by Susanne Spence Wilkins | Nov 6, 2023 | Cycling Back Roads, Local Things to Do
I live and work in a border world: that slice of land at the extremities of two municipalities that is too far from the convenient centre of either county to concern the core administration and residents. If you have ever lived near a border, you know that sometimes...
by Susanne Spence Wilkins | Apr 8, 2022 | Blog, Local Things to Do
I had visited the gravesite of Orford Township’s original white settlers only once and that was many years ago. Manfred had never been to the site even though he has lived only a few miles down the highway for all of his past 62 years. On an early April afternoon, we...
by Susanne Spence Wilkins | Oct 26, 2021 | Blog, Garden
The new growth of daffodils peaking out of the soil and the fledgling flowers of the Helleborus unfurling towards the sky are such clichés that I bear much pain to write about them. But while they are overused seasonal metaphors there can be no denying that their...
by Susanne Spence Wilkins | Oct 10, 2021 | Blog, Garden
The Bittersweet Season of Autumn Is there a more perfect plant than the American Bittersweet (Celastrus scandens) to symbolize autumn? This native North American vine spends the growing season twining its way through branches of trees and shrubs and along fences until...
by Susanne Spence Wilkins | Oct 6, 2021 | Blog, Project
The Goddess of the Corn This year, I created a Corn Queen in the warm days of early September at our business, Crazy 8 Barn & Garden. I had been mulling this project in my mind for a while. Each year as fall would approach I would search out the photos that I had...
by Susanne Spence Wilkins | Aug 3, 2021 | Blog, Crazy 8 News
Watch as Manfred and Susanne joyfully announce the beginning of the next chapter in their lives. Spoiler Alert: The Crazy 8 Barn & Garden is being listed for sale....
