| Stepping
out in the morning and smelling the first breath of spring
after months of frozen ground -- inhaling the fragrance of
the lilacs, the lilies, the lavender, as well as hearing
the peepers, robins, bluebirds, swifts, and cicadas are Arthur's
way of saying that the rhythm, soil, and toil of this place
are in his blood. |
The
home of Phillippa and Arthur Weiland
(
see the house way back then... here)
|
Phillippa
came here 25 years ago, marrying Arthur who arrived almost 50
years ago with his family. His parents restored a home on Hollow
Road that is one of the oldest in town. It is a continuing saga
of renovation by Arthur since parts of the house are now over
250 years old. Phillippa provides marketing support for the Roosevelt
institutions in Hyde Park, including the FDR Presidential Library
and Museum.
We
recently added the field across the road to our property so that
we are buffered from development and have access to Wappingers
Creek, which Arthur has been active in protecting. Clinton is
home to many of our friends, both long-term residents and newcomers.
We are all so fortunate to be surrounded by the many cultural
opportunities of the Mid-Hudson valley.
Dutchess
County, the Town of Clinton and the politics thereof are decidedly
quirky. Sometimes you couldn't make it up. But we are quirky too;
this life and all it contains is home.
by Phillippa Ewing and Arthur Weiland |
