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This is about as close to peak foliage as we are going to get this year.  A warm, dry, fall has left us without the vivid colors we have had in other years. Some of our star performers did pretty well, nevertheless.  You’ve seen this one before. On Saturday, Sarah participated in the horse Halloween […]

Today we visited the NYS Sheep & Wool Family Fun Festival at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds.  It is knitting ladies’ nirvana. Not straying far from the ovine theme, Sarah found a litter of border collies for sale. Back at home, Daisy took advantage of the continued warm weather.  It was in the mid-seventies both days […]

Sarah participated in her first horse show at Southlands on Sunday.  Riding Owen, she won a third place and a fourth place ribbon.  She hopes to do even better next time!

Sarah showed nice form today aboard Owen at Southlands.  Next weekend she has her first show. Jen rooted for them both.

We attended the Dutchess C0unty Fair on Saturday — my first and only visit this year; Sarah’s fifth.  Jen won a blue ribbon for her Rhu-Berry jam.  She also took two second place ribbons, including, yet again, a grudging one for her peach-lemon marmalade with no first place ribbon given.  The judges — whom Jen […]

We just wrapped up a two-week vacation in which we returned to our roots. Sarah returned to riding, aboard Joanie (the Pony) at Southlands. John Harris returned, with his boys, for a mid-summer visit. Sarah returned to the stage, at the Rhinebeck Performing Arts Center’s dance camp. Jen returned to the pond. And I returned […]

It rained all day on Memorial Day.  I was already a bit sad because this was the first year that Sarah did not march in the Memorial Day Parade. She has, however, kept busy.  In anticipation of camp, less than a month away, Sarah has been practicing the ukulele. We had a number of visitors, […]

Daisy enjoyed one of the few hours of sunlight we had this weekend. While Jen was in Boston, Sarah and I made pizza and watched To Catch a Thief.  Also, over the weekend, Sarah more or less learned to play the ukulele.

After nearly a month away, we returned to the farm to find plenty of fresh powder for sledding and snowball fights. Sarah hosted the Lawson twins for winter sports and hot cocoa. Here is Sarah, all bundled up.  We had to return early Sunday to avoid another 7″-12″ of snow.

We rode out the end of the year at the farm.  While we didn’t have a white Christmas, the holiday was bookended by dustings that produced a little more snow than advertised.  Pictured is “less than an inch.” We had a fine tree with many presents beneath it. Sarah performed her customary ceremonial duties as […]