I planned a trip to Battenfeld’s Farm in hopes of seeing the violets. Battenfeld Farm of New York’s Hudson River Valley was once the largest violet grower supplying violets the world over. I visited the farm the weekend after Valentine’s Day and alas, though I was told that yes indeed they would still have violets, […]
The winter woods are alive with color and discovery. Varying shades of moss and lichen green, dried-grass tans, bittersweet oranges, and the glittery-rainbows of snow crystals in patches of sun. A walk in the woods is just the thing to restore my spirit. Photography Beth Horta for Sweet Sabelle.
As a florist, my winter hands are a sight for sore eyes, dry and crackly and sometimes painfully so. For years I’ve looked for remedies to soothe these hands that are constantly in the water and busy in the cold, dry, winter air. I visited a friend recently who spends her days outside in the […]
