In Exile.

7-23-24 SHORT HILLS: The date line is correct. We are here in NJ because I caught Covid and passed it on to Judy two days later. The reason we left VT was to give the place to Anna, Gardner, Emmett and Yangchen. They were scheduled to have this week, with us, to do lots of Vermont things. 

We were looking forward to this week as the highlight of the summer, but it’s not to be. I got sick Thursday and started Paxlovid Friday after a positive Covid test. I finished the drug yesterday and am nearly well today. Judy got it a couple days after me and can’t take Paxlovid, but is already recovering without it. This evening she was outside trimming and weeding. 

In a few days we’ll retest, and if negative, go back up, maybe catching the guests their last day. 

New blooms: Rose-of-Sharon.

Emmett seems to like the kithen bench.

Confronting a cow at Billings Farm.

Daddy and Emmett.

First goat.

Bouquet on the deck. They have been feasting on tomatoes and blueberries from the yard.