by Sue Schlabach | May 12, 2013 | Farm Life, Garden, Natural World, Spring, Travel, Vermont
Greetings after a long respite. Happy Mother’s Day and honor to all of our foremothers. Heavy dew this week makes for magic mornings. The apple blossoms are just starting to open on the north side by the henhouse. Violets and dandelions sprinkle the lawns, along...
by Sue Schlabach | Apr 17, 2013 | Farm Life, Ireland, Travel, Vermont
I’ve been traveling for work over the last two weeks, and am reeling from the sad news in Boston. Boston is a three hour drive from here and I’ve been there twice in the last two weeks to fly out of Logan airport. Boston is in our New England neighborhood....
by Sue Schlabach | Mar 30, 2013 | Artists, Creativity, Design, Holidays, Spring, Vermont
A tiny touch of spring weather is in the air for Easter weekend here (this means sunny and a high of 48 F, with possible high 50s for tomorrow). The snow is receding. The farmyard is muddy. The sugarhouses will be boiling today. I came across this rabbit artwork by...
by Sue Schlabach | Feb 21, 2013 | Artisanal Living, Natural World, Vermont, Winter
Two nights ago R and I crawled into bed grumbling about snow and cold and wind. We’ve had our fair share of each lately. We love snow, usually. But winter was wearing us down. How funny, then, to wake up to winter paradise the next morning. It’s...
by Sue Schlabach | Feb 9, 2013 | Farm Life, Natural World, Vermont, Winter
Today’s word: drifts. It’s hard to measure a snowfall on a morning with the wind howling and snow blowing about forming clouds in the otherwise blue sky. We braved the weather to feed the animals, shovel some paths, clean off the cars. And now...
by Sue Schlabach | Jan 13, 2013 | Creativity, Design, DIY Tutorials, Garden, Handmade, Natural World, Vermont, Winter
The days are lengthening, I can already tell. The chickens, who took a break from laying for a few weeks, are sharing an egg per day. Around now the indoor greenery is keeping my spirits up. The tips of narcissus are reaching toward the ceiling, and the...
