Archive for June, 2010

Jun 28 2010

Cooling Off

Published by under Food,Sarah

It was a hot weekend.  Here’s Sarah on Sunday, after cooling off with a dip in the pond. On Saturday, Sarah had a visit from her friend Sophie.  Sophie has a swimming pool, and could not be induced to swim in the pond, but they did have a lot of fun together.  They went bug-hunting, […]

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Jun 28 2010

Eastern Tailed-Blue

Published by under Butterflies

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Jun 20 2010

Say Hay

Published by under Sarah

The tractors were out this weekend as we have had a few days of dry weather — long enough to make hay. But more importantly, Sarah’s T-ball championship game, awards ceremony and picnic were held on Saturday.  Here is Sarah taking a lead off first base. And here she is receiving some important advice about […]

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Jun 13 2010

Robin

Published by under Animals,Birds,Flowers

Here is a robin, surveying his domain during a rare sunny moment this weekend.  The T-ball championship game and picnic were rained out on Saturday, but are now scheduled for next Saturday.  Next weekend should also bring us plenty of black raspberries: the first ones were ripe this weekend, about a week before last year. […]

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Jun 06 2010

Rainy Sunday

Published by under Birds,Flowers,Sarah

It’s nice to have a splash of color on a dreary day. Atop the left pilaster you can see the nest of the phoebe — which Sarah, confusing her fashionable Upper West Side children’s names, sometimes calls a gwyneth.

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Jun 01 2010

Memorial Day 2010

On Monday, Sarah marched in the Memorial Day parade with her T-ball team.  Down East Market Street they went. Sarah also had a visit from her friend Emanuelle.  They both enjoyed the jungle gym. Meanwhile, Jen made good progress on her garden.  The lettuces attracted some local attention. There was plenty of action on the […]

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