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We had a light dusting overnight on Christmas Eve, just enough to call it a white Christmas. Sarah left her customary note and snacks for Santa and the reindeer. She had a great time!

On Saturday night we made, as a team effort, what we called Bucatini Alla Mexicana — basically, this recipe, but with chorizo instead of guanciale and with a dried poblano addded to the sauce.  Too spicy, said Sarah, here rolling out the pasta dough.  At the edge of the counter you can see the little […]

We escaped the devastation of Hurricane Sandy to spend the weekend at the farm.  Okay, where we live, it wasn’t exactly devastation — more like Sarah got four days off from school, and we got free bus service.  Anyhow, here’s what it looked like Saturday morning.  We had no damage from the storm.  Even the […]

The trees were in high color this weekend. Even the squirrels got into the swing of things. On Saturday, we visited the New York State Sheep & Wool Festival at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds, where we saw a sheep herding exhibition. The sheepdogs were impressively well trained, but, frankly, so were the sheep. Sarah took […]

The leaves are coming down at the farm. On Sunday, Sarah produced this self portrait. Here’s the real thing.

Storm clouds threatened today, but we didn’t get much rain.  We managed to squeeze in a walk. It’s always easier if you can keep the pebbles out of your boot. Sarah stuck with it, and found a friend. The sunshine makes everything look better.

About half of this very large oak tree fell down three years ago; the rest came down on Tuesday.  One thing is for certain: we will never run out of firewood.

Sarah snacked moodily on heirloom tomatoes before we departed from the farm this evening. We have a new — and vibrant — beehive in one of the maples in front of the cottage.  You can hear it buzzing from some distance away.  We consulted Ray Tousey, who sells honey at the Rhinebeck Farmers’ Market.  He said […]

By virtue of her membership in the Rhinebeck Soccer League, Sarah marched today in the Memorial Day parade.  She spent most of the time collecting candy thrown from parade floats and fire engines. At the parade, Jen took this picture of William Sanchez, the town judge, who married us in 2000. Everyone enjoyed the long […]

On Saturday, Sarah had some friends over after soccer practice.  We went fishing after lunch.  Here is Sophie catching the afternoon’s only fish — a largemouth bass. In bloom: Bleeding Hearts Columbine Dogwood Also on Saturday, we (and by “we” I mean Chuck) installed the 12-unit purple martin house that Julie gave us.  Although some bluebirds […]