Keen and Bright

07/10/2026

Having fun with some forest friends from Peggy Nixon . 😆 The acorn vase is their favorite. 😉

01/10/2026

Springs Folk Festival this weekend! Friday and Saturday from 9-5 both days. We're excited!

29/09/2026

Deer, snakes and monarchs, Oh My!

I was hiking around the woods on Sunday, on a quest for tasty acorns. Our archery season is here. It's the time of year when as hunters, we get to play a role in the management of the deer herd, reducing the numbers to what the habitat can sustain. I pretty much live in the woods with lots of publ

23/09/2026

Sometimes you just need an extra set of hands.

18/09/2026

Finishing up at Spruce Forest today, but we'll be back tomorrow. 11-5. It's gonna be another good day.

15/09/2026

What good is a story if there's no one to share it with?

It popped up on my phone last week. “7 YEARS AGO” the notification read. I don't usually pay much attention to Google notifications, but this was a picture of my friend Nate by a beautiful lake in Utah, and with it came a ton of memories. Seven years ago we had gone to Utah, hunting for elk and ...

09/09/2026

That's a wrap on our first summer of going all in with the glass blowing experience. We have met so many wonderful people and have had a lot of fun along the way. Thank you to everyone who signed up and made a piece of glass! Thank you also to the many businesses that let us hang up our flyer to help get the word out. Customers mentioned High Mountain Sports Bear Creek Coffee & Creamery Traders Coffee House Suites at Silver Tree Hotel and Fern Wroten. Thank you!

07/09/2026

I forgot to add this to our fall lineup! Sorry about that! We'll be at the Hunter's Night Out that FAE is putting on this Thursday evening from 4-7pm in Oakland, MD. We'll have lots of glass antlers along as well as other hand blown pieces. Come say hi.

🦌🏹 ONLY 5 DAYS UNTIL HUNTER’S NIGHT OUT! 🏹🦌

The countdown is on! Join us September 10 from 4–7 PM at our Oakland Branch for Freedom Ag & Energy’s 2026 Hunter’s Night Out—an evening built just for hunters!

📍 Oakland Branch — 1862 Maryland Hwy, Mountain Lake Park, MD 21550
🕓 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM

💥 Don’t forget—Hunter’s Night Out Sale Pricing runs September 10–12!

We’ve got a great night planned with:
🎯 Top hunting brands & vendors
💥 Exclusive deals
🍴 Great food & refreshments
🤝 Local hunting experts
🎁 Giveaways & door prizes

Come hungry! Sweitzer’s BBQ, Pretty Little Pancakes, Deep Creek Pretzel Co. and Sodalightful will be joining us.

Plus, check out vendors including Kalmbach/Antler King, Sweetlix Tub, Long Spur Tracking, Pappy Hiram’s Furs, Keen & Bright and more!

Only 5 days to go! Grab your hunting buddies and make plans to join us. We can’t wait to see you there! 🦌🏹

05/09/2026

Here's our fall schedule AND we also have some dates available this fall for our glass blowing experience. You can find those on our website. Hope to see you in the next couple of months!

01/09/2026

I hope you've had time this summer to steal awhile away. . .

My dad used to love going out to the pavilion in the evening to watch the ducks and the geese and the fish and the frogs and whatever else would happen by. The pavilion is pretty much enclosed in glass windows on three sides and open on the eastward side. Dad would sit by the window which was about