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We enjoyed the Memorial Day Parade — that unchanging, Norman Rockwell exemplar of small-town what have you — from the commodious front porch of the Kaimal/Lawsons, who, sadly, were away tending to Maya’s ailing mother. Here is the view from said porch, including what is possibly the nation’s largest ginkgo tree. For visitors Lew, Rinda, […]

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.

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 […]

Sarah took home no ribbon today from her show at Southlands Foundation.  Owen was scratched after he injured his mouth while balking at a jump in warm-up.   Both are disappointed but we expect a full recovery. We had a visit from a Great Egret this morning — a pond first.

We had a sunny, summery weekend, although you wouldn’t have known that looking at this morning’s fog. On Saturday, Sarah rode indoors so they could set up the outdoor rings for the Southland Foundation’s annual gala.  She and Owen showed good form, but it was so hot in the ring they had to cut the […]

Our summer vacation was not entirely under blue skies. On the bright side, we had our annual visit by John Harris and his boys, with whom I went hiking in the Catskills.  As you can see, they were awed by Kaaterskill Falls, the highest waterfall in New York — yes, even taller than Niagara Falls. […]

I celebrated Father’s Day by washing the car, in dadlike fashion, while Daisy looked on supportively. Sarah celebrated by winning an armful of ribbons aboard Owen at Southlands.

The field looked spiffy after Del Wolcott mowed it for parking at the Landsman Kill Trail Association’s Spring Trail Ride, which took off from our farm on Sunday.  We left early for Sarah’s American Youth Dance Recital at Hunter College. Here is Sarah looking spiffy in a Colgate sweatshirt standing between two locust trees. Also […]

Jen returned from a writer’s retreat this morning, just in time for a Mother’s Day brunch at Le Petit Bistro.  This afternoon, Jen and Sarah met horses and riders visiting our trails, including Rich Contini, past president of the Landsman Kill Trail Association.  Sarah has in fact ridden this horse before. We had a chilly […]

Sarah woke up early Saturday morning and let us know that we had a pair of swans in the pond.  The duck between them doesn’t seem too happy about it, but they are quite picturesque and we are glad to have them.  They stuck around all weekend. I looked it up online, and swans, it […]