When Fashion Decisions Are Made By Dad

...you get something like this:

A Country Dog

...not a city dog. Ticks aside, Jake had a great time wandering the back 40 at the Rein Hudson estate. He spent hours on end sitting by the river, watching things float past-- and always found a reason to jump in once a day or so.

Walden 3

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
Nothing like a trip to the Hudson Valley to help you get back to nature...

Hudson Valley Visit, July 09

With mom and dad, Gabriel visited his New York grandparents for a few days at their country house in the Hudson Valley. While Dad was cycling in the Catskills, Gabriel was getting his hands (and knees) dirty in the back forty.

Don't Put Me In a Box, Man

Gabriel had fun with this the first time. The second time, claustrophobia (or ennui) took over.

Time for a Refill

At dinnertime, Gabriel doesn't particularly need a breather in between courses. In fact, he gets miffed almost immediately when the food runs out. Here he's just about to polish off the tofu (which, by the way, he eats like popcorn!).