I don’t think I could explain to my daughter Emma the emotion I felt seeing her and her husband Jay sitting out on the Adirondack Chairs so comfortably on this beautiful day. We had lunch at the Round House, sat and talked, walked in the woods, we’re going out to the Bog for dinner.

They sat out and read and talked and looked out over the pasture, the donkeys, the sheep and the pony, something Maria and I love to do together. I always wanted this, for my farm to be a resting place for my busy and harried daughter, my city mouse. So now it is, and what a sweet thing for me to see. Marriage can really work.