Sleightholm Folk Art

Tag: books

  • a quick hello

      Hello there! Just thought I’d stop by and let you know that we’re doing fine, lots of winter cuddles and trying to figure out this thing called ‘life with a baby.’ Still trying to get into a routine– some days are better than others. Some days he’s feeling good and napping well, others…not so…

  • Orchard House

            On my first full day in New England, Alyson and Emily and I headed down to Concord, Mass. to visit the site of our childhood reading dreams— Orchard House! The home of author Louisa May Alcott, it is said to be the inspiration for the home in Little Women, and you…

  • Folk Art: Little Women

        I have a new painting to share with you! One that I’ve had tucked in my head for ages now, but this fall when I visited Orchard House, I really knew I needed to paint some scenes from Little Women. This is what I came up with!~    The always iconic “reading Papa’s…