With Lorelei out on maternity leave, Emma’s had a couple of solo TV appearances lately promoting “Buh Bye.” The first clip is from ABC News, and the second is from Fox’s “The Morning Show with Mike & Juliet.” (Click either image to view the video.)

Emma dragged me away from the laptop for a walk around the neighboring farm with her and Baci this afternoon.

Some of the leaves were already turning—showing the beginnings of the fall foliage from which our town, Red Hook, derives the “Red” part of its name.

We saw this little guy on the path…

…followed by this little guy, which Emma initially thought was a worm. I’m not sure what kind of snake it was. Where I grew up, anything dangerous came with a rattle, but I don’t have a clue about these fancy New York snakes. Let’s just call it a King Cobra and keep moving.

Having escaped without being bitten by the tiny (and probably dead) snake or the caterpillar, Emma headed for the shopping district while the dog and I had a who-can-do-the-least-with-the-rest-of-the-afternoon contest.

(It was dead even until I came to the computer to post these pics. Back to it….)

We just received the fantastic news that my sixteen-year-old cousin, Kieran, won the Australian National Championships in Sydney with his barbershop quartet, The Fishbowl Boys.

Kieran’s third from the left in this band photo.

The boys worked incredibly hard to raise the funds to fly from Adelaide to Sydney for the competition, from busking in Rundle Mall (Adelaide’s main shopping district) to holding fundraiser barbecues at their school. (Note: I’ve heard rumors of groupies known as “Fishlings.”)

Here’s a clip from the local radio coverage of the Fishbowl Boys coming off of the plane at Adelaide airport, wherein they sing a 1925 song by Ray Henderson, “Sitting on Top of the World.”

Excellent stuff, Kieran! Big congrats from NY.