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I got my rotary mower back from the shop, where it’s spent most of the summer.  The invoice from Keil Equipment (which was breathtaking in amount) included a note to call the owner, Kim Keil — a little like getting a “see me” note on a test.  He wanted to stop by on Sunday to find […]

Sarah had a winter-themed birthday party Friday night. We hope all her wishes come true!

We had a happy Thanksgiving at the farm, featuring this highly locally sourced turkey.  It came from Kesicke Farm, about two miles down Route 9G.  When I called to ask if they had any turkeys, the farmer, Frank Vosburgh, making it sound as if he was looking out his kitchen window, said he might have […]

Perhaps you have been thinking, gee, there haven’t been enough bird pictures lately.  I hear you.  Here’s a red-bellied woodpecker on the hickory tree next to the barn. This bluebird found a convenient shelf on which to rest. And here’s a mourning dove, who was sad that we had only one day in the country […]

This turkey, a survivor of last weekend’s Neighbors’ Gun Club turkey shoot, surveyed the overgrown field in front of our house. While this particular bird is safe, we are already preparing for Thanksgiving — we’ve been gathering hickory nuts for pie and brittle. On Sunday, cutting vines in the hedgerow, I found an old apple […]

On Saturday we went apple picking at Cedar Heights Orchard in Rhinebeck.  We got about 20 pounds of apples. Daisy came with us, but she seemed a bit wistful — hangdog, you might say — and, surprisingly, she did not eat any apples. Then we started cooking.  Sarah made an apple pie. I made a childhood […]

We had our first obedience lesson with Daisy at Doc’s K-9 Center in Red Hook.  Actually, it was the second lesson for each of us: Daisy had a private lesson with Dr. Karen (at right) during our summer vacation, and the first Puppy Kindergarten lesson, last weekend, was a people-only affair.  Daisy was a star performer, […]

We made two visits to the Dutchess County Fair this year, on Friday (just the three of us) and Saturday (with the whole Regner clan in town for first and last running of The Jim Regner at Saratoga Race Course).    Sarah wanted to go on the high swing both times, and Jen also seemed to […]

Sarah returned to the hammock this weekend, this time with her pup.   Daisy had a rough week, having been bitten on the nose by an evil border collie in Central Park. She is a water dog through and through.  It’s very hard to keep her out of the pond. Jen has been teaching Daisy to […]

We just got back from two weeks in the country.  Sarah spent a week at pony camp at Southlands, and then a week at arts camp at the Mill Street Loft, which takes place in a church in Red Hook. Daisy had a great vacation.  She had her first swims in the pond, worked on […]