welcome to the farm
Aug 28 2016
On Saturday we went to the Dutchess County Fair. It was Sarah’s second visit, having gone on Wednesday. She would have been perfectly happy to attend all six days of the fair. Sarah is a particular fan of the rides, including the above-pictured Hamster Dance. She also bungee-jumped. And, of course, she faced off against her dad […]
Aug 25 2016
We had a somewhat more restful vacation last week. It started with a huge thunderstorm Saturday night, which knocked out power for eleven hours and also knocked down Jen’s rhubarb patch. Jen rebounded by making rhu-berry jam. She held a tasting to select entries for the Dutchess County Fair. We climbed the Stissing Mountain fire tower. Even […]
Aug 07 2016
We spent a week at the farm, with enjoyable activities occasionally punctuating conference calls and document review. Here’s the view from the fire tower at Ferncliff Forest, which Jen and I surmounted after lunch at Grieg Farm, where we got on the outside of a couple of very good BLTs. The aforementioned fire tower. The […]