Oct 31 2010
Archive for October, 2010
Oct 31 2010
Halloween Preview
We’ve had a lovely, crisp, fall weekend as we get ready to celebrate Halloween. On Saturday, Sarah played her first game with the Rhinebeck Soccer League. And today, we watched as riders in the Landsman Kill Trail Association’s Fall Hunter Pace passed by the pond. Throughout the weekend, Jen put in long hours working on […]
Oct 25 2010
Fall Crops
Jen has been harvesting the fall crops, as we settle into autumn. Sarah tried on one of her mother’s dresses, circa 1972. And here she is enjoying a pre-Halloween party, downtown. Here’s one for the leaf-peepers.
Oct 17 2010
Burger Hill
We climbed Burger Hill this afternoon. It wasn’t particularly cold, but Sarah is nevertheless wearing her new earmuffs, which she got at the Sheep & Wool festival at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds. She and Jen attended both Saturday and today. Sarah still has a touch of poison ivy from apple-picking last weekend. Here’s a squirrel […]
Oct 10 2010
Morning Light
We had beautiful, cool, clear days this weekend. Here’s the sun rising this morning over the pond. Later this morning, Sarah and her friend Max went apple picking. They went all the way into the trees to get them. Here are a couple of pictures from last weekend: Sarah, out for a walk … […]
Oct 03 2010
Bug Box
Here is Sarah with her bug box, which we put together last weekend. She has been using it mostly to house caterpillars. Inside are a woolly bear caterpillar, which looks like it is wearing a Princeton sweater, and this fellow below, Lophocampa caryae, who will some day grow up to be a hickory […]