ten by Teresa Bateman and illus­trated by Jeff Shelley) the turkeys all skip town before Thanksgiving and the town-folks try to trick them back, but (after pages of engag­ing illus­tra­tions and rhymes that please me) they end […]

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