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I was wandering around the North Woods in Central Park late Saturday morning when I heard a rising cheer from every direction. I knew at once the election had been called for Joe Biden. That’s a nice thing about living in New York: you can find out if, say, the Yankees have won the pennant […]

So far we have had spectacular weather for Labor Day weekend. On Friday we had a visit from Ivan and Elizabeth Saperstein, who brought fried chicken. We contributed a salad from our overflowing supply of tomatoes and cucumbers. Today, Daisy grazed near the hammock where I spent part of the afternoon, resting after a morning […]

This evening we had dramatic skies, and reflections, after a Sunday thunderstorm. Sarah and Jen spent much of the day in Kingston, gathering supplies for Sarah’s new mask-making business, while I battled various invasive vines in the woods and Daisy slept on the front stoop.

It is unquestionably fully summertime, with temperatures in the nineties, full-scale jam operations underway, and lazy afternoons in the pond.

After a long hiatus we have spent the last week here at the farm — and indeed we are stuck here indefinitely — as a result of COVID-19. We have all been strongly encouraged to “work” from “home” and I am doing my best to comply. Still there are encouraging signs of spring all around, […]

We have been stuck in New York for some while, but it’s nice to be able to see a beautiful moonlit evening on the PondCam®️.

Here’s an unusual view of the farm, from Wolcott Drive, where we went walking today.

We started the weekend with foggy skies and greenish fields, but a lovely snowfall began soon after we arrived Saturday. We responded, sensibly, by building a fire and making cassoulet.

With Jen away in Concord, Massachusetts, for board meetings, Sarah and I sprinted up to Rhinebeck Friday night after Sarah’s evening dance lessons. We arrived in time to allow several hours of sleep before Sarah’s 6:00 a.m. arrival at Southlands to prepare for her horse show. I went back to bed, but I was reliably […]

Attentive viewers of rhinebeckfarm.com may have noticed that the PondCam™ has not been working lately. Good news: you can find a new, improved PondCam on its eponymous page. It’s amazing how technology advances, and equally amazing that the only way I could capture the image above was by taking a screen shot of a video […]