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We had a happy Thanksgiving at the farm, featuring this highly locally sourced turkey.  It came from Kesicke Farm, about two miles down Route 9G.  When I called to ask if they had any turkeys, the farmer, Frank Vosburgh, making it sound as if he was looking out his kitchen window, said he might have […]

Sarah had a riding lesson on Saturday. It was a splendid day, and Sarah got Skarloe moving. After lunch, we climbed Burger Hill.  It was fun until Daisy mauled a six year-old.  (Not really.)  (But kind of?) Sarah was not happy about it.  

Perhaps you have been thinking, gee, there haven’t been enough bird pictures lately.  I hear you.  Here’s a red-bellied woodpecker on the hickory tree next to the barn. This bluebird found a convenient shelf on which to rest. And here’s a mourning dove, who was sad that we had only one day in the country […]

We had a short weekend in the country.  In fact, we spent only Sunday there, so that Sarah could go to her school’s Halloween party Saturday night.  This morning, Sarah had a riding lesson with Rocky. In the afternoon, Daisy had agility training, but she was not very enthusiastic about going over this frame.  She’s […]

Today, Sarah and I visited the Sheep & Wool Festival at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds, with John and Diana Rice and their son Mason.  Jen stayed home to work on Sarah’s Halloween costume.  In addition to sheep, we saw goats, llamas, alpacas, angora rabbits, vincuñas, and many, many, women who seem to spend an inordinate […]

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 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 […]

We made two visits to the Dutchess County Fair this year, on Friday (just the three of us) and Saturday (with the whole Regner clan in town for first and last running of The Jim Regner at Saratoga Race Course).    Sarah wanted to go on the high swing both times, and Jen also seemed to […]

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 […]