by Sue Schlabach | Nov 18, 2012 | Color, Creativity, Design, Handmade, Paris, Photography, Sewing, Travel
Early September, my last day in Paris. I was tired and pledged not to overdo it. Take photographs. Write notes. Draw sketches. But Paris has a habit of luring me up streets and around corners. In the end I walked about 1o miles. The weather was good—the morning rain...
by Sue Schlabach | Oct 7, 2012 | Design, England, Housewares, London, Travel
Several weeks ago I arrived in London after the red eye from Boston. It was a Sunday morning, but noontime by the time I’d settled in my hotel. The bed was calling me, but not as strongly as the Sunday-only markets of London. I set out for Columbia Road...
by Sue Schlabach | Oct 3, 2012 | Artisanal Living, Family, Farm Life, Ireland, Travel
Meet Azalea. She joined our little flock yesterday which brings us back to four sheep after the loss of Oscar in August. She is a Navajo Churro breed. Our others are Dorset crosses. Today got me thinking of our first serious discussion about raising lambs. We...
by Sue Schlabach | Sep 12, 2012 | Natural World, Paris, Summer, Travel
7:30 on a Sunday morning in Paris is mostly quiet. The streets are deserted, but littered with debris left by the revelers of Saturday night. In empty cobbled passageways the flutter of pigeons’ wings passing between the roofs is the only sound to join the...
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 | May 4, 2012 | Handmade, Housewares, Sewing, Travel
What is it about buttons? I can’t seem to acquire enough of them. Fortunately I come across bags and bottles of buttons in thrift stores all the time. They provide a tactile zing to run your fingers through, while digging to look for the perfect one. Zing. Zing....
