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A Few Photos from a Fall Sunday

A trip to the farmers market in Piermont, and just two photos from a really fun dinner at Jody and Paul’s. Related posts: Fall at the Farmers Market, With Karen! Photos from Day One of the Beach: Amagansett! Our First […]

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Samantha’s Second Birthday

Celebrating Sam’s birthday on a Saturday, with a few prezzies, and cake! Then, a civilized supper for the adults, with a grilled, double-cut pork chop with a cornbread stuffing and sour cherries. Sisters! Jessica’s sweet little prezzy: Family!      Moving […]

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Jessica Visits The Farm

We were so thrilled to welcome Jessica for a visit to the farm. She arrived Thursday evening, just in time for dinner: one of Greg’s special pizzas. And some nice red wine, too. Welcome Jessica! Related posts: Supper on the […]

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Trick or Treat!

The evening didn’t start out well. Coming home from day care, in her costume, natch, she was all tears. But soon after, we headed out with neighbor and friend Claire  to collect candy. Tasha fills the bags! The girls along […]

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A Beautiful Sunset

Pastel, in October. An oxymoron, no? Related posts: A Beautiful March Sunset A Beautiful Sunset Gorgeous Sunset Lunch at Harry’s Burritos and a Walk on a Beautiful Day in Nyack

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Blessing of the Animals

For the Feast of St. Francis, people bring their pets to church for the Blessing of the Animals. Samantha brought Monkey and Baa along, but she was also enjoying playing with other parishoners’ animals, too. Here are a few pics. […]

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Nyack Fire Department Parade, Celebrating 150 Years

The Nyack Fire Department celebrated its 150th anniversary with a parade down Main Street Saturday. Samantha loved the trucks, the music and the “nas.” (Horses.) Here are a few pics and videos from the afternoon’s entertainment. And… walking home afterwards: […]

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Sam Tells Daddy ‘Good Luck’

Hunna started a new job this week: working for Design Within Reach. We’re all pretty excited, not to mention proud! Good work for a good company. He leaves super-early, so Sam and I are on our own those mornings. On […]

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More Fun on the Patio

Kicking around outside before supper. I don’t know what we’re going to do when it gets cold out! Related posts: Saturday Night Supper on the Patio: Corn Soup and Spaghetti with Fresh Tomatoes Inaugural Patio Supper: Sausage, Potato Salad and […]

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Sunday Night on the Patio

A lovely evening for reading the paper and relaxing to some tunes while Sam played with Tasha and Shannon and in the yard. Related posts: Sunday Night Supper at Wasabi Saturday Night at Wasabi Sunday Evening Sips and Snacks Sunday […]

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Supper in the Garden at The Ranch

An evening with Les Gilberts out at the ranch. No photos of the food, but a lovely one of us at the table, surrounded by candlelight. What fun. Related posts: Sunday Supper at the Ranch Saturday Supper at The Ranch […]

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A Few Words from Samantha

Including, heiney! heiney! And few other body parts. Click through to see two other videos of Samantha on a Saturday morning in her room. Rock-a-Baby: I sit down: Related posts: Samantha Tackles the Stairs and Loves the Remote The Gates […]

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Goofing Around at Dinner

More naming names of cousins! Related posts: Horsing Around on the Porch Goofing Around on the Porch Naming Names: Video Tamales at the Ranch for Christmas Dinner 2012

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Supper at the Ranch: Farewell to Lexi

Sondra and Lexi cooked a terrific vegetarian bibimbap for our last supper. Everyone thought it was a huge hit! Even Sam!   Afterwards, we did a few family portraits on the stairs by the back porch.  Good times. We’ll miss […]

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Last Concert of the Season

  The last Tuesday night concert of the season ended with a rainout between acts. What a bummer. But we did get to have our final picnic by the Hudson before the rain came, and to top it off, we […]

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Polecat!

As fans of SCF’s facebook page know, we had a bit of a skunk issue the other day. After that, we taught Samantha a new word: “Polecat.” Post by Sour Cherry Farm. Related posts: My First Mother’s Day Iron Chef […]

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‘MohDanDat’

Wilson has a funny story he likes to tell about the time he was driving across the George Washington Bridge and handed some cash to the toll-taker. The guy looked at Wilson and said: “Iss Moh Dan Dat.” And that’s […]

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Eating Cherry Tomatoes Like Candy

Samantha was so taken with the cherry tomatoes at one stand at the Pleasantville Farmers Market that she, well, took them. So we bought them, natch, and let her snack on them.   Cutie. Related posts: Samantha at the Pleasantville […]

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Naming Names: Video

Somebody misses her aunties and her cousins. Sarah! Mae! Jane! Boo-boo! Related posts: An Easter Egg Hunt Video Video: Playing at the High Line Horsing Around on the Porch A Video Montage of The Garden at Dusk

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Goofing Around on the Porch

Having fun with strollers, backpacks, baby and bags. Some SCF fans may remember this photo from Facebook last week. “Samantha is heading off to Port Authority. No, she’s not a bag lady.” Related posts: A Party for Scott and Samantha […]

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Petting Zoo at Miss Susan’s

Susan, Samantha’s wonderful caregiver at White House Day Care, arranged for a petting zoo to come to the house for an afternoon. The kids went nuts! We had a good time, too, watching them! A few pics: Related posts: Miss […]