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Daisy has been in an exceedingly good mood lately. On Friday she proved she could still fit in Jen’s lap. On Saturday Sarah participated in a Breyer horse show in Millbrook. Here you can see the very serious judges for the dressage event, in which Sarah eventually won a blue ribbon.

Sarah celebrated her 15th birthday with a riding lesson, lunch with the Lawson twins, and a fantastic cake baked by Jen. As is customary, Sarah could select any cake she wanted. Jen made a three layer vanilla cake with chopped Oreos in the batter, crushed Oreo buttercream frosting, and chocolate ganache.

Sarah presided over a very merry Christmas in her traditional elf capacity, with a little help from her assistant, Daisy. Despite our rather short, pudgy tree, we had a festive time with the entire Burleigh clan. We feasted on gravlax, herring, stollen, and fruit salad. For Xmas dinner, we had country ham and biscuits, as […]

It was about 40 degrees in the house when we arrived Saturday morning. The boiler was repaired by mid-afternoon, but our drafty old farmhouse heats rather slowly. We solved this problem in a first-world kind of way: we decamped to the cottage with an Instant Pot, Sarah’s 92nd Street Y menorah, and a bottle of […]

Our Thanksgiving this year included Rinda, Lew, Julie, Stacey, and the Perkins family, four visiting Australians celebrating their first Thanksgiving.  We had an 18-pound turkey from Salt Point, together with pecan stuffing, green beans with slivered almonds, creamed onions, sweet potatoes with marshmallows, strawberry jello mold, three kinds of cranberry sauce, and four pies. We […]

Sarah’s babysitter-for-life Lauren Ballback, fresh from passing the Virginia bar examination, visited this weekend. She brought her dog, Hamilton, a very good boy who did not dig any holes during this visit.  Daisy enjoyed his company. Today, all of us — except for Hamilton and Daisy — attended the Hudson Valley Hunter Jumper Association annual […]

Saturday was a washout but the sun came out this afternoon. Daisy, who has been very good lately, received this antler from the Rhinebeck Farmers Market. She seems to be enjoying it quite a bit. This red fox has been prowling around all weekend. I was lucky to get these shots with Daisy standing behind […]

A soggy Saturday morning gave way to sunshine and bacon skies by afternoon. While Sarah worked on an English essay, Jen, Daisy and I visited Poets’ Walk, overlooking the Hudson in Red Hook. After our return, Daisy ended up in a face-off with a rather large coyote. Daisy barked ferociously, causing the coyote to retreat […]

Sarah took home no ribbon today from her show at Southlands Foundation.  Owen was scratched after he injured his mouth while balking at a jump in warm-up.   Both are disappointed but we expect a full recovery. We had a visit from a Great Egret this morning — a pond first.

We had a sunny, summery weekend, although you wouldn’t have known that looking at this morning’s fog. On Saturday, Sarah rode indoors so they could set up the outdoor rings for the Southland Foundation’s annual gala.  She and Owen showed good form, but it was so hot in the ring they had to cut the […]