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Here is Que (pronounced queue, or perhaps Q), a curmudgeonly quarter horse Sarah has been riding lately.  Sarah says he’s nice when being ridden but mean otherwise.

This is about as close to peak foliage as we are going to get this year.  A warm, dry, fall has left us without the vivid colors we have had in other years. Some of our star performers did pretty well, nevertheless.  You’ve seen this one before. On Saturday, Sarah participated in the horse Halloween […]

Sarah participated in her first horse show at Southlands on Sunday.  Riding Owen, she won a third place and a fourth place ribbon.  She hopes to do even better next time!

Sarah showed nice form today aboard Owen at Southlands.  Next weekend she has her first show. Jen rooted for them both.

In June, we talked to local haymaker Herbie Stickle about haying our fields.  He showed up today, having finishing up haying at Burger Hill.  We were very glad to see him — it’s about three full days’ work to clear the fields with our little tractor.

We just wrapped up a two-week vacation in which we returned to our roots. Sarah returned to riding, aboard Joanie (the Pony) at Southlands. John Harris returned, with his boys, for a mid-summer visit. Sarah returned to the stage, at the Rhinebeck Performing Arts Center’s dance camp. Jen returned to the pond. And I returned […]

We had a busy weekend, hosting the Winnakee Land Trust Barn Tour on Saturday and the Landsman Kill Trail Association Fall Trail Ride on Sunday.   Our barn, which is 100 years old this year, has one of the earliest poured concrete foundations in Dutchess County. On Saturday I tried to give the barn tourists an authentic farm experience […]

The good news is that spring must be around the corner.  Here is as early a pair of mallards as we’ve seen.  The bad news, of course, is that they are being menaced by Canada geese, which are also back in town.  Daisy has been keeping the geese in check. On Saturday, Sarah participated in a Cupcake Wars-themed birthday party […]

Sarah organized her Breyer horses outside so she could take action photographs of them. Here’s one of her shots.

On Saturday night we attended the Sinterklaas Parade, the centerpiece of Rhinebeck’s annual crypto-Christian holiday celebration.   Some more images are below. Sunday was foggy.