Musical Video: Tarara Winery Family Friendly Summer Concerts. Loudoun County Vineyards

Jerry, I hope you got out and about in that historic area of the state...or headed to the beach. Ft. Lee can be HOT this time of year. Come on back ...we'll leave the porch light on for you.

Thanks Ginny, photgraphy, which started out as just a listing tool has been evolving into a blogging avenue and a hobby. It is easy to make good photos if there is such great subject matter :-)

Michael, thanks.... this week I learned how to take sound out of the video tracks and add my own. So much to know!

Bliz, Thank you...I hope to keep improving my video editing skills. I think this is the first one I have done that mixed stills and video clips within the body of the show. It took a while to get the transitions and music right.

Thanks you Anna, there is so much beauty where we all live that it is a pleasure to try and capture it.

Bill, Loudoun County is becoming the Napa Valley of the east. I am so glad that there is an economically viable way to make this beautiful land pay. Standard farming does not pay the bills here anymore. It takes a lot of creativity and public interaction now.

Richie, we have been so busy that we have been neglecting the small pleasures. Were trying to have more fun now :-)

Pamela, thank you. This is an easy place to like. Just point the camera in any direction and you've got a great shot.

Thank you Sandi, you can still move here you know. We do not have earthquakes...well only really litle ones...rarely.

Pretty funny Andrew. You are the king of word smithery...and YES the opening face shot makes me look like I just crawled out of a barrel.

Hi Suzanne #12,

Most of the folks you see on Active Rain or other blog sites, who have different font colors and types are writing their posts in free downloadable programs, then transferring that finished product to AR.

The one I use is called Kompozer. Another popular one is Scribefire. It takes a while to learn all this stuff.

Much of what I know comes from Active Rain. Also anytime you want to know something just Google the question. I Googled: “ how do I use Sscribefire to blog in AR”. Here is what I got: http://bradsdomain.com/how-to-use-scribefire-to-enhance-your-activerain-blog-posts/

You will learn all this stuff. It just takes time. This is my second year of blogging and I have been studying video editing for months :-) ...but then I am old ...you will pick this stuff up faster.

Thanks Cindy, as you have also written...our area is just full of natural and man made beauty with inumerable opportunites to be outside or inside really enjoyable and historic places.

Hammers team, come on down. It's only 3.5 hours. Oh and hey, our well known suburb of Washington DC also has things to see and do.

Thanks Kathleen, before you head out check out the Loudoun Wine trails site as well:

http://www.loudounwine.com/WineTrail/index.htm  you will be very close to other vineyards when you come out and you can just pop in and see if they have the right vibe you were looking for.

Reshawna, thanks for stopping in. Check out the website I mentioned to Kathleen above AND consider putting Chrysalis Vineyards on your list as well. I felt wll treated there and it is also in a beautiful spot.

http://www.chrysaliswine.com/

Thanks for the kind words Tammie....reporting on such things is fun work :-) If you can call it work.

It is great fun Pat. We were showing homes out that way yesterday and I wanted to go to another one of these concerts but we got finished too late. There is always next week so come one out of the city and join us.