Sleightholm Folk Art

Tag: family

  • A Glimpse at October

       October is my favorite month of the year. The colors deepen, the heat subsides (usually. Summer is having a hard time letting go around here) and there is just a festive feeling in the air…..and the urge to knit, to drink cocoa, to sit by a fire returns.   Somehow this month has passed by…

  • Our Autumn Harvest

         This past weekend we harvested our gourds, the bumper crop of our summer that took over our rock patio out back! The seeds I took out of an old dried gourd I had that had been a decoration….and look what happened!   The kids came out and helped me, and we searched through vines…

  • The Sweltering Summer Days

       We are in the thick of it. Sweltering, bright, let’s be honest— oppressive— Oklahoma heat. Summer has come and she has settled in over us with no plans to leave.    Mornings are my favorite time of day in the summer. Things have cooled (slightly) in the night. This is when I do my…