news from the hills!
dispatches from our near-flung correspondents
![an autumn garden tour on beechwood](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f6e280f9874266a30228264/1729627778975-N18DYMJ0DRCHO7LIJUVC/garden_party_amanda.jpg)
![fohh holding major symposium on architect charles goodman in september](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f6e280f9874266a30228264/1720629452712-AW7NIEXMG2KECFQ2VTEL/event_description_image_189611_1716150463_49798.jpg)
![a steamy but fun july 4 picnic in voigt park](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f6e280f9874266a30228264/aad7faae-b774-4e0c-a2bf-9117296e4ac6/parade_washington_soluri.jpg)
![carl eifert of brentwood place passes away](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f6e280f9874266a30228264/1719668512945-46NTXOQQNL48G9NJT5PL/carl-eifert-alexandria-va-obituary.jpg)
![alcoa house profiled in atomic ranch magazine!](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f6e280f9874266a30228264/1719498557961-9VCKBAN7JQ4KT25KT6PH/alcoa_atomic_ranch_2024.jpg)
![getting wild and woolly at rya-palooza](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f6e280f9874266a30228264/1718041001644-DUOZM4UGSN238A30GQL6/rya_deck.png)
![elba road had a block party and of course it was amazing](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f6e280f9874266a30228264/1718035180209-PG4H6YULECM9MPH5ZW10/1.jpg)
![hollin hillers rock the speed and style festival, and oh my god look at these pictures](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f6e280f9874266a30228264/1716948662742-HHCOTQD2J2YC53MOFPMT/IMG_6188.jpg)
![beechwood road celebrates 70 years of greatness](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f6e280f9874266a30228264/1716932310741-46HFA4VMUKRQVCRG9S35/beechwood_1.jpeg)
![airplanes: no noise is good noise (sorry)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f6e280f9874266a30228264/1713699944051-EXBRBUFX5C7090O19LC2/image-asset.jpg)
![front row at the eclipse](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f6e280f9874266a30228264/1713700017136-W7F21U9BQB3KU1I1JVMQ/bobbie_at_eclipse.jpg)
front row at the eclipse
The stars aligned for us on April 8, when mostly-clear skies, perfect spring temperatures and Doug Megenity’s high-powered solar telescope drew more than 120 Hollin Hillers to Recard Lane to watch the 2024 solar eclipse together. And while we weren’t in the path of full totality …
![art collector tells all](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f6e280f9874266a30228264/1713700052213-PVTOC6V07LH3KPWHS0QX/ward_art_event_cropped.jpg)
art collector tells all
There may be few places in Hollin Hills with as much “wow” as the art-filled home of Rick and Ann Ward on Marthas Road, where a stunning collection of work by contemporary American artists takes up almost every inch of the place …
![susie cohen hosts talk on living with art](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f6e280f9874266a30228264/f75f9219-084b-435c-8b11-5a583de6b7ac/matsuzaki-teabowl.png)