Northview Diary

Our valley in 2006. It was the same story then..... people showing just how good they could be, helping each other Thanks to Facebook ...

The calm before the storm Ridiculous. I have no idea how Jade got home last night, as he was hauling up in the western part of the stat...

Amish farm just between the storms Below is a little video I took last night of the tiny stream between the house and barn. Normally t...

Looks as if we won't be seeing summer this year.  I feel cheated. That "failed to install" meme that has been going around ...

2006 Fonda NY Another FB friend pointed out that today is the anniversary of the start of the tragic 2006 floods. Here is a link t...

Hard to know whether you are ready or not . The obvious things, such as bottled water and bathroom tissue can be taken care of today. We l...

A necklace of gulls hunts where the waters merge   A mighty tree the flood washed up at the boat launch   Mappy for size reference You ca...

Just down the road a piece . This is where we used to go for ice cream when we needed a summer break and bought sweet corn and peas and hone...

Here is the latest on on the big benefit tractor pull coming up on the 29th and 30th at the Fonda Fair Grounds. I am praying for good weath...

Called for by Assemblyman Lopez . Seems like a good idea to address concerns about this century old dam when rains of biblical proportions ...

Quick run to Fort Plain yesterday for parts for the milkers (inflations for you who milk cows). We took Route 5 because they just announced...

Old Faithful For the past several days we have been finding a few cows in places where they don't belong each morning. We figured it wa...

This video features one of the farm families who lost the most in the recent floods. The nice lady doing the narration has sat at our kitch...

This is the river the other day, untimely empty because the locks are all open or just plain gone. See the channel marker aground on the sid...

I know some of you live where these are as common as sparrows, but this is the first one we have seen in at least five years. This hen pheas...

But heroes just the same. The boss just spent a few minutes chatting with our milk truck driver while he was picking up the milk. He, h...

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Collage of just some of the things that were flying over the farm yesterday. I missed the governor's helicopter, having run outdoors qu...