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We just finished a two-week vacation at the farm.  (Or, rather, I finished it.  Sarah and Jen continue to vacation.)  Here’s Sarah having a sip of water after hiking through Ferncliff Forest, just outside the village of Rhinebeck. It’s part of the old Astor estate.  Jen and I climbed the fire tower, which gives spectacular […]

This was our last weekend while Sarah is away at camp.  We ate lunch in a restaurant, watched a matinee of an R-rated movie (Trainwreck), gardened, and practiced law.   We didn’t both do all of those things however. We had a rare sighting of Herman, the bachelor muskrat who plies our pond. Daisy struggled to […]

This weekend, we took Sarah back to Hidden Valley Camp, in Freedom, Maine.  As is customary, she was promptly given a kitten. We once again stayed in Belfast, Maine, where they have lovely sunsets. We drove eight and a half (but who’s counting?) hours back to Rhinebeck, where black cap season is in full swing.  […]

I had a very nice Fathers Day, with a good breakfast, a trip to the farmers market, and Sarah’s last soccer game of the season. Unfortunately, the Fireballs came up short against Red Hook.  We did, however, have a season highlight when assistant coach Spike (left), after a particularly dubious call, drew a yellow card for […]

Which is a good thing, because they have only one game left to try to eke out a win.  Here they are after a somewhat lopsided encounter with the Carmel Cyclones. We had a busy weekend.  Sarah graduated from Caedmon on Friday, with attendant ceremonies and parties, and we headed up to the farm Saturday […]

We had the Diz family visiting this weekend.  We planned a festive dinner for Saturday, but Daisy ate five veggie burgers before we could sit down.  We rebounded Sunday with a fishing trip with Graham and his mom.  Graham caught two bass and two sunfish.  Later on Sunday, the Rhinebeck Fireballs were shocked by the Yorkville […]

We had a splendid Memorial Day weekend, with all of Jen’s family visiting. Sarah marched in the parade with the Rhinebeck Soccer league. The locusts were blooming. And we celebrated Lew Burleigh’s 75th birthday.  Happy birthday, Lew!

Sarah would not let gray skies, low wind, or high grass deter her from trying out a new kite on Saturday. She got it pretty far up there.

We celebrated Mothers Day in customary fashion, with breakfast in bed for mom. This year, we decided not to burden Jen with another tree she would need to plant — although the Redbud, Jen’s 2009 Mothers Day present, is now thriving.  Here it is in 2011. On Saturday, Sarah, for reasons best known to herself, […]

Sarah had soccer games both Saturday and Sunday.  On Saturday she squared off against the Minisink Jaguars (pictured) at Baptist Field in Rhinebeck, while on Sunday she played an away game against the Carmel Cyclones, in the hamlet of Patterson, New York.  Both the Jaguars and the Cyclones were large, and in charge, and the Rhinebeck […]