There’s a new person hanging out at the Dvoor Farm nowadays and I’m happy to say that she, like everyone who comes around the farm, is good people. The New Lady (editor’s note: for the record The New Lady is Karen Forbes, Interim Executive Director of the Hunterdon Land Trust) really knows what is important.
She gives good belly rubs, and even more importantly she makes time to get outside and enjoy the farm, which, of course, is why we work so hard to preserve land. She somehow caught on to my mom’s rule not to share lunch with me, but hey I can always hope for crumbs.
I took the New Lady out to show her around the Dvoor Farm. I showed her where the farmers’ market takes place and the restoration of Walnut Brook. We also checked out the stand of Old Growth trees where Momma Hawks hung out this summer yelling at me if I got too close to the trees where their little ones were nesting. And then the best thing of all happened – we had a good game of fetch.
After our game of fetch, I settled down for a nice nap. Before falling asleep I heard that this New Lady will be helping my people to find a “permanent Executive Director.” I’m not really sure what that means, but I hope it means even more outdoor-loving, fetch-playing people around. Maybe even an outdoor-loving, fetch-playing, lunch-sharing person. Sweet dreams indeed!
