by Sue Schlabach | Dec 24, 2015 | Christmas, Holidays, homepage, Natural World, Vermont
Holiday Greetings from our hilltop valley. It is unseasonably warm, and when we walked this morning it felt like spring garden planting weather, not the season of candlelight, bayberry scent and eggnog by the fire. The woodland is so lush and green with moss and ferns...
by Sue Schlabach | Dec 25, 2013 | Christmas, Family, Holidays, Travel
Merry Christmas to you all from Pennsylvania. This may be the first candlelit tree I’ve seen in person. We glimpsed it last night after the Moravian service in Lititz, Pennsylvania. This has been a holiday filled with singing. Tonight I am hoarse from an...
by Sue Schlabach | Jan 6, 2013 | Christmas, Holidays, homepage, Natural World, Vermont, Winter
Today I took down the Christmas tree. The momentary sadness was instantly replaced with the euphoria that comes with moving the furniture around. I trimmed the rosemary plant of dry ends and woody twigs, filling the house with its piny scent, to replace the...
by Sue Schlabach | Dec 17, 2012 | Christmas, Creativity, Design, Handmade, Holidays, homepage, Interior Design, Scandinavia, Winter
Someday I’d like to visit Sweden. Either in the darkest winter, or in the endless sunshine of summer. For now, I live vicariously through books and blogs. This article in Lantliv magazine sums up the airy, bright beauty of the northern winter light. I’m...
by Sue Schlabach | Dec 14, 2012 | Christmas, England, Holidays, Winter
A red English postbox is the essence of beautiful utilitarian design in my book. And this snow dusted postbox seems to be the essence of holiday anticipation. Rachael Talibart, based in the south of England, is the photographer, and shares about her travels and life...
by Sue Schlabach | Dec 2, 2012 | Christmas, Creativity, Friendship, Handmade, Holidays, homepage, Natural World, Vermont, Winter
Fresh snow fell yesterday morning. A nice way to begin December. I pinned the first of Peggy’s jingle bells to the hem of my coat, opened the first of my 24 advent packages—a gorgeous garland of rustic wooden stars—sent from my dear friend in France, and headed...
