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Daisy, fresh from her victory Saturday evening over a cheese plate, took on a stinkbug today in a fireside bout.  The bug, just above Daisy’s right paw, battled to a draw.

Sarah and her friend Michaela braved the low-twenties temperature to go sledding on our hill. Daisy waited patiently for them to return.

The sun finally peeked out this afternoon at the end of a sleety MLK weekend. We made lots of soup: White Bean on Saturday and French Onion today.  Daisy was the happy beneficiary of two bones.

We had a very merry Christmas at the farm, with a visit from all of the Burleighs (and one or two Burleigh affiliates) and plenty of surprises under the tree.  Even Daisy got several presents, including this star, rated 9/10 on the dog toy toughness scale.  She has since demolished it. The next day, Jen […]

  We sprinted up to the farm Tuesday night to beat a snow storm.  The lights flickered, but we did not lose power — although we did suffer a hellacious Wednesday without Wifi. We got six or eight inches — just enough for a family snowshoe outing. Daisy loves the snow. Jen made a lovely apple […]

Daisy was worn out by a walk today with her friend Ringo, who energetically herded her throughout.  Daisy led Ringo into the swamp, but they did not brave the thin coating of ice at the edge of the pond.

We had a short, chilly weekend in the country, returning Saturday for a dinner party in Hastings.  Daisy enjoys the crisp weather.

We stayed in New York Friday night so Sarah could trick-or-treat.  She was Athena, the goddess of war and wisdom. It was quite chilly in Rhinebeck, but that did not stop Daisy from going swimming.  She is very hardy. Afterward, Daisy unwound on Sarah’s beanbag chair. Most of our leaves have fallen, but some are holding on.

We are at the peak of the fall foliage season.  This weekend we had many plans: the Sheep & Wool festival, a visit from the Dizes, an auction at George Cole, an antique car show at Mills Mansion, and a 4-H open house at Southlands.  We accomplished none of them, mainly in favor of school applications, […]

  Once again we had a rainy Saturday but a splendid Sunday.  On Saturday, Sarah had a riding lesson, in which she wrestled bravely with Cookie’s exceeding bounciness.  During the weekend, she offered her toil, sweat and tears (no blood, thank goodness) to her essays for her school applications. Because my comments on Sarah’s applications […]