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Oct 15, 2020

Obituary: Ronald Michael Ron Secchi, Sr., 76, of Norwalk - Norwalk, CT Patch

Ronald M. Secchi, Jr. and his wife Eileen (Sass) Secchi of Norwalk, his daughter Diane (Secchi) Ramos and her husband George Ramos of Annandale, VA, his grandchildren Alexandra and Michael Secchi, William and Gianna Ramos, his sister Sharon (Secchi) Toth of Danbury and many nieces and nephews. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Jerome Church, 23 Half Mile Rd., Norwalk on Thursday, October 15 at 11 AM, with burial to follow at St. John Cemetery, 223 Richards Ave., Norwalk. Due to Covid 19 restrictions, church capacity is limited to 60 people. Masks and social distancing will be required, as will signing a registry upon arrival at the church. Ron's family will receive friends in and out of doors at the Magner Funeral Home, 12 Mott Ave., Norwalk on Wednesday from 4-6 PM, also requiring masks and social distancing. Donations in lieu of flowers may be made to St. Jerome Church. For directions or to leave Ron's family an online condolence, please go to www.magnerfuneralhome.com...

Jul 14, 2017

Barbara White Lord, 86, lent her flower-arranging skills to make worship centers a place of beauty

As her children reached maturity, she found a place to take her talents to a new level as administrative assistant at the Annandale United Methodist Church, where she directed a staff of this large and growing congregation.When she moved to Williamsburg, she joined Chapter BA of the PEO Sisterhood and enjoyed the many activities with these wonderful friends. Her final years were spent in the Williamsburg Landing, a retirement community where she made many more acquaintances and enriched the lives of those she met with her joyful spirit and friendly greetings. The family is most appreciative of the loving care provided to her by the staff of the Woodhaven nursing facility.A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 8, at Williamsburg United Methodist Church, with a reception to follow.In lieu of flowers, gifts may be made to the Williamsburg United Methodist Church or to a charity of your choice.Share online condolences with the family at nelsencares.com.Comments... (Williamsburg Yorktown Daily)

Mar 16, 2017

Buckingham Florist Closed on N. Glebe Road

Updated at 4 p.m.) The Buckingham Florist, a long-time local business on N. Glebe Road, closed last week and appears to have relocated to Annandale.Open since the 1940s, the florist delivered to Arlington County, Arlington National Cemetery and other parts of Northern Virginia.Jean Tucker Bassin founded Buckingham Florist with her late husband Myer. Their son Neil Bassin is listed on various websites as having also owned it. In 2013, another website said Buckingham Florist was owned by Kim Park, who also owns Annandale Florist and Tysons Flower Affair.As of last week, the flower shop’s location at 301 N. Glebe Road in the Buckingham Shopping Center was shuttered, an empty shell with no fixtures or fittings and some of its tiled floor ripped up. A retail leasing brochure lists the 1,460 square foot space as “coming available.”An employee at the next-door Ravi Chatkhara takeout restaurant said he heard rumors the florist would be relocating elsewhere and would be replaced by a coffee shop.The phone number listed for the florist is still active. A person at that number answered Tuesday and told ARLnow.com the store is now l...

Mar 2, 2017

Art from poet Robyn Marie Butt's third in a series of four books relating to flowers, with audio of her poetry, is ...

Butt’s third installment in what will become a series of four books of poetry about flowers, is currently on display at Annandale House in Tillsonburg.Butt, an award winning writer and dramatist, describes her epic project as “frequently making her wonder, but never making her regret.”Art lovers can listen to Butt’s poems through an MP3 player, while admiring the art works.“Poetry is an art form that is meant to be performed,” Butt said. “We have forgotten that when poems get stuck between the covers.”Featuring the art of Robin Tatham and John Ens, the show opened last week and runs until April 2.All of Butt’s books four books have been or will be dedicated to “to the human experience of flowers.”The first book of poetry dealt more with garden flowers, while the second focused on wildflowers.The third book is dedicated to lives and works of artist Mary Delany, with poems illustrated by Tatham, and early 20th century English physician, homeopath and mystic Edward Bach.Delany, whose subject was frequently flowers, was an English gentlewoman in the 18th century, well known for detailed embroidery that she designed herself, and took up collage as a widow at the age of 72.“No one knows this but she invented the art of collage,” Butt said. “I love that she invented a whole new art form and mastered it. She kept up with it until, at age 88, her eyesight was gone.”The second part of the books is focused on Bach, well known in Europe as the inventor of the Bach Flower Remedies, or tinctures made from flowers.Ba... (Woodstock Sentinel Review)

