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One last sleep­over for Avery at Anna’s, and I’m nurs­ing a John with a stream­ing cold (as they say here, along with “heav­i­ly preg­nant”, but not for him I’m pret­ty sure). We had such a nice time this week­end with a pic­nic under low gray skies, in our gar­den, hop­ing for clear­ing for Wim­ble­don, and then that evening with Avery’s New York pony barn friend Nina here to watch the final of the World Cup, with her fam­i­ly. Fun­ny to have our first barn friend vis­it just days before we return! We’re track­ing the arrival of a long-await­ed tram­po­line for Red Gate Farm, our dear farmer friend Rol­lie has turned on our water, The Maids have cleaned up a win­ter and spring’s worth of cob­webs, and our friends Anne and David from across the road have put gro­ceries, bless their hearts, in our refrig­er­a­tor. Bags are packed, cats told of our plans, hous­esit­ter left with mail key, books tucked away in suit­cas­es for the long sum­mer in the ham­mock! See you there… if any­thing of note hap­pens in Con­necti­cut, I’ll let you know, but hap­pi­ly, I think the chances are LOW! Enjoy your summer.