Kathy Russell is the Principal Designer and Client Relationship Director for Red Scarf Equestrian. In today’s blog, she gives us some tips and other pieces of advice to improve your home decor for 2019. We hear a lot about sustainability these days. And for good reason. Sustainability, from one perspective, means meeting our current needs without having a negative impact on the environment of future generations. It is an important concept, suggesting a way for us to work at being at peace with the earth. It is equally an important concept when it comes to considering sustainability with regard to interior design. As an Interior Designer, I strive to do my best to use sustainable furnishings wherever I can and...
You gather yourself to venture out to find it.Early afternoon,Harris tweed jacket,Walking stick in hand,Cap at the ready. Accepting at length the loss of aestival days,Today is the day when you finally forsake them,As you do the Old Scotch glass,Still lingering there,on the table next to your chair,like an unwelcome guest from the night before.It’s done. Shelby looks up and twitches one ear.And with that look,You know that she knows.She scrambles as you head towards the back door.The sound of panicked excitement on tiled kitchen floor. You open the doorto a sky filled with grey pillow cloud,Grey layered to the North,Moving West to East,Like reading the words on a page,Or reading the face of a loved one.So much is...
Sometimes we find ourselves awash in our anxieties and fears, as though everywhere we turn, everywhere we look, we are greeted by strong currents and shifting sands impeding our path to the shoreline. In this week’s blog, RSE Guest Blogger Amanda Gilbank explores the fears of new riders and the ways in which they can move forward. What is interesting, too, however, is that when Amanda reminds riders about the importance of challenging themselves to grow and reach beyond their comfort zones, her words also apply to other areas of life, areas in which excessive anxiety and fear threaten to hinder us from the achievement of our dreams. Dear Anxious Rider, I recognize you. You love horses, riding, and everything...
It has always fascinated me the way that the relationship between city and countryside speaks in many important ways to the nature of Canadian life itself. I grew up in a suburban space on the very edge of Metropolitan Toronto, a space that was, to be sure, not urban. The house I grew up in was situated in an old apple orchard, almost every house in the neighbourhood had at least one apple tree in its yard, so you felt, to a degree, that you were living in an orchard. There stood a stately apple tree in our neighbour’s yard that was near my window and for which I felt a particular fondness. I felt as though this tree was...
The following is a presentation of an article which originally appeared on 30 October 2018. As the bright, beautiful colours of summer have given way to the spectacular oranges, reds, and yellows of fall, harvest time is upon us and so is the season of gratitude – to be grateful for the bountiful harvest that we and our gardens worked so hard to grow, so that we could nourish our bellies, hearts, and souls. Nourishing our soul is one of the most beneficial things we can do for ourselves. Connecting with Mother Nature is one thing that I do to feed my soul. Whether it be walking or hiking in the woods, or meditating by the ocean, nature is...
