the farmer's wife

Here’s how Carolyn and I met: Almost 3 years ago, I wrote a magazine story on Diane Hatz and Sustainable Table. I met Diane for an interview at Glynwood, a Cold Spring farm that promotes sustainability and has a kick-ass CSA. Carolyn’s husband Dave was interviewing at Glynwood that day and would become the head farmer for that kick-ass CSA. We met. Said hi. Went home.



Months later, I was with my toddler at a local library when I met Carolyn again (work life, meet home life) and I’ve since discovered that she is a loyal and committed friend. She is tirelessly generous and passionate about sharing the farm with her community and creating opportunities for our children to learn about their food source and screech at baby animals. Spring has brought loads of babies to the farm—piglets, kids, even a young horse—and so it makes sense that this farmer’s wife will welcome her own baby in a few weeks. I can’t wait to meet the little Boop.

(12 Days of Holiday Sessions: Day 3}

It was fall and these kiddos did an excellent job frolicking in the leaves, don't you think? Their graphic designer mom (she does work for Hammertown, the amazing furniture store in Rhinebeck and Pine Plains) is currently hard at work at their holiday card. I can't wait to see it!

{Sneak Peak: Ladies G and E}

To be in the presence of newborn twins is a gift. Seriously. I don't mean to get all weepy, but these two little girls were amazing, like an entire spectrum of emotions playing out at once. And mom likes interesting prints and patterns just as much as I do; we had a blast. So while I'm supposed to be editing holiday card photos, I really wanted to throw a few of these up to share. Look how sweet!

{Eowyn, all grown up}

It's only been three months since I took newborn photos of Eowyn, and as I discovered yesterday, she doesn't care about little things like "growth charts." Seriously, this kid is as big as my one year old. Well, my tiny little fifth percentile one year old, but still. She's a beautiful, giant three month old now and it's amazing to see how much she's changed in such a short time. These are a couple of favorites from the sessions. The first is a face she likes to make. Often. And I just love how happy her mama looks in the second. It's hard to look that happy when you're sleep deprived!

{Polkadots and Stripes}

PW is supposedly a newborn. His mom tells me he's only 9 days old. But he was determined to stay awake for our entire session. His arms wiggled, his feet wiggled. I have lots of blurry limbed photos. Still, the shoot was super fun. PW's mom is big into quilting and knitting, so we got to model some awesome graphic fabrics, like these stripes from Heather Ross, which coordinates with that awesome diaper cover. And we put him in a puddle of hand dyed yarn. (PW thought this was a terrible idea and wanted to nap in his crib instead. I did manage to get this one shot before the crying kicked in.) Lots more photos to come.

{Happy Birthday B!}

A, my 10 month old has 1 friend (ah, the life of a second child), and that's little B, who just turned 1. His mom put on a wonderfully intimate party with music class buddies, older siblings, and, my favorite, sweet potato cupcakes. A was passed around while I took photos.



That's A, ready for a nap.

{Fairies and Elfs}

AS and T shared a due date (a couple years apart), and their birthday party. It was full of fairies and elves and lots and lots of cake. Don't you love those tired fairies sitting on the tree stumps? And mama fairy looked pretty darn great, dontcha think? It was a wonderful day and I've got tons of great shots to sort through...