by Sue Schlabach | Sep 29, 2019 | In the Studio, Paintings, Summer, Vermont
Memory flashback: June 7. I set up my easel at the corner on Belknap Brook Rd and Dairy Hill in Tunbridge, Vermont. Morning breeze keeps the black flies in check (sort of) and the farmhouse just up the meadow from me is lit in filtered sun. Chervil is blooming along...
by Sue Schlabach | Jul 25, 2018 | Artisanal Living, In the Studio, Summer
Back in 2010 I subtitled my new blog 129 Twig and Vine ‘At the Intersection Between Art and Life. All these years later, I am living—literally—at an intersection. We moved into the little brick house in ate April and the year of work is slowly ebbing from our...
by Sue Schlabach | Sep 10, 2016 | Autumn, Design, homepage, In the Studio, Paintings, Summer
Here’s a little weekend watercolor applied over an ink drawing I did a while ago. It’s part of this collection if you’d like to see more. Wishing you a happy weekend and some creativity or exploring on your horizon. I am painting and sewing this...
by Sue Schlabach | Sep 5, 2016 | Autumn, Summer, Vermont
Are you a forager? In spring I dig up ramps and cut fiddleheads. I love to find raspberries, blackberries and untended apple trees. But other than morels, which I can identify well, I’m a little timid to collect and eat mushrooms. The surprise of this...
by Sue Schlabach | Jul 8, 2016 | Summer, Vermont
I drive by this alpine meadow near my house most days and see a shingled roof up there through the trees. I’ve been so curious about this cabin since glimpsing it for the first time last year. So a few weeks ago I was traveling past mid-morning on a weekday and...
by Sue Schlabach | Jul 11, 2013 | Farm Life, Friendship, Garden, Local Food, Summer, Vermont
Between thunderstorms we’re celebrating the salad days of summer. The thunderstorms have been a daily occurrence. No swimming in the river to beat the heat. {But Paul’s watermelon cocktail on July Fourth was a good idea.} And salad. The row of mixed...
