Stella, black, adopted just before Thanksgiving 2020. Her daughter, Sara, white, arrived Memorial Day 2021 (outdoor picture taken moments after her arrival). They were outdoor dogs before. Now they’re bed hogs :).

Also, the 20th birthday of Emma, my chestnut Arabian mare, much younger half sister of my first ever horse, adopted in 2009, a gorgeous blonde named Prudenta.

My favorite winter pants are pleated corduroys. Not that I don’t enjoy my flat front moleskins, which feel slightly warmer and are even more durable, but the cords are a little dressier. I was told the word corduroy is derived from the French “cord du roi”, cord of the king, but Wikipedia says it s

Home of L.L. Bean and all kinds of outlet stores. Both of us updated our navy blue blazers with gold buttons, Della at Brooks Brothers and I at Ralph Lauren.