When Charlie got here earlier this morning, I was out having some tests done at the doctor's. The first thing he did was bring one of the cars into Al's Garage to have an oil change because I had not been paying attention and was 2000 miles behind changing the oil. After that he did his regular stuff, and then went back to work on this site, putting images in the right order (which had gotten messed up in the transition from the old site to the new site). At this moment, we are adding more recent photographs to the site.]]> Maria came to clean the house.]]> (See Tim Liefer, August 3rd 2017) Tim came to continue working on the damage done by Alec's air conditioner, and will probably be working on it for weeks.]]> Tim came over to continue work on the windows in my studio and some other stuff. When he went to paint the window, he noticed that the wood had turned green in only about a week. On further investigation, he discovered that Alec's (Levinson, our tenant) air conditioner had been leaking down the wall, possibly for years. Now we have to replace Alec's window, the frame, insulation, some outside siding, and some inside wall, in addition to my window (see Tim Liefer, August 4 2017).]]> Andrew and Trevor came to mow the lawn.]]> Ralph is at the beginning of working on a new documentary. It will be about coming to terms with getting older and mortality (more or less). He came over to scope out the light during Cathy's painting time out by the pond. He'll probably interview Catherine (Murphy) while she's out near the pond. I asked Ralph where he wanted to interview me and he said wherever I want, so I think we'll do it in my studio. He had asked us if he could film us cooking a dinner together, which we thought was not a good idea. Now, his new proposal is that he films us eating together, but since I don't think I can be as witty as Wallace Shawn ("My Dinner with Andre"), I'm not sure I'm keen on that idea either.]]> Email from Roseman, Harry 5/23/17 To George Rush:nI see that you are going to be in a group show in Kent CT. Are you coming in for the show? It would be great to see you.nnBest,nHarryn----------nEmail from George Rush on 5/25/17 to Roseman, Harry: nHarry!nCathy!nnHi!nnToo long, it has been, and I have been meaning to at least WRITE for months and months. But of course the days sweep by. SO thank you for reaching out!nnI'll not be at the show in Kent---Khara, Elliot, and I will be in Paris for a couple of weeks right then. I'll also be in a show in Brooklyn in June (I'll send you the email announcement that I just received). We're super excited for Paris...it'll be E's first trip abroad and really the first time the three of us will travel together without a family or holiday engagement. Elliot's almost nine now, so he is at an age when we can all enjoy the trip together, and he is getting excited and doing research, reading about the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre and talking everyday about pain au chocolat. nnWe will be going to Vermont at some point this summer, and I always imagine coming down to see you on our way home, and if it is at all feasible would love to do that. I'll let you know dates and stuff, and if it makes sense for you and us maybe that could finally happen.nnI think of you both often, and I've been meaning to tell you, Cathy, that I had the OSU library acquire a copy of your monograph when I earned tenure -- as a gesture of the accomplishment we are asked to name a book for acquisition. nnLife here has been swell. I made a show in Cincinnati last year (see attached images) and am working steadily in the studio. I've been chair of grad studies for the department for the past two years and enjoy that a lot, and teaching classes is good if at times a chore. I'll be on sabbatical spring of 2018, and really looking forward to it. Not exactly sure what I'll be doing---I'm applying to a couple of residencies but most likely I'll just work in the studio and try to come to New York a bunch. nnKhara is well, working at a small interior design firm and enjoying the work. She has been elected to a neighborhood advisory commission so is starting work on that---they advise on local matters such as zoning and development. It's just starting so we're still unsure what it'll entail (I'm more nervous than she is, being part of a faculty and knowing how crazy and petty people can get about some things). Elliot is finishing 3rd grade and is super fun and full of personality. Attached, too, is a pic of him in the woods near our house.nnI really hope to see you sometime soon! nnWith much love,nGn----------nEmail from Roseman, Harry on 6/20/17 to George Rush: n Dear George,nnCatherine reminded me we are going to a party in the early evening on Saturday, which means she will not get to work on the sunny afternoon painting anyway.nnWhy don't you get here at 12noon, then you won't have to hurry getting ready and you can have lunch here.nnHow does that sound?nnAlso, send me your phone #.nnLook forward to seeing you.nn----------nGeorge and Elliot and Khara got here around 11:20 AM. We looked at work and then ate lunch. I made my favorite shrimp salad from the Barefoot Contessa, which I think I may make every time someone comes for lunch, and Catherine made a watermelon salad.]]> On his way here, Charlie stopped by his studio to get supplies to fix a broken chair, and also picked up a quart of milk. When he got here, we discussed his schedule for the next week and I left to do some errands while Charlie glued the chair. When I got back, we all had lunch. Charlie had chicken salad which I had made yesterday, I had leftover Chili, and Cathy (Murphy) had a bologna sandwich. While Cathy was waiting to see which was the weather was going to go (so she'd know what painting to work on), I made Ina Gardner's shrimp salad (witch Charlie's assistance) for George Rush and his family, who are stopping by on their way tomorrow from Vermont to somewhere. Cathy went up back to paint (on the stack of books painting) and Charlie and I got to work on All of Us.]]