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This one wasn’t a surprise, but it still hurts. You can see this tree, c. 1921, in the banner of this website, to the left of the front door.

We had a happy Thanksgiving dinner with the family. Geoff brought his strong pie game, with sour cherry (center), blueberry (left) and cranberry (right). Jen’s hickory pie will always be my favorite, though. Julie & Stacey Erica Geoff Lew Rinda Jen Sarah Daisy

August is a month for celebrations, since it has both Jen’s and my birthday as well as the always enjoyable five-day period in between in which she is the older woman. We celebrated a visit from Julie and Stacey, as well as Sarah’s last weekend before returning to Colgate, with a Bo Ssam feast on […]

I cannot say it was the most joyous July 4th we’ve spent at the farm, with a B2, an F-15, and a B-52 passing overhead on their way to an air show and our president promising statues, walls, and graves, but Daisy is unperturbed by such matters, and by all other matters as well. After […]

Sarah kept smiling through her first weekend with braces. It was hard to remain altogether cheerful during today’s 8-1 drubbing by the Cornwall Copa.  However, we were all smiles when a throw-in by Sarah led to the Ravens’ only goal, near the end of the second half. Our new Star Magnolia is more of a Cameo Magnolia […]

Presidents’ Day weekend was frightfully chilly.  Even Daisy thought it was cold.  We stayed indoors and made soup, baked, and watched movies: The Pink Panther, funny, but perhaps not as good as some of its sequels; the completely delightful Sabrina; the still hilarious eighties time capsule Ghostbusters; and the much creepier than I remembered Escape to Witch Mountain.

Many leaves are still hanging on, even though Chanukiving is just a few weeks away.

Here is our new hay wagon.  It is not in pristine condition, but it lends a lot of farm cred at a low price. Maybe at some point we can have hayrides if I can figure out how to make sides for it.