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Sam’s room! Good times. Related posts: Katonah Reading Room Lunch at the Village Tea Room in New Paltz Goatherd Book Club: A Room with a View
My Friday off, and a bike ride. Interesting rock arrangement. Getting ready for a party, I decide to move the bees. Bad move. They keep coming back. In the end, we put the hive back and told people to just […]
A couple photos of our little athlete. Go Sammy! Related posts: T-Ball for Sam! T-Ball Team Pictures Forests of the Night Opening Masquerade Ball Celebrating Greg’s Birthday with Lamb Shanks and Polenta
Claire turned five — five? — and celebrated with a tea party. Jane pulled out all the stops, with little tea sandwiches and cupcakes. The kids ran around, played dress up and had a wonderful time. Sam in her tea party […]
How. Did. This. Happen? Four and a half years, gone in a flash. Samantha — and many of our neighborhood and Nyack friends’ kids, too — is now oriented. To kindergarten. She and Claire walked in to Upper Nyack Elementary School, greeted […]
A few random pics. Crazy butterfly Sam: Broadway: A julep. Sam’s art: This looks like royal jelly to me! Related posts: Random Pics from April 25 Family Photos Random Table Beauty A Few Nyack Photos from Sandy
Despite a chilly, blustery evening, Bob fired up the pizza oven so the boys could do some pies for the fam. Pizza one is sort of like the first crepe or pancake you make. It’s never going to be just […]
When the matriarch of your family turns 90, you celebrate! Annie put together a party for Doris, who was the toast of the town. Everyone from long lost cousins to the mayor of St. Peter stopped by with well wishes. […]
Smoked meats, broccoli salad, family. A good gathering around Bob and Annie’s table. Sam and Reece painting. Greg and Mark: Smoked meatloaf (AKA Bob’s Midwest Sushi!): Smoked Flank Steak: Broccoli and Grape salad: Grilled asparagus, too: Jessica and Mark: Jessica, […]
Friday was miserable. Cold. Rainy. Windy. Bitter. Just rotten. So after a long lazy morning in the house, we headed out to do a few errands, and to entertain Samantha a little. The best stop, the Mankato Children’s Museum. We […]
We’re heading out on what has become an annual trip to Minnesota. We’re looking forward to visiting with family and friends, and celebrating Doris’ 90th — yes 90th! — birthday. Our travels. How could I not shoot a photo of […]
A low-key Mother’s Day this year: a trip to the nursery (a requisite for all Mother’s Days, I’d bet), and burgers — in honor of Grandmom — at the house. “Mom, take a picture of me with this plant!” “OK” […]
A few pics from practice and the team photos. Go team! Related posts: T-Ball for Sam! Forests of the Night Opening Masquerade Ball Random Pics from April 25
See what a little spring cleaning gets you? $165! I found this U.S. Savings bond that had been given to me by my great-grandmother when I was born. It stopped maturing more than 10 years ago, so I went ahead […]
A low-key birthday supper at Brick House! Pizza, salad and, of course, ice cream. Happy birthday to me! Related posts: Mom’s Birthday at Hudson House Birthday Supper at o lar Happy Birthday Claire! Pizza at Mountain House in Sparkill
After a month of painting and prepping, Kris threw open the doors to Festoon on May 1 with, of course, a party. What a difference a month makes! Flowers: Beauty: SO happy for Kris. Related posts: Festoon! […]
Whoa! The time has come to say goodbye to the crib. Sure, it was a toddler bed for a while. But we are now graduating out of toddler-dom and into childhood. (Yes, I am weeping.) We got a new memory […]
We’ve perfected the schedule for dying natural Easter eggs: make the dyes on Friday night, then let them steep overnight. (And the recipe for natural dye is here!) (And it was a crazy Friday night at SCF!) We do the […]
Well, what do you know. Sam is playing T-Ball! We decided to sign her up mainly because we are decidely not sporty, and we thought it would give her a chance to see if she is. The jury is still […]
It’s that time again. SCF just has too much stuff. Where does it all come from? I mean, we just had a Cool Sale two years ago. It wasn’t enough. So we started dragging crap up from the basement and […]
After church, we made our way down to The Souk, the farmers market they hold at the Inside Out in Piermont (such a terrific store, by the way; it carries local artwork and makers). Ramps are making their way to […]
It’s time to get rid of the junk. Yes, we had a Cool Sale two years ago. But we weren’t aggressive enough. This time, we are being ruthless. Goodbye bench, once owned by my Dad. Goodbye rocker, where my mom once […]
We did a quiet Easter at home this year, just the family. Sam asked to have her breakfast on the deviled egg platter. Why not? Church, in all its splendor: Samantha in all her splendor: As soon as we […]
We’d had enough. The ceiling fan that we installed when we moved into the house in 2002 just wasn’t giving us enough light. Every winter, especially, we’d squint to see what was bubbling on the stove. And then, to top […]
Could be the first, unless I missed something. Honored to say it was our sour cherry. Related posts: Tabletop Christmas Tree 2012 The Tree Is Up at The Farm Sour Cherry Preserves Recipe Pickled Sour Cherries: Recipe
We were ready to watch the Grammy’s for one reason, which I’m sure you can guess. Hamilton. So in honor of such, we opened our bottle of Aaron Burr cider, procured last fall at the Field + Supply maker’s fair. It […]
We celebrated Valentine’s Day in a romantic way: with our child! First, we headed to a birthday party at Harry’s house. (OK, our friends Greg and Gannon.) Then home for prosecco by the fire. Sam is learning well from her […]
With Greg off at work, Sam and I kept busy with a fun day at home. First, we made this Mississippi Roast in the crockpot — the one everybody was raving about on Pinterest until finally the New York Times […]
Sam and I started our weekend off right with a trip to the salon. Though Sam has had a haircut before — back in October, see the post here! — that time was just a trim. This time we’re going […]
It’s started, guys. She’s performing for us. As we sip our Bronx Cocktails (thanks Cherril!), she’s not throwing away her shot! Them’s some moves! Related posts: Hamilton! Hamilton for the Second Time Car Show in Nyack The Nyack Car Show
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.