Nov 18, 2016

Freeze Warning Overnight: How to Protect Your Plants

Silver Spring, Columbia, Ellicott City, and Aberdeen. In Virginia, communities in the warning area include: Prince Frederick, Reston, Herndon, Annandale, Centreville, Chantilly, Mclean, Franconia, Arlington and Alexandria. The Weather Service warns: “A freeze watch means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or highly likely. These conditions will kill crops and other sensitive vegetation.” If you're a gardener, then you've harvested most of your bounty by now, but there are several frost hardy plants that can survive even if the overnight temperatures drop to 28 degrees. So, leeks, scallions, chives, brussels sprouts, broccoli, kale, parsley, beets, carrots, winter squash, pumpkins and sage should be OK, according to the Vegetable Gardener website. Here are some steps you can take when a frost or freeze threatens, according to TodaysHomeowner.com. Bring Indoors: Frost-tender plants in containers should be brought inside during cold weather. Dig up tender bulbs and store them in a cool dry place.Water Plants: Water plants thoroughly before a freeze to prevent desiccation and to add insulating water to the soil and plant cells.Protect Tender Sprouts: Cover tender plants overnight with an inverted bucket or flower pot, or with a layer of mulch. Be sure to uncover them in the morning when the temperature rises above freezing.Cover Shrubs and Trees: Larger plants can be covered with fabric, old bed sheets, burlap, or commercial frost cloths (avoid using plastic). For best results, drape the cover over a frame to keep it from touching the foliage. Fabric covers help to trap heat from the soil, so make sure your cover drapes to the ground. Uncover them in the morning when the temperature rises above freezing.Here's a look at the coming week's weather forecast, from the National Weather Service: Saturday night: Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s. West winds around 5 mph.Sunday: Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. West winds around 5 mph.Sunday night: Mostly clear. Lows around 40.Monday: A slight chance of showers after 8am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 60. Chance of precipitation is 20%.Monday night: A chance... (Patch.com)

Feb 3, 2016

High school basketball postponements for Thursday, Jan. 21

Roosevelt— postponed Watkins Mill at Damascus, 5:30 Wheaton at Whitman, 7:15 Wise at Laurel— postponed Wootton at Walter Johnson, 7:15 VIRGINIA Annandale at South County — postponed to Thursday, Jan. 28, 7:30 p.m. Brentsville at Riverside, 7 Broad Run at Briar Woods, 7:45 Champe at Dominion, 7:15 Fairfax at Yorktown— postponed Heritage at Rock Ridge, 7:15 Herndon at Robinson— postponed Jefferson at Marshall— postponed to Saturday, Feb. 6, 6:45 p.m. Lake Braddock at T.C. Williams— postponed to Monday, Feb. 1, 7:30 p.m. Madison at Hayfield— postponed to Thursday, Jan. 28, 7:15 p.m. Park View at Loudoun County, 7:15 Patriot at Stonewall Jackson— postponed Potomac (Va.) at North Stafford— postponed Potomac Falls at Tuscarora, 7:45 South Lakes at Langley— postponed Lee at Stone Bridge, 7:30 Stuart at Wakefield— postponed to Monday, Feb. 1, 7:15 p.m. West Potomac at West Springfield— postponed Westfield at Chantilly— postponed PRIVATE Capitol Christian at National Christian— postponed Episcopal at St. Albans, 6 Flint Hill at Sidwell Friends — postponed Landon at Georgetown Prep, 6 McLean School at Field, 6:15 National Collegiate at Washington Latin, 7 Spencerville Adventist at Edmund Burke, 4 St. John's at McNamara — postponed to Wednesday, Jan. 27, 7:30 p.m. Jordan Smith for Synthesis/Koubaroulis LLC.?/?The Washington Post In a big WCAC matchup the Eagles put together a thrilling performance to win over the Stags on their home court. GIRLS' BASKETBALL DISTRICT Anacostia at Wilson, 6 Bell at H.D. Woodson, 6 Cardozo at Ballou, 6 IDEA at SEED, 5:30 National Collegiate at Washington Latin — postponed Theodore Roosevelt at Eastern, 6 MARYLAND C.H. Flowers at Bowie— postponed Churchill at Einstein, 7 Eleanor Roosevelt at Suitland— postponed Great Mills at Chopticon, 7 Gwynn Park at Oxon Hill— postponed High Point at Parkdale— postponed Laurel at Wise— postponed Leonardtown at Huntingtown, 7 McDonough at Thomas Stone — postponed Northwest at Gaithersburg, 7:15 Northwestern at Bladensburg— postponed Paint Branch at Springbrook, 7:25 Seneca Valley at Poolesville, 7:15 Walter Johnson at Wootton, 7 Watkins Mill at Damascus, 7:15 Wheaton at Whitman, 7:15 VIRGINIA Annandale at South County— postponed Broad Run at Briar Woods, 6:15 Chantilly at Westfield— postponed Dominion at Champe, 7:15 Freedom-South Riding at Fauquier, 7:30 George Mason at Warren County, 7:45 Heritage at Rock Ridge, 5:45 Langley at South Lakes— postponed Lee at Stone Bridge, 5:45 Loudoun County at Park View — postponed to Friday, Jan. 29, 7:15 Loudoun Valley at Riverside, 7 Marshall at Jefferson— postponed to Monday, Feb. 1, 7:15 p.m. McLean at Washington-Lee— postponed North Stafford at Potomac (Va.)— postponed Patriot at Stonewall Jackson...