Lilacs Taking Over the County

There’s a brief, ephemeral stretch every year when the County becomes completely overtaken by lilacs. In a wild, almost excessive way. Roadside ditches, old fences, motel parking lots, abandoned gardens — suddenly all of it blooming at once, the perfume hanging so thick in the air it alters your mood.

Lately, driving up Closson Road through all that lilac haze has become tied in our minds to another source of inspiration for us: Slab Creek House.

For Alex especially, working on the house has become something deeper than a restoration project. A necessary creative outlet. A way back into himself.

We’ve noticed over the years that working on historic places creates a strange exchange of energy. You pour life into something forgotten — something neglected, half-collapsed, overlooked — and somehow it gives something back to you in return. The work becomes generative. A renewable resource. The act of restoring these old places seems to reawaken creativity itself — as though the spirit of the structure still wants another chapter and rewards you for helping uncover it.

Slab Creek feels like that for us right now. Less like a project, more like an active source of life force and inspiration.

And maybe that’s why lilac season resonates so deeply here too. Not simply because it’s fleeting, but because ephemeral things have a way of waking us back up. For a few short weeks, the entire County feels vividly alive again. The smell through open car windows. The roadsides exploding into colour. People stopping mid-sentence just to breathe it in.

Tiny ecstatic moments. Brief, cyclical interruptions that somehow restore something essential in us.

So this is your reminder not to miss it.

Use code LILACWKND for 25% off stays May 29 weekend only — while the lilacs are still loud and the whole County smells impossibly good.

And if you find yourself driving Closson Road, keep an eye out for Slab Creek House quietly emerging from the trees.

— Alex & Adam

NEW Restaurant - Rosetta in Picton

There's a new name in the county, and it's already turning heads. Rosetta is the latest venture from City + County chefs Grant Van Gameren and Jesse Fader — two names that need little introduction. Best of all, it's just steps away from House of Falconer. We couldn't be more excited to have them as neighbours.

Gift for Dad

Know a dad who'd rather spend a Sunday at a gallery or wandering the county than getting another tie? We've got gift vouchers for both our properties. Something a little different for someone a little different.

Shop for gift vouchers @Angeline’s Inn
Shop for gift vouchers @ House of Falconer

Missed our last edition? Find it here: Same Places, New Lens

Until next time,
Adam + Alex

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