Jan 30 2011
Endless Winter
At least one of our number does not seem to mind the relentless snow of 2011. But even she occasionally retreats indoors, where she is making slow but steady progress on her scarf.
Jan 23 2011
Brrr
We had an icy weekend.
On Friday, we took Sarah to see Disney Princesses on Ice at Madison Square Garden, at the invitation of the parents of one of her classmates. Sarah was not sure why all the princesses from the various stories would be together at the same show, or why they would be skating, but she suspended disbelief and thoroughly enjoyed the evening.
Afterward, we drove up to the farm to find a very chilly (45°) house. We called the experts at Bottini Fuel, were diagnosed as having run out of oil, and had the whole thing sorted out by 3:00 a.m.
Sarah went ice skating this afternoon at the rink in Saugerties — it was too cold to try to shovel off the pond.
The National Weather Service says it will be 12° below zero tonight.
Jan 18 2011
Bench
We won this garden bench at the auction at George Cole on Saturday night. It is every bit as heavy as it looks.
It’s staying in the barn until spring, when we’ll figure out where to put it.
Jan 17 2011
Clearing the Pond
Jen and Sarah tried to clear the pond for skating on Saturday, but the ice was too bumpy and they abandoned the project.
On Sunday, we used our new pasta press to make bucatini all’Amatriciana.
Jan 09 2011
Winter Wonderland
We had ideal conditions this weekend for sledding (Sarah), cross-country skiing (Jen, pictured below) and snow-shoeing (Bill).
Jan 02 2011
Christmas 2010
We had a great Christmas vacation at the farm with Jen’s family.
Here, in transliteration, is Sarah’s letter to St. Nick:
Dear St. Nicholas,
The cookies and milk are for you! And the carrots are for your reindeer! 🙂
And the hay for your reindeer, and the hay is in the barn. Help yourself.
Love,
Sarah Regner! 🙂
One of Sarah’s favorite presents was a magic kit. She performed tricks for everyone.
No square meals for us!
We had blustery conditions following a storm on Boxing Day.
Nevertheless, Sarah braved the elements to go sledding, and returned looking a bit flushed.
Later, she and her friend Michaela made a gingerbread house.
Dec 19 2010
Phoning It In
In this PondCam™ image captured this afternoon, sun sets over the pond — without us, however, since we were in New York for the weekend.
Stay tuned for plenty of x-mas action!
Dec 12 2010
Snow on the Pond
The lawn is still green, but there was snow on the pond on Saturday. Today, the rain washed it all away.
Nov 28 2010
Thanksgiving 2010
Sarah made beautiful placecards for Thanksgiving.
Even though we were sad not have Grandma with us, we had much to be thankful for, including a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner.
For dessert, we had hickory nut pie (among other pies).
It was an exhausting affair.
The indefatigable Sarah, however, got everyone to play Monopoly, every day.
She let Grandpa have just enough free time so that he could continue work on his Secret Project.
