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One of Jen’s peonies bloomed to herald Mothers Day. We started the day in traditional style, with breakfast in bed: broccoli and cheddar omelet, locally sourced bacon, fruit, toast, and coffee.  Sarah made duct tape roses, and a pinwheel for the garden. On Saturday after soccer practice, Sarah and I stopped by the Phantom Gardener […]

We saw this coyote on Saturday and Sunday, drinking at the pond.  She seems to have some pups somewhere – maybe in the hedgerow.  We are giving each other a wide berth. On Saturday our neighbor Richard Murray lent me his Gravely zero-turn mower, which has a 27 horsepower engine and a 60″ deck.  It’s […]

It is unmistakably springtime.  The barn swallows have returned. The daffodils are blooming. The tulips — at least those few that are regularly Bobexed, to avoid the predations of the deer — are blooming. And even our peach trees are blooming.  They were Jen’s Mothers’ Day present last year. On Sunday we had such spectacular weather […]

On Saturday, the Craigslist gods offered up this kayak.  It was being sold by an employee of the Phantom Gardener at the insistance of his girfriend, with whom he was moving, on Wednesday, to Olympia, Washington.  We have been trying to come up with a name for it.  Contenders include: Lucy; The Indecisive Squirrel; The […]

Do we relax on Labor Day?  Why, noooo – we do lots of yard work.  But we are not the only ones who keep busy. This highly energetic squirrel gathered two hickory nuts simultaneously. And this frog made a home in Sarah’s rosebush. But it was not all toil.  Jen’s dad came to visit, and […]

It was the peak weekend for the Rose of Sharon, here shown in full bloom. Sarah’s babysitter Lauren visited for the weekend.  It was bittersweet, as she leaves us next Friday to begin a PhD program at the University of Virginia. It was nice to have an extra pair of hands for berry picking!  The […]

Jen put in a heroic effort in the garden this weekend.  Everything is ship-shape, and we should have a splendid summer, veggie-wise.  To the right of Jen (her left) you can see Sarah’s little rose bush in full bloom. Grandpa and B.J. visited the farm and indulged Sarah in a game of the aptly named […]

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 and her friend Sophie debunked the myth that you can’t use your hands in Soccer. Here is our first peony of the season — a pink one.  By Sunday, a dozen of them had opened.  

Mother’s Day began with breakfast in bed for Jen.  Sarah presented the collage she has been working on, which features pictures of animals and their offspring. Sarah had a particularly special weekend because her babysitter, Lauren, visited.  She watched Sarah play lots of soccer and went for a ride in the rowboat. If Sarah looks […]