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...
by Sue Schlabach | Aug 2, 2012 | Artisanal Living, Garden, Summer, Vermont
….I had a lot of things on my mind (as the song by The Band goes). This morning started at midnight when my alarm clock went off. Apparently we had a blip of a power outage last night and it set my alarm back to 12:00 a.m. I—mercifully—got back to sleep without...
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 | Apr 30, 2012 | Natural World, Paris, Photography, Spring, Travel, Vermont
It is the day after a longest day. A day of traversing timezones and crossing continents and oceans. So here I am in my own timezone feeling a little like I’ve been run over by a car. Nothing another cup of tea won’t cure. And a few more nights of sleep....
by Sue Schlabach | Jan 24, 2012 | Chickens, Color, Natural World, Vermont, Winter
Whites of January—tinged with blue. I draw back the curtains to the cawing of crows, the papery bark of birches, the tracks of deer under the crabapple tree below our window. The quilt looks like the landscape in the meadow, puckered and pocked after last...
