12/08/2024
By Kate Stone Lombardi
The Weatherman and I are settling into our new home in the Hudson Valley. We’ve been exploring our new surroundings, and almost every day, we turn to each other with wonderment and say, “We live here!”
When we lived in Westchester, our “neighborhood walk” was up windy suburban streets. Now our neighborhood walk is in a Nature Preserve that is no more than two minutes from our home. Our “backyard walk” is in Fahnestock State Park, where we have countless trail options on the 14,000+ acres of land.
These photos were taken during our ramblings over the last week.
Meanwhile, here’s a fun fact: every evening, at 5:00 pm, we hear a canon shot from West Point, which is across the Hudson River from us. (Evidently there’s another canon shooting at 6:30 am, but I always sleep through that one.) Apparently, one marks “reveille,” aka wake up, and the other marks the end of the day. We live here!