Fall Heritage Festival in Arlington
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Fall Heritage Festival in Arlington

Nine-year-old Sarah Torchinsky and her 5-year-old sister, Anna, push the wooden beam around in circles to mash a mixture of apples into cider at the Gulf Branch Fall Festival Oct. 21. Sarah says, "This is hard to turn. You have to use all of your weight." But it is worth the effort since cups of hot cider are available for tasting at the table nearby.

Nine-year-old Sarah Torchinsky and her 5-year-old sister, Anna, push the wooden beam around in circles to mash a mixture of apples into cider at the Gulf Branch Fall Festival Oct. 21. Sarah says, "This is hard to turn. You have to use all of your weight." But it is worth the effort since cups of hot cider are available for tasting at the table nearby. Photo by Shirley Ruhe.

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

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Photo by Shirley Ruhe

Skeins of red, purple, and bright gold yarn sit on the table at the finger knitting table. Marianne Chernin concentrates as she wraps a blue piece of yarn across her hand and then one by one she loops a strand from the bottom over each finger. She is finger knitting a blue headband. Marianne says she chose blue because it is her favorite color and that blue and white are the colors of the high school in her hometown of Raleigh. She and her parents are visiting friends in Arlington.

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Photo by Shirley Ruhe

Caleb Malovany has finished decorating his pumpkin and is giving advice to his 6-year-old sister, Mira, at the pumpkin-decorating table at the Fall Heritage Festival. The festival offers an opportunity to churn butter, work the cider press, and make cornhusk dolls out of scraps of material and practice finger knitting.

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Photo by Shirley Ruhe

"Heh, heh" rings out as an audience sits on wooden benches listening to the Adam Acosta Band leading off with "Sweet Georgia Brown." The band is performing at the annual Fall Heritage Festival held at Gulf Branch Nature Center on N. Military Road in Arlington.

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