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Here is a robin, surveying his domain during a rare sunny moment this weekend.  The T-ball championship game and picnic were rained out on Saturday, but are now scheduled for next Saturday.  Next weekend should also bring us plenty of black raspberries: the first ones were ripe this weekend, about a week before last year. […]

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 […]

Lots of flowers were in bloom this weekend.  Here is a rose from our garden. And here’s a wild rose growing near the driveway. In the front garden we had a very showy iris … … and some pink peonies. In the back we had roses … … and irises. All were yanked from their […]

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 […]

… 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 […]