Our friend and neighbor, Terrilee Baxter, moved on to whatever comes next on May 4, Derby Day. She was the life of the party wherever she went. She told us about this place, where she and her husband, Burny, were building. We bought this beautiful patch in part thanks to Terrilee. Over the years here […]

Yikes! Derby Day already, the first Saturday in May, and this the 150th running. I did not watch the 100th running, the year Cannonade won, as I was in England at the time. The previous year I had watched Secretariat win, as he began his legendary run to the first Triple Crown in 25 years.

April will soon give way to May. During this month of farewells, we have also had a steady stream of visitors here, grounding us in the present, while there have been memories of the past pulling at us. Welcome avian visitors have been returning from the south, while others, notably juncoes, have moved north for

Tonight is a Full Moon – Full Pink Moon, to be precise. Another lunar cycle gone, another week, and two more friends fallen by the wayside. Beloved Bunny Herring, after a long life of 97 years filled with adventures, is “off to Wonderland”, departing from her Old Schoolhouse at Rockford Farm, on to whatever comes

To continue catching up with the blog, I will begin by confessing that Eddy is in serious disgrace. TWICE last week, he bolted. The first time, we had just returned from an errand. I opened the door of the car, missed his leash, and he bolted toward the east woods. He was gone. Luckily, he