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“Some things about a big storm to make you happy.” At least as long as no one gets hurt. And that seemed to be the case on Saturday night of Irene. The hurricane. Not the person. The warnings had been […]
Before Karen left, the Ausseis had to get a chance to catch up, and it was nice just to have an evening on the porch. We had a great summer supper of skirt steak, corn and tomatoes, with a couple […]
We scored big on a tag sale a few blocks away, where we found these pine storage boxes that double as end tables for the porch. Related posts: The Porch Season Has Begun! Pizza Saves the Porch Night Breakfast Buffet […]
Irene came over for a glass of wine on the porch, and we found ourselves enjoying the warm weather so much that we didn’t want to leave to go downtown to the pub. We scrounged in the kitchen and found […]
We pulled the cushions up from the basement, dusted the furniture and vacuumed the (despised) porch carpet. We added a few accessories like sisal rugs and lanterns, and we are all set for a summer of porch fun. Here’s a […]
Some SCF fans may already know that Leigh was in the hospital for 19 days in April. He’s just fine now, thank goodness. During those 19 days, Sondra spent many a night in the hospital. And for one weekend, Chris […]
My husband, Greg, and I are co-founders of SCF, which chronicles what we eat, drink and grow as we raise our daughter on a tiny plot of land in the Lower Hudson Valley.
