Sleightholm Folk Art

Tag: garden

  • Garden Morsels

    Come in! Sit down. I’ll put on some Edith Piaf, and we can talk! I just came in from the back garden. Let’s chop up some basil for the pizza. Let’s also gather some pineapple sage, stir it into a pitcher of water. Let’s have summer dinner.    Food is helping me get through summer,…

  • Summer Flowers & Busy Bees + a GIVEAWAY!

       Greetings from the steamy prairie! If these photos look slightly ghostly, its because my camera kept steaming up as I tried to take photos. It is hot and it is swampy out there! But the garden sure looks good, doesn’t it? In that ‘about to turn into a jungle’ sort of way….    The…

  • Notes from a Summer Garden

     During the summer, mornings are my favorite time. The light is lovely and buttery, but not harsh yet. The garden has had a nice rest during the night. There is a sense of waking up, unfolding, peace.    It’s no secret around here that I struggle with summer. The heat here in the southern plains…