by Susanne Spence Wilkins | Nov 21, 2023 | About Us, About Us, Blog
It took 9 seconds to raise a cupola. I had worried for weeks, months, maybe years. It had taken nine years to arrive at that moment in 2012: the day when the cupola would be placed back on the top of our octagon barn. The Original Cupola The original cupola blew off...
by Susanne Spence Wilkins | Nov 10, 2023 | About Us
Moon Flowers Someday soon, all the men who walked on the moon will be dead. On a summer night, the orange-coloured sphere rises above the southeastern horizon, Its midnight trajectory guided by the pinpoints of Saturn and Jupiter. In its full phase, the moon...
by Susanne Spence Wilkins | Nov 6, 2023 | About Us, Barn Quilts
Hanging On Until The Last Moment November 1st showed us that winter is lurking behind every weather forecast. We awoke to a skiff of snow on the fields, breaking the spell that the warm afternoons of fall had cast over Southwestern Ontario. The winds and rain...
by Susanne Spence Wilkins | Nov 6, 2023 | About Us
Keep your eye on the leader is a lesson I learned when I flew formation. On summer weekends in the 1990’s, I flew single-engine, ex-military aircraft at small airshows and flight demonstrations. In groups of four, we would perform a choreographed routine of...
by Susanne Spence Wilkins | Nov 6, 2023 | About Us
When the world hears a tree fall, does it matter? A 300 year old Sycamore Maple tree was maliciously felled in northern England. Its death was heard round the world. The tree snuggled up against Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland National Park had become the...
by Susanne Spence Wilkins | Nov 6, 2023 | About Us
It’s About Time It’s About Space. Last Monday set the tone for the week. It was destined to be a mixture of flub ups, unexpected niceties and frustrations. And some nice road trips. That day we headed to Sarnia for a scheduled meeting with our accountant...
