by Sue Schlabach | Feb 17, 2020 | Natural World, Winter
This morning there was a shift in the light in the sky. The weekend was bitterly cold with that pink or pale icy blue tinge in the ether. Today there was a warm hint of yellow in the sky blue and the hills glowed differently. The 28 degree F air felt balmy on my...
by Sue Schlabach | Jan 21, 2017 | Artists, homepage, Winter
Welcome January. I guess. The world is frosty, and I’m working to warm my heart to the hard work ahead. Outside the windows it’s fairly bleak and monochrome. But red, green and blue keep popping up saying, “Hey look at me!!” Safe marching in...
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 | Feb 6, 2014 | Artists, Design, Natural World, Vermont, Winter
2014 is marching onward. Here I am in February watching the light change and finding myself cleaning the house with spring on my mind and snow whirling outside the windows. My daughter turned 12. We are on the verge or acquiring a horse that needs a home. Life is...
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...
