Sleightholm Folk Art

Tag: family

  • October: Pumpkins and Knitting!

            I think fall came this weekend. Suddenly it was chilly and misty, and rainy— there were pumpkins to be had, autumn gardens to explore, some good family time and a new urgency setting in about knitting projects that have been idling for far too long as temperatures rose into the 90s.…

  • Ozark Outing: Visiting the Civil War Battlefield at Pea Ridge

       We were pretty adventurous this weekend, which is so not our style. We are, usually– as Gladys Taber would say– “stay at home birds.”    Saturday morning we ventured over to Arkansas to visit the Civil War Battlefield and national park at Pea Ridge.  Pea Ridge doesnt get as much attention as the sites like…

  • Little Adventures

         We’ve been busy around here for the last week! We’ve taken on all sorts of adventures on the road and at home– from researching our house, to cutting front teeth (yes, STILL) and taking a road trip up to Kansas to visit the Little House on the Prairie Museum in Independence, Kansas.  Earlier…