Through his exquisite paintings and photographs, Crowell Hadden has mastered the art of capturing beautiful hunt scenes of horses and hounds. His work has graced homes, studios, magazines and newspapers, including the pages of Middleburg Life.
It’s an annual rite of spring, just as colorful as the Middleburg daffodils, only more in shades of green. It’s The Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Georgia, and as this April edition of Middleburg Life goes off to press, I’m going off to cover my 25th as an accredited member of the golf-writing media.
Photos by Crowell Hadden
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They werebest pals at Loudoun Valley High School and now they are the three young partners in a fledgling, foamy craft beer business located in Leesburg that is definitely not your grandfather’s favorite watering hole.
In addition to the town of Middleburg, I visited many of the area’s inns, restaurants, equestrian events and some of the wineries. I’d been blogging about Virginia wine for some time and had been to all the local wineries except one. Leaves of Grass near Aldie seemed to be perpetually closed. So when I drove by and saw an “Open” sign, I pulled off of Route 50 and drove up the twisting, rutted gravel path that passed for a winery lane.
