November 4, 2024
Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia
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Tag: street scenes

Tree art enlivens Annandale street

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A medieval scene in Annandale.  A dragon appeared last week on the corner of Old Columbia Pike and Downing Street in Annandale. It’s threatening a damsel in distress, but a knight is coming to her rescue. A wizard is expected to make an appearance soon. A block away, a 12-foot tall cat is standing guard … Continued

Scene around A-Town: Wacky weather

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Rhododendrons in early March. A late snowstorm hasn’t been kind to these flowers, who probably thought, like the rest of us, that we were done with winter. Despite a mild winter and early spring, it’s not quite time yet to put away the snow shovels. The kids finally get a snow day.

Holiday lights brighten up Annandale

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Murray Lane in Sleepy Hollow Woods. These Annandale residents dressed up their homes for the holidays in style – or at least with lots of lights. Here are few of the best and brightest. Murray Lane in Broyhill Crest. This flashy display on Forest Street is synchronized with music.  The minion helped this home on … Continued

‘Take me to your reader’

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More and more of those “Little Free Libraries” are popping up throughout the Annandale/Mason area. Many are cutely designed, but the little robot at the corner of Patrick Henry Drive and Annaliese Drive in the Ravenwood Park neighborhood in Seven Corners has to be the most unusual. The little red boxes are actually tiny libraries … Continued

Annandale homeowners get creative for Halloween

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Thanks, Annandale residents, for bringing the Halloween spirit to the community. We don’t know who lives in these houses, but we like your style. A giant spider attacks 4621 Duncan Drive. [Photo by Michelle Negrelli] The house 4600 Country Lane becomes a scary spectacle at night. A graveyard at 4201 Woodland Road. [Photo by Michelle … Continued

Scene around A-Town: Mr. Liberty

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What was “Mr. Liberty” doing dancing around on Columbia Pike in Annandale on a bitterly cold afternoon yesterday? Adam Ghoneim, 19, wearing a turquoise Statue of Liberty hat and robe was trying to drum up business for Liberty Tax Service, at 4301 John Marr Drive, which is owned by his mother, Leslie Ghoneim. Adam, a … Continued