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It was a two-hammock kind of weekend.  Sarah (in the far one), thinks that “hammock” is an intransitive verb.  She says, “Let’s go hammocking!”  — and so we do. We didn’t spend the whole weekend suspended from trees, though.  Jen tended her garden. And I did plenty of mowing, while birds of prey circled overhead. […]

It was a hot weekend.  Here’s Sarah on Sunday, after cooling off with a dip in the pond. On Saturday, Sarah had a visit from her friend Sophie.  Sophie has a swimming pool, and could not be induced to swim in the pond, but they did have a lot of fun together.  They went bug-hunting, […]

The tractors were out this weekend as we have had a few days of dry weather — long enough to make hay. But more importantly, Sarah’s T-ball championship game, awards ceremony and picnic were held on Saturday.  Here is Sarah taking a lead off first base. And here she is receiving some important advice about […]

It’s nice to have a splash of color on a dreary day. Atop the left pilaster you can see the nest of the phoebe — which Sarah, confusing her fashionable Upper West Side children’s names, sometimes calls a gwyneth.

On Monday, Sarah marched in the Memorial Day parade with her T-ball team.  Down East Market Street they went. Sarah also had a visit from her friend Emanuelle.  They both enjoyed the jungle gym. Meanwhile, Jen made good progress on her garden.  The lettuces attracted some local attention. There was plenty of action on the […]

Sarah made three Mothers’ Day cards this year.  On Wednesday morning, she pulled me aside in the kitchen and told me, “We’re in big trouble!”  When I asked why we were in big trouble, she said, “Sunday is Mothers’ Day.  We’ve got to start making something!”  I said we had time to make something, but […]

Rhinebeck T-Ball league play is underway.  Sarah had her first outing on Saturday morning, and received the propitious uniform number 7.  She plays for the Wonderland Florists, which, on Saturday, squared off against Village Pizza. Here she is at bat. She made good contact and steamed into first with a single. The first baseman did […]

Through the miracle of eBay, we got two Korean War surplus cots for the sleeping porch.

… and it is my lower back.  But Jen and I got this one back into shape this weekend. Also getting into shape: Sarah, who in the past week has learned to skip rope: and also has made an excellent start on riding the bicycle without training wheels. Many flowers were in bloom.  Here are […]

Nature really does burst forth in the spring.  We returned to the farm after a two-week hiatus — a Saturday-to-Saturday visit to Sanibel Island, Florida — and found things much changed.  We had a spectacular weekend, with sunny skies and temperatures in the mid-seventies.  The lilacs are budding, and the daffodils have gotten an early […]