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Today we hosted the Landsman Kill Trail Association’s Fall Trail Ride.  Sarah was in heaven, with horses all about. Rich Contini, past president of the LKTA, offered Sarah a short ride.  Daisy was extremely unhappy to see such a large animal on the lawn. Here she is looking luminous in the Saturday evening light. Halloween […]

On Saturday we went apple picking at Cedar Heights Orchard in Rhinebeck.  We got about 20 pounds of apples. Daisy came with us, but she seemed a bit wistful — hangdog, you might say — and, surprisingly, she did not eat any apples. Then we started cooking.  Sarah made an apple pie. I made a childhood […]

We had our first obedience lesson with Daisy at Doc’s K-9 Center in Red Hook.  Actually, it was the second lesson for each of us: Daisy had a private lesson with Dr. Karen (at right) during our summer vacation, and the first Puppy Kindergarten lesson, last weekend, was a people-only affair.  Daisy was a star performer, […]

Here’s Daisy, in her customary happy and excited state, at Bash Bish Falls.  Sarah had a ladies’ camping trip at Taconic State Park Saturday night; Daisy and I visited for the hike to the falls, which are just over the Massachusetts border.

  We managed to stretch Labor Day into a four day weekend.   We had a decent excuse: we had to be there on Friday morning to superintend the installation of an an invisible fence, so that Daisy will be able to roam freely.  I’m sure she will be disappointed that the pond isn’t within her […]

Daisy met, and barked at, this Red-Eared Slider on the driveway Saturday afternoon. On Sunday I dropped off a third of a bale of hay at the Dutchess County Fair.  I have also entered bread and butter pickles; Jen has entered two kinds of jam (blackberry and black raspberry); and Sarah has entered two pictures.  Check […]

Sarah returned to the hammock this weekend, this time with her pup.   Daisy had a rough week, having been bitten on the nose by an evil border collie in Central Park. She is a water dog through and through.  It’s very hard to keep her out of the pond. Jen has been teaching Daisy to […]

We just got back from two weeks in the country.  Sarah spent a week at pony camp at Southlands, and then a week at arts camp at the Mill Street Loft, which takes place in a church in Red Hook. Daisy had a great vacation.  She had her first swims in the pond, worked on […]

We had a hot weekend but Jen kept Daisy cool with a kiddie pool from Williams Hardware. Daisy had a good shake afterward. Sarah had a pretty cool weekend too.  She spent Friday night with her friend Marin in Hastings.  On Saturday, Ivan and Elizabeth swung over from New Rochelle, picked up Sarah and drove her […]

We had a glorious, if steamy, Fourth of July. We had visits from Zeb and from the Scherrs.  Zeb got along famously with Daisy. Max took it easy. And Arlo was a good sport even though Daisy charged him. On Saturday, Jen’s dad visited.  He parleyed with Sarah over some guacamole. We continue to see […]