Jan
24
2016
New York City may have had a record-breaking blizzard on Saturday, but not a single snowflake fell on the farm. Sarah had five friends over to celebrate her birthday. Pasta, cake, movies, and air hockey for all. Daisy offered to drive us home on Sunday. We arrived home early enough so that Sarah could go […]
Jan
18
2016
It’s at last gotten cold enough to have a little ice on the pond. We had a relaxing MLK weekend. We drove up Saturday morning in time for Sarah’s first indoor soccer practice with the Dutch Elite Soccer Academy in Milan. On Saturday night, Jen and I ordered a pizza and watched The Big Short, […]
Jan
10
2016
Jen spent a rainy day working on a jigsaw puzzle. It really came down! Daisy was concerned when I stuck my head out the door to take this brief video. The rain left as quickly as it came, though, and as the sun set we had our customary beautiful light.
Jan
03
2016
We had a lovely Christmas vacation at the farm, with highly variable weather (often unseasonably warm, as above, but it also snowed) and lots of visitors (Lew, Rinda, and Lewis, for Christmas; Erica and Geoff, for New Years; Lauren (Sarah’s babysitter-for-life), and her dog, Hamilton, for the weekend after New Year; and a drive-by Saturday lunch […]