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A nature preserve with a historic home — plus walking trails and roving peacocks. A lovely spot for an afternoon with the cousins. Cousins in an arch. And on a walk. And when we came back, we were treated to […]
Before heading out to lunch with Sarah and the girls, Sam takes a plunge in the pool. And, upon return, a pretty sunset.
We had a true vacation day on Sunday. Just relaxing and resting by the pool, on the nicest day of the trip. After a swim and a nap, we took a walk around the neighborhood. Then back home to grill […]
Here we go, friends! Off to Texas to visit Jessica and Sarah and their families. After a harrowing Friday morning — I took an emergency visit to the doctor for a diagnosis of strep! — the antibiotics kicked in enough […]
Kelli still visiting, and we spend a lazy day at home, then take a late-afternoon walk downtown for cocktails and dinner. A stop at Nyack’s gem of a bookstore, Pickwick, for a copy of the new Dog Man title. Then, […]
A nice salad for lunch — with a poached egg no less! And somebody is showing off her missing teeth.
Sam got a subscription to a science-building kit for Christmas, and we made our first one, a claw game for an arcade. Here’s how it all came out! Fun project!
We took in the Julio Le Parc exhibition at the Met Breuer, then walked back up the original Met for a visit to the Epic Abstraction exhibit. Both were well worthwhile. Walking up Fifth: Triumphant! And a few from Epic […]
A nice Saturday to go to the museum. No particular agenda, just to wander. And so we found ourselves with the ancient Egyptians. We were seeking William, the hippopotamus. To the ancient Egyptians, hippos were among the most feared creatures. […]
Man, it comes on fast. And I was thrown off because she threw up overnight. But they say that is a symptom in children. I cleaned up after her, and she was resting downstairs when her cough started getting worse. […]
She still likes a little “Rock-a-bye Baby” before bed now and again.
Ed and Emily welcomed everyone to their new home with a housewarming party that extended the holidays over another weekend. House looks great! They’ve done so much since moving in last fall. Good times.
Start them early! She loves to read the comics every week.
An annual tradition to see the tree on New Year’s Day, continued. Though this year, we did not get up super-early and get there first thing in the morning. We slept in a bit, and got there around noon. Skaters! […]
A little coffee in the morning… … then a family trip to see “Mary Poppins” at the movies. No photos from there, but we did have lunch at Yard House afterward. Not that bad!
Steve and Jessie hosted a lovely brunch for the neighborhood to toast the new year together. A lovely way to end the old, with delicious food and lovely company.
After the present opening chaos, we took a nice walk, did a few chores around the house, and had our traditional tamale supper. Merry Christmas!
Christmas morning for a seven-year-old! We slept til 9 (go Sammy!) and opened gifts by the fire. Sam got: a LOL doll, a Beanie Boo, a joke book, Squishmallows, binoculars, an Electromagnetic toy kit, a rocket toy kit, a LOT […]
We celebrated in the traditional way, by attending the early Christmas Eve service and dining at Sondra and Leigh’s afterward. We had oysters — Pemaquids, this time, from a great mail-order company we just discovered called Real Oyster Cult — […]
We haven’t been doing it religiously (see what I did there?), but we tried this month to keep up with Advent prayers and lighting the wreath before dinner each evening. Today was the Fourth Sunday and we lit the pink […]
A walk downtown, to the library and with a stop at Hickory Dickory Dock, the most Christmas-y store ever.
Dave and the sports team at NorthJersey.com did a cool thing this season: they took it on the road. Dave and the beat writers for the Jets and Giants set up a Facebook live show from Redd’s, a sports bar […]
Had a fun Saturday at the house, making a gingerbread house and doing a 300-piece puzzle. it was nice to have this kind of down time during the holiday season. Very relaxing.
This year, for the winter party at Sam’s school, the children were asked to do a project that represents their holiday traditions. Sam chose cutting down our Christmas tree (a long-standing SCF tradition that dates back to 2017). We came […]
Like last year, Sam was a sheep for our annual Grace Church School Christmas Pageant. She makes an excellent “Baa!”
Reading the stories in the Advent calendar, eating oysters, drinking bubbly. Hard to think of a better way to spend a Saturday night.
Some photos from the rehearsal for the Christmas Pageant.
As a way to share holiday traditions, the second grade was asked to make a project. It could be a movie, a story, a painting, a diorama, anything. Sam chose to make a triptych. The center is our Christmas tree. […]
The church school and the Brownie troop went caroling at the Nyack Manor Nursing Home. It brought a lot of joy to the seniors there.
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.
