by Sue Schlabach | Jul 13, 2012 | Summer, Vermont
No matter how cold the water is, my daughter will always jump in. I admire that quality in kids. This weekend it will be sweltering hot and we’ll be camping on a lake. I plan to take a tip from the youngsters and make the leap without dipping a toe.
by Sue Schlabach | Jul 4, 2012 | Artisanal Living, Color, Eating and Cooking, Garden, Local Food, Summer, Vermont
You’d think it was Labor Day and not the Fourth of July for all the work we did today. I suppose a sunny day off makes us put on our small farm hats and deal with the tasks at hand. Today that meant working on the electric fence to keep one lamb—who is intent on...
by Sue Schlabach | Jun 29, 2012 | Color, Creativity, Design, Friendship, Summer, Travel
It is Summer Colour Week at Poppytalk (our Canadian friends spell color the British way) and I’ve been browsing my collection and shooting some images with color in mind. Today this favorite from last summer’s weekend in the Adirondacks made the cut for...
by Sue Schlabach | Jun 28, 2012 | Family, Handmade, Summer
An early summer evening after heavy rain. The perfect night for vows to be shared, poems read, music heard. The scene: a renovated barn and its lush wooded grounds in rural Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The wedding cake was whoopie pies. The feast specialized in vegetarian...
by Sue Schlabach | Jun 27, 2012 | Creativity, Design, Family, Fashion, Handmade, In the Studio, Sewing
I spent the winter and spring on a labor of love which came into bloom a few weeks ago at the wedding of my brother-in-law Daryl, to the marvelous Deborah. Remember all those ruffles I was making in April? They turned into flowers. Dozens of raw silk flowers, that I...
