Jan 29 2012
Bench
Chuck Kelsoe used part (a small part!) of one of our fallen oaks to make this bench for us. It weighs a ton.
Archive for January, 2012
Jan 16 2012
Sarah’s Barn
Our living room is becoming a simulacrum of the farm. We got the barn last weekend at George Cole’s auction house, and added six Breyer horses from eBay as an early birthday present for Sarah. Here’s the real thing.
Jan 08 2012
Up Up and Away
Spare parts arrived for the remote-controlled helicopter (my x-mas gift from Jen’s mother), so we put it back together and took it for a spin. Sarah was skeptical that it would fly — but it did. Although, once again, I sent it into a tree. No harm done. On Saturday it was 61 degrees, which would […]
Jan 02 2012
Squirrels Destroyed My Ukulele
We arrived at the farm for our Christmas vacation and found a deranged squirrel in the family room, hopping from bookshelf to bookshelf. In the process, he knocked my ukulele to the ground, destroying it. The squirrel had gotten in through the chimney in the mud room. We chased him out the front door. Other […]