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It’s been a hectic time since I last blogged. On Monday, July 24, we met up with our longtime friends, Susie and Jake. The plan was to have a last visit to Three Creek Farm followed by lunch with us and the three Carpenter sisters, but Dorothy was delayed in New York, so we had […]

After a very hot and muggy start to the week, we had two rare July days with mild temperatures and low humidity on Friday and Saturday. There was a three day horse show at Happenstance, but circumstances prevented me from getting over to watch. Jane provided us with news as Melissa brought two green horses

Today my mother, Trudy (Gertrude Marie Quetsch Barry), would be 95, had she made it this far. Like me, she was an only girl with many brothers. Trudy was beloved, brilliant and talented. More than she ever allowed herself to realize, I think. We were very fortunate to have such an intellectual, fair minded mother.

Yesterday, Harry presented a maquette to a client for approval. They loved it, so today we had a road trip to Kansas City, where the small (24″) model will be enlarged to about 7 feet tall. As the resident chauffeur, I was included, with Weedy, in the road trip westward. Marianne and Jane filled in

It was a quiet weekend, with uncommonly cool weather for July in Missouri. We are grateful for every pleasant day, but we were a little disappointed the predicted rain did not produce much moisture yesterday. The ground is dry again, though the creek where our erosion project is scheduled, is frustratingly still full of water.