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  We had plenty of sunshine this weekend, enjoyed by what we can only hope is a large proportion of our pond’s turtles. The squirrels — all of whom are as fat as house cats — checked out the new growth. The birds also seemed to enjoy the fine spring weather.  Here is a mourning […]

Some deer seem to have made it through the winter. This heron stopped by the pond, although, by taking its picture, I scared off scaups, mallards and, less regrettably, Canada geese. Sarah was mostly too cool for scootering. But she was willing to help her mom clear out the old berry canes, making room for […]

Sarah and her friend Michaela played with sticks before heading out to Kids’ Night Out at Bard. Herman the muskrat prowled about, looking for material for his lodge. He is far more photogenic in the water than out of it. A mallard sits pondside, watching the sun set.

We returned to the farm after a month away to find many harbingers of spring. Uncharacteristically negligent deer left us a single crocus, which is enjoying a visit from a bee. We had a visit from some scaups, as well as a pair of mallards (not pictured). We found wild hyacinths … … and a […]

Last year, we were surveying the damage from one of our annual 30-year ice storms. This year, however, we are leaving for Florida.  Sarah is very excited — she woke me up at 5:30 this morning to ask why it was still dark. It looks like we’ll have pretty good weather!

Sadly, we again have only a PondCam™ image to post, as we are stuck in New York.  There isn’t much obvious change from last week, so perhaps we’re not missing anything important. Equally sad is the fact that Sarah has to do her piano homework on a mid-1980’s Casiotone.

Most of the snow has melted up at the farm, according to this PondCam™ image taken this afternoon. We haven’t seen the lawn first-hand, however, as we spent the weekend in our nation’s capital. Among other excitements, Sarah was a semi-finalist in the paper airplane throwing contest at the National Air & Space Museum.

We gave the pasta press another workout Saturday night, making fusilli.  Sarah was in charge of cutting the pasta when it reached the proper length. On Sunday, Sarah went bowling at Ro-Lin Lanes in Red Hook.  They offer not only bowling, but also what they describe as a “Full Size Redemption Arcade” — essentially, a […]

We had a chilly Presidents’ Day weekend, which included a visit from my college roommate Mike Heffernan. Sarah was kind enough to help him balance as together they crossed the frozen tundra. Sarah was also able to demonstrate her good balance on Saturday, when she was briefly put in charge of her dance class.  As […]

Sarah’s Saturdays are taken up these days with lessons: swimming lessons at the Bard gymnasium (starfish pictured above), and dancing class at the Rhinebeck Town Hall.  (Sarah is second in line wearing red; they are being butterflies.)