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Ringing in 2025
It’s been a while (well, a few months to be honest) since I posted on here. To be honest, towards the end of 2024, I was feeling bored and uninspired and didn’t want that energy to translate over to this blog. However, my November took a quick and very exciting turn and I am beyond excited and grateful to be welcoming my new (and oh! so handsome) horse, Etbauer’s Secret (“E.T.”), into my life!
Local Sips | Cedar Run Brewery
When we are looking for a quiet, relaxed afternoon with our dogs somewhere outside of our home, one of our go-to places is Cedar Run Brewery in Nokesville, Virginia. The drinks are delicious (bonus points for affordability!), the people are friendly, and the scenery is the definition of Virginia countryside. Cedar Run offers a delightful retreat during all seasons — beautiful greenery and hummingbirds a plenty in the summer, a dazzling array of amber tones painting the grass and trees in the fall, and a truly festive environment as we enter winter where you will find yourself with the opportunity to sip on a glass of warming red wine while admiring the views of a Christmas tree farm out back.

Holiday Guide | Stocking Stuffers from Virginia’s Wine and Horse Country
Is it just me, or are Christmas stockings perhaps the best gift we can receive during the holiday season? As a kid, I was (as I’m sure most of you were too) most excited about the large, wrapped boxes. However, as I’ve grown up, it’s all of the fun, small, and thoughtful stocking stuffers that brighten the gift-giving and opening experience on my Christmas morning. Keeping in line with my sentiments I discussed in my 2023 Holiday Gift Guide about shopping and supporting small, local businesses, I think it’s even easier to be mindful about supporting small businesses when we are preparing stockings for our loved ones. Here’s a round up of some of the first-rate items in and around hunt country to add to your stockings this holiday season.

A Christmas Wedding in Hunt Country
Sharing the dream team of local Virginia wedding vendors that made our “Christmas in Hunt Country” wedding in Middleburg a dream come true!