We lived next to a farm for the six months we lived in Amherst last year.
Lily with Boq, 4 days old.
Lily halter-training Boq. Unfortunately he didn't live long.
Lily and Boq again.
That would be me.
Hay ride during the Chocolate Festival in Old Deerfield last February.
The South Deerfield fountain.
Harry came to visit in January and we hiked Sugarloaf. Note the shirtsleeves. It was balmy.
South-southwest view from Sugarloaf.
more southern views. That's the Holyoke Range in the distance, and Hartford beyond.
Lily and Freud, a friend she met in Northampton.
Lily visited Gram in April and Jonah came over.
Gram!
Gram and Don
Lily and Dave went to Grandma Judy's for a couple of days in April and they went to an art museum.
Lily & Dave visited Grandma Judy in April and they went to an art museum.
LI: Lily with a man
LI: Lily with a couple.
A frog in Groff Park in Amherst last spring.
The Quabbin Resevoir. Lily's 3rd grade class in Amherst took a field trip there.
Lily at Quabbin and cold.
Lily and Ren at Quabbin
The Strolling of the Heifers in Brattleboro, VT sometime in June
Heifer Strolling #2
Lily went to four weeks of horse camp in June and July. This was her first horse, Chubby, 29, very sleepy, and about to retire.
Lily on Jack, her second horse, jumping with no reins!
Lily and Jack
Lily and Dave took Amtrak to NYC in July
Nicky and Sabrina came to visit for a night last summer.
This is our new kitchen
From the living room
from the dining area
Cathedral ceiling, balcony, front door
Looks pretty non-descript from the outside. But we like it. It's friendly. Good karma.
Lily with Rufus and cat. We visited Blair and David in the Adirondacks in August.
Me and Blair, friends since 1975.
Family camp at Farm and Wilderness end of August
Rudermans, Cohens, Malmeths, and others
First day of fourth grade!
first fire
Raspberry fields are about 15 minutes away, in Hatfield
Lily was a great picker but didn't like eating them.
Look at all those!
Sugarloaf rises above the raspberry fields
On the dam near the lake behind our house.
Another dam shot.
The Sunday Dungeons and Dragons game
a snake in the grass... well, leaves...
Buy 3 tons of pellets in 40-pound bags. Fill pellet stove. Feel toasty hot.
Said pellet stove.
Portrait of Dave by Anne Smythe (isn't he handsome!)
The Christmas card shot. On the fairy rock near our house.
Chrismas card alternative
Lily in November when Betsy and Tassos visited.
Where was this? Sasha and Lily
Lily had her birthday party at Build-A-Bear.
The Birthday party and their bears
Opening presents afterwards with Ren and Leandre
Lily and Mama and Papa. Where was this? Oh, Northampton.
Lily and Sarah at Thanksgiving
Lily and Maddox, Thanksgiving
Dave, Judy and Lisa
Sarah and Maddox
Sasha
Dave
Lily, Maddox and Randy, his dad
