Eat. Drink. Live.
Morning and evening on the porch. Our sweet girl. And, to end the day, a little tonic-making!
Just a Saturday around the house, with an “experiment” and some chores to get the porch open. Mopping! And a nice little lunch of chicken salad.
A fun night with friends on the porch’t. A supper of salmon, squash and snap pea salad with radish. Lots of laughs with Suzie and Joe. Suzie and Joe: Suzie’s lovely sides: Supper. In a bowl, of course.
A gorgeous evening for friends and fun on the porch. Salad and meat, of course! An evening of laughs as always.
It’s opening day of porch season, folks! Time to get those cushions out, dust them off, sweep and mop and get ready for summer!
Supper with Sondra and Leigh. Only a couple of photos, but this Caprese is another beaut. And the porch is cozy.
On the 15th anniversary of 9/11, we spend few reflective moments in the church columbarium, where Welles Crowther — the man in the red bandana — is buried. Greg has installed a new pendant light in the foyer. And we […]
The girls had hammocks down at the cabin in Tennessee, so it was only a matter of time before we were asked: “Where can I hang my hammock?” The perfect little spot! (Please ignore that rat’s nest of an ottoman. The […]
We christened porch season with a gin and tonic. And why not! The weather was warm enough — at least until the sun went down! A quick, but enjoyable, opening. Cheers!
This Labor Day week off, I am working on (and supervising work on) getting the porch floor in shape. It’s going to be a long haul. If you recall, we had an unfortunate accident in June: the hose sprung a […]
It started out innocently enough. We asked each other, “Who spilled something on the floor?” After a couple days, it still wasn’t drying, so we got the fan out and tried that. The rug was soaked through and the […]
The first somewhat warm day of the year, and we worked outside to clean up and plant garden. We’re not outside celebrating yet, but someday soon!
She loves these new blocks. “Mom, I want to build a really big tower!” Good, Sam. Build it!
Why is it that choosing my annuals for the porch and patio pots is always such a conundrum? Every year I fret and waiver: should I get these? Which flowers? What color combinations? I know, I know: #firstworldproblems. Sam […]
All set up with the new furniture. So comfy. And nice to have a new look.
We found a deal at a tag sale that we couldn’t pass up. A bamboo couch, 3 chairs and 2 tables, all with original silk fabric, for $100. Yes, $100. In perfect condition. We weren’t in the market for new […]
No, it’s not warm enough yet. But when it is, we’ll be ready.
Upon return from taking Sadie Mae to her semester at Ballymaloe Cookery School, Kris had lots of stories, and photos, of course. Since weather did not permit a screening at Sour Cherry Farm theater, we took the show to the […]
An impromptu gathering with Kris, Tom and Irene on Monday night led to rather too many Hudson Valley Iced Teas (made with a dangerous booze called “root”) and some BLTs with Benton’s. I don’t have many photos from the evening, […]
A serendipitous supper on Friday night! Kris and Tom brought over salad from their garden, zucchini blossoms from the farmers market, cheese and salami, and eggs from their friend’s chickens. We put that together with our garlic scape pesto, Wave […]
Every year we start out with beautiful hanging baskets on the porch, and by the time August rolls round, the flowers aren’t blooming and the leaves are looking ragged. Greg thinks it’s because I’m buying full-sun plants for a shady […]
On the first evening warm enough for a cocktail on the porch, we headed out, blankets in hand. We sipped sidecars as long as we could stand it, then headed in and built a fire in the living room to […]
Irene, Kris and Tom came over with some tomato water martinis. I don’t have any photos from the evening on the porch, but as usual with the five of us, it was a bunch of fun. I mean, how can […]
What are we doing feeding Srimp in dark of dining room when we could be outside on the porch? Everyone wants to be on the porch!
The three cousins were so darn adorable watching cartoons on the porch I couldn’t help but snap a ton of photos. Here’s a looksee: And OK… a couple of videos, too. So cute.
Laurie and Sarah, hailing from Austin, where the temperature is in the 100s, were thrilled beyond belief that the heat broke — and they got to break out their sweatshirts. Here’s to chilly nights on the porch!
We went with red this year, y’all. Reminds me of the red geraniums we used to have on the deck back at Burd Street. Hope they stay blooming like this all summer long!
A little porch action. A little Aviation. That’s Saturday at the farm.
Any friend of Boo’s is a friend of the Farm. And that’s how we got to be friends with Susan, Boo’s friend from Phoenix. After just one night of cocktails and dinner at the Farm, we felt like we’d known […]
Before bed on the e of Irene, we battened down the hatches. We secured the tops of the bee hives and we brought in anything that could get soaked (or fly away) from the porch. Except for a good bit […]
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.
