Sleightholm Folk Art

Tag: new england

  • A Gathering of Sea Side Cottages

    A Gathering of Sea Side Cottages

    Is there anything more ‘old fashioned summer time’, more ‘pure Americana’, than an old clapboard cottage by the New England sea shore? This little collection of folk art cottages was inspired by a summer jaunt to the areas of Salem and Marblehead, MA. a few years back, where my family wandered along the harbor’s edge,…

  • Closing the Year: 2023

    Closing the Year: 2023

    Hello there, friends!   It’s hard to believe, but here we are- on the last day of the year. I feel like I’ve been looking at 2024 for a good long time now, having made my calendar, but tomorrow it finally arrives (or, rather, in just a few hours!)   This year was full and…

  • A {Pilgrim} Cape Cod Adventure: Plimouth Plantation

    A {Pilgrim} Cape Cod Adventure: Plimouth Plantation

    It was several years ago now that the idea of visiting Plimouth Plantation captured my imagination. When my oldest was in elementary school, we read the books Sarah Morton’s Day and Samuel Eaton’s Day, which were about real children who lived in Plymouth and used photos taken at the living history museum. The idea to…