By now it was only 8:00 a.m.; still plenty of time to find another yard sale before all the good stuff was gone. Without consulting the newspaper, I simply began driving down the road looking for signs tacked to utility poles at intersections. I soon spotted a truck that had been parked next to me at the estate sale, so I followed him to the next sale. It’s amazing at how many of the same folks you meet weekend after weekend. Garage sales are held for a multitude of reasons. Some folks try to make money when they hold a sale while others just want to get rid of the junk. I know a lady who has a huge yard sale every year and places no price tag on any of the items. When someone holds up something and asks the price, she simply tells them to name their price. She makes new friends each year this way. To her that is more precious than money.
Family fun and entertainment at The Factory on Friday, April 5th, from 6-9. Live music, food trucks and stores will be open late. Visit artisans, paint pottery and grab drinks and munchies. Free admission.
Lawn Tips from Your Friends at Turf Managers
Keep traffic on the lawn to a minimum when there is frost. Walking on frosted or frozen turf can damage the grass blades, especially on very young grass. Although heavy frost is unlikely in April, we recommend not planting any annual flowers until May 1st to make sure and avoid any issues like we experienced several years ago with the Easter freeze. Call us at 269-7706 or visit TurfManagersLLC.com for more information.
What’s Your Opinion? Critics Wanted! Do you love eating out, going to movies, listening to music, reading books or discovering interesting travel destinations near and far? Then we want your opinion. Fieldstone is looking for submissions from anyone of any age in the Fieldstone Farms community. What should you write about? ▪▪
Restaurants – maybe you’ve tried a new eatery in town and you’d like to report on the food, service, ambiance and family-friendly nature of it.
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Movies – maybe you’ve seen the latest Hollywood blockbuster or rented an independent documentary, and want to let us know what you and your friends thought of it.
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Music – maybe you’ve just seen some live music and want to let us know about a new band or singer in the area, or maybe you just want to give your opinion on a new album release.
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Books – maybe you’ve just finished a book – whether it was for your school English class or your monthly book club, let us know if you’d recommend it to others, and a few reasons why.
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Travel – maybe you’ve just discovered a fascinating destination in the next county, state, country or continent. Let us know if we should put it on our travel itinerary, take the whole family, go only if we’re the adventurous type, plan to stay a few weeks or save it for a long weekend.
You don’t have to be a professional critic, but it’s fine if you are. You don’t even have to be able to write yet; just get a parent to send in your critique for you. We heard somewhere that everybody has an opinion, and we’d love to hear yours regarding the above subjects. We may not be able to print all of them, but we’d love to have a wide variety of age groups represented. Here’s all you have to do: ▪▪
Write your critique on one of the above subjects – no more than 200 words, and it may still be edited for space, grammar and punctuation.
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Include your first name, last inital and the name of your Fieldstone Farms neighborhood.
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Send your critique to info@fieldstonemagazine.com.
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Submissions received by the 17th of each month will be considered for use in the following month’s issue.
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