Lucketts Store, Leesburg, Virginia

I’ve driven past it more than a hundred times on my way to my Mom’s. I finally got around to visiting Lucketts Store in Leesburg, Virginia. Filled with vintage pieces, charm abounds. I was filling the rooms of my imaginary home in my mind. Boy was it fun! Photography Beth Horta for Sweet Sabelle.  

‘And They’re Off!’ The Gideon Putnam Hotel

While visiting dear friends in historic Saratoga Springs recently we toured The Gideon Putnam Hotel nestled in Saratoga Spa State Park. The State Park offers a host of family activities surrounding the hotel including the famous Roosevelt Baths & Spa, Victoria Pool, and Saratoga Performing Arts Center. The Greenbrier of West Virginia kept coming to […]

Plant Drawings: Ellsworth Kelly

“The most pleasurable thing in the world, for me, is to see something and then translate how I see it.”                            -Ellsworth Kelly  Known for his grand abstract gestures, Ellsworth Kelly’s plant drawings are just as bold in their delicate simplicity. On view for […]

The Heart of America

I suppose flowers are in my genes. My grandfather, Laureston Adgate, was a florist and he and my grandmother, Margaret June Adgate, owned flower shops in Warren, Ohio, starting in the 1940’s. Though I never experienced any of the shops myself, it is a treat to study them in these old photographs. The Adgates personify […]