A New Hope in the City: NYC April 2021

Things are starting to look up in the city. More people are getting their vaccinations and Spring is starting to show its colors. I found myself in the Flatiron District last week and marveled at how the city seems to be transforming in beautiful ways with the residual effects of living through a pandemic. Restaurants […]

Welcoming Spring 2021

Spring’s promise feels more grand this year. There is a hint that we are nearing the final chapter in this year of years, and that Hope is almost within reach. To welcome in the first day of Spring, here is a respite of visual reverie by the Master of Beauty, self-taught gardener and artist in […]

“Let its Trumpet Blow…”

And now at once, adventuresome, I sendMy herald thought into a wilderness:There let its trumpet blow, and quickly dressMy uncertain path with green, that I may speedEasily onward, thorough flowers and weed.   Excerpt, Endymion, Book I, [A thing of beauty is a joy for ever] -John Keats  Photography Beth Horta for Sweet Sabelle.  

An Afternoon at Wollam Gardens

We are really feeling spring here on the East Coast. I was recently in DC for work and made a delightful side trip to Wollam Gardens in Jeffersonton, Virginia. The gardens are just starting to wake up with blooming Daffodils, flowering Apricot and Quince in the fields, and Ranunculus, Anemone and Poppies just starting to […]