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On Saturday Daisy went in the pond for the first time this season. It looked chilly to us, but she seemed happy to be there.

Daisy celebrated her sixth birthday on Saturday. Here is the birthday girl enjoying some fine early spring weather.

Daisy has been in an exceedingly good mood lately. On Friday she proved she could still fit in Jen’s lap. On Saturday Sarah participated in a Breyer horse show in Millbrook. Here you can see the very serious judges for the dressage event, in which Sarah eventually won a blue ribbon.

A thin crust on the snow kept Daisy topside, although she did slide a bit.

It was icy cold on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, but we had a had a warm weekend with a visit from David Upson and his family. Many kitchen gadgets were pressed into service: we made Chicken Adobe in the somehow back-from-the-dead Instant Pot, a perfect 136 degree beef tenderloin courtesy of the sous vide […]

Sarah presided over a very merry Christmas in her traditional elf capacity, with a little help from her assistant, Daisy. Despite our rather short, pudgy tree, we had a festive time with the entire Burleigh clan. We feasted on gravlax, herring, stollen, and fruit salad. For Xmas dinner, we had country ham and biscuits, as […]

Our Thanksgiving this year included Rinda, Lew, Julie, Stacey, and the Perkins family, four visiting Australians celebrating their first Thanksgiving.  We had an 18-pound turkey from Salt Point, together with pecan stuffing, green beans with slivered almonds, creamed onions, sweet potatoes with marshmallows, strawberry jello mold, three kinds of cranberry sauce, and four pies. We […]

Sarah’s babysitter-for-life Lauren Ballback, fresh from passing the Virginia bar examination, visited this weekend. She brought her dog, Hamilton, a very good boy who did not dig any holes during this visit.  Daisy enjoyed his company. Today, all of us — except for Hamilton and Daisy — attended the Hudson Valley Hunter Jumper Association annual […]

Saturday was a washout but the sun came out this afternoon. Daisy, who has been very good lately, received this antler from the Rhinebeck Farmers Market. She seems to be enjoying it quite a bit. This red fox has been prowling around all weekend. I was lucky to get these shots with Daisy standing behind […]

A soggy Saturday morning gave way to sunshine and bacon skies by afternoon. While Sarah worked on an English essay, Jen, Daisy and I visited Poets’ Walk, overlooking the Hudson in Red Hook. After our return, Daisy ended up in a face-off with a rather large coyote. Daisy barked ferociously, causing the coyote to retreat […]