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Seaside hosts annual Seeing Red Wine Festival Nov. 6-9

The community of Seaside is hosting its 24th Annual Seeing Red Wine Festival Nov. 6-9. The Seeing Red Wine Festival, in partnership with the Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation (DCWAF), is part of a four-day wine event held at various locations in Seaside. The Saturday Grand Tasting event allows guests to stroll through tasting areas to sample more than 250 different kinds of wines while enjoying music, southern hospitality and cool autumn air at the beach. Each event and tasting...

Retirement just a word for Walton area lady bass angler

Carolyn Poole has been fishing our area waterways all her life. Growing up fishing for bream along the Shoal and Choctawhatchee rivers, Poole has always enjoyed being outdoors with her family, who center their get-togethers along the rivers and creeks. After marrying her true love in 1985 Poole continued the sporting life. Her husband, John Wayne was an avid fisherman and hunter. Together they would spend entire weekends enjoying the outdoors from Friday evening to late Sunday night. “I use...

Survivalist, Preparedness and Homesteading Expo in Wausau Oct. 25 – 26

Time: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., Possum Palace, Possum Palace Drive, Wausau, FL Traditional survival and preparedness vendors will be in attendance as well as fire arms dealers for the Survivalist, Preparedness and Homesteading Expo in Wausau Oct. 25 – 26. The vendors will have many items to help you along your way to becoming self-reliant. Many homesteading vendors with how-to demonstrations as well as items to make your homesteading life a little easier, including self defense and survival techniques....

Walton County hosting fixed price yard sale Oct. 18

Walton County will be hosting their third fixed price yard sale on Saturday, October 18th from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Walton County Fairgrounds located just north of DeFuniak Springs on Highway 83 North. The fixed price sale will include computers, monitors, collectibles, antiques, beach equipment, sporting goods, tools and construction items and much more. Items that will be sold at the yard sale include items that the county has surpluses that are no longer used or needed...

Festival of the Arts in Destin Oct. 25-26, 2014

Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation presents the 19th Annual Festival of the Arts on Oct. 25-26, 2014 at the Mattie Kelly Cultural Arts Village in Destin. One of the Southeast’s premier festivals, the event showcases the original artwork of more than 100 juried artists from across the U.S. who will compete for $10,000 in cash award prizes. Festival features include live music, art activities for kids, souvenir posters and t-shirts, art raffle and more. A food bistro, wine bar & beer...

Enjoy migrating hummingbirds in Northwest Florida this fall

Fill up your feeders and enjoy a hummer show! Between now and early spring, rare hummingbird species from out West turn up in Florida on their way to their winter homes in the tropics. Ruby-throated hummingbirds are year-round residents throughout Florida, but many from up North also pass through here on their annual migration to Central America. Floridians who put up hummingbird feeders or grow red or orange tubular flowers may get a glimpse of one of at least nine...

Florida Heritage Day at E.O. Wilson Biophilia Center Oct. 4

Go back in time with the E.O.Wilson Biophilia Center on Oct. 4, from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Exhibits and demonstrations include: blacksmithing, flint knapping, wood turning, turpentining, whip cracking, local artifacts, pioneers and plants, tours of the historic Florida Cracker house. Kids Activities include Candle Dipping, butter making, corn husk dolls, live farm animals, pioneer games, atlatl throwing, Forida Cracker stories Snacks available for purchase. General Admission: Adults $8, Children $5 2 and under free. The E.O. Wilson Biophilia...