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October, it turns out, is Dahlia season. Jen’s careful tuber husbandry has paid off handsomely. We strayed from the farm this weekend. Sarah was in Boston, rowing in the Colgate Alumnae Eight at the Head of the Charles. We crossed the river to join the Sapersteins in a visit to the Scherrs’ new house in […]

This morning Sarah and I ran in the Rhinebeck Fall Foliage 5K, an important tuneup for the Turkey Trot. We finished ahead of the impending Nor’easter which cut short our weekend at the farm.

Saturday morning was spent assembling these owl house, a gift from Zach Barnett. They are meant for Eastern Screech Owls. I hope they enjoy the accommodations. Also on Saturday we harvested our first apple from our nano-orchard, after approximately a decade of cultivation. It may not surprise you to learn that this is its better […]

We had a big party to celebrate our 60th birthdays, with family and friends from near and far. Jen spiffied up the farm to a considerable extent, including large-scale fence-rebuilding and brush removal. We were lucky to have the nicest day of the year, sunny, mild and dry. After cocktail hour in and around the […]

We had a quiet Christmas holiday, with just the three of us and Jen’s parents. Sarah ably performed her elfly duties, and Daisy found a soup bone in her stocking. Sarah gave Jen these beautiful pressed ginkgo leaves from Strasbourg. She gave her grandfather a pen and notebook, where he can record his inner thoughts. […]

Sarah, visiting home for the weekend, surreptitiously took this photo when we visited Vlei Marsh this afternoon. We saw a Bald Eagle but it didn’t stick around for long.

After a relatively brief visit to the farm this weekend, Jen collected a large number (but a small percentage) of her dahlias to bring back to New York. On Friday, we traveled to Colgate to have dinner with Sarah and, on Saturday, to watch her race against Hamilton College at the Head of the Moraine, […]

Sarah is hostess this summer at Rhinebeck’s newest and most fashionable restaurant, Little Goat. Jen and I have eaten there twice and we are hoping to get a good table one of these days!

Jen stopped to smell the cherry blossoms on a crisp Easter Sunday afternoon. In less happy tree news, we had to take down the big maple in front of the sun porch. We’ll need to plant a replacement, perhaps a bit farther from the house. We spent Saturday in Saratoga, where Sarah rowed in the […]

Sarah, Daisy and I, together with the Ostroys, spent New Year’s Eve at the Lawson/Kaimal house. Sadly, Jen remained in bed with the flu. Here are the young people: Sophie, Sarah, Lucy, Anna, and Tobias (Anna’s boyfriend).