> Darren called Tuesday night to tell us he had Wednesday off from Vassar, and to ask if we wanted them to come and work on the garden. The last few times they've come, they've been working on the stone wall, and so the garden was falling behind so we said sure. Cathy (Murphy) also worked in the garden for about an hour and a half.]]> I was going to call Andrew Tuesday morning because the grass was getting a bit long, but they they showed up.]]> Charlie and I went to a meeting with Joanna D'Pasqualle and Amy Laughlin. We met at Vassar (as we have been doing steadily for the past year+) to work on the sites. It looks like it's going to possible to launch the sites at the end of this month. I don't know why, but I haven't been photographing the meetings regularly.]]> I think this is the day Antoine (sometimes Bobby, sometimes Robert) came over because I had to leave the house and Catherine (Murphy) needed someone to help move the canvas when necessary for the "Pink Float" painting. He also got a wheelbarrow full of stones (from the woods) for Darren and Jean Jean (Pulver) to use in the rock wall they were building.]]> On his way here this morning Charlie picked up a quart of milk. While he did his regular morning routine and covered my plywood sculptures with plastic, I drew. After, he brought Cathy's painting (Pink Float) down from the coop studio to my unheated studio, where it stays while it's being worked on. Back in the house, Charlie fixed the computer (which wasn't working right) and now we're working on what you see before you. We are now going to stop for lunch, then continue on the site afterwards.]]> Jayne had arranged to come up to visit and discuss with Catherine (Murphy) the ins and outs of Catherine's upcoming show at Peter Freeman Gallery. The exhibition (at this point) is schedule to open January 11th, but there is a problem. The William Louis Dreyfus Foundation has promised "Float" to an exhibition that will be in Europe through the end of May. Peter Freeman has been in touch with Mary Anne about substituting "Float" for a different painting for the exhibition, but was turned down. Catherine is writing a letter to Mary Anne explaining the importance of having that painting for the show in January. Jayne arrived a little after 10 AM so that we could have breakfast and plenty of time to visit in case it was going to be sunny, in which case Catherine would go work on "Pink Float". The day was overcast and rainy, so that turned out not to be a problem. Catherine made blueberry muffins and fried tomatoes, and I made scrambled eggs with cheese and chives for our breakfast. Then, Catherine and Jayne went up to Catherine's studio, and I cleaned up after breakfast and drew for a few hours. When Jayne and Catherine came back down, I took Jayne in to the re-done Dutch Barn and my work in it, which she had not seen before. Then, Jayne and I went to my other studio. Back at the house, Catherine and Jayne talked some more about the show, and then Jayne left to go back to the city.]]> This was Maria's first day working for us. It went perfectly fine. Elizabeth Orlowski, who was our former cleaning person, has decided to move back to Poland in the near future. She recommended Maria to us.]]> Elisabeth came to deliver some blueberries from her and Ralph's garden]]> Darren and Jean Jean spent most of the day working on the rock wall in front of the Dutch barn. They worked a long day and got about 40% of the wall done. It looks terrific. At the end of the day, Darren followed up the tree help regimen we started last week, and added the fertilizer to the three trees we are treating.]]> See entry for Maria Sleboda-Lojek, July 11, 2017.]]> Charlie got here at his usual 10:00 AM. When he arrived I was over in my heated studio drawing and Cathy was up back painting on the Stack painting. He thought we were still upstairs. I was wondering why he wasn't here yet. We got a nice early start this morning.nSo he started on his regular starting routine. That could be taking out the trash, or bringing up the trash receptacles. (Mondays would be bringing up the trash cans, Friday would be taking them down, unless I have done either. After that he would make coffee for me and for him. I don't repeat this routine in my entries because they are routine. If you are reading this entry, just assume Charlie starts with some version of these things.) He then tried to solve the glitch he ran into last time, but it was't solvable so we'll have to wait until David Sussman gets back to Vassar from vacation to see if he can fix the problem on Monday. I am typing this entry so that I can learn the new interface for the new site. Charlie is taking me through the process. I will probably often have him do it with me dictating because he types much faster than I do. For lunch today we had head cheese on toast and then a small bowl of chili. Cathy brought her sandwich up back to her studio and ate her lunch up there. I imagine we'll spend the rest of the afternoon entering data and images on this site. Charlie will probably go home at 6:00. Cathy and I will have to get ready to meet Ralph and Elisabeth (Cardonne Arlyck) for dinner tonight. I wonder if he will bring up his request for Cathy and I to take part in the new film he is doing. The subject is dealing with getting older. I have mixed feelings about taking part. I am not going to broach the subject but if he asks again Cathy and I decided we would say yes.]]> Travis and Andrew mowed and weed eater the grounds.]]> Tim came to continue working on double windows and a door in my heated studio that had rotted.]]> Darren and Jean Jean came to work in the garden.]]> Before he got here this morning, Charlie went to the supermarket and picked up some supplies. He also went to the Rhinebeck Artist's Shop to get some things that had ordered over the phone. Soon after getting here, Charlie painted our and Alec's (Levinson) names on the mailboxes. Then, we had lunch. Charlie put captions on the portfolio site while I ran to Adam's to get frosting supplies. When Amy transferred the portfolio part of the original website to to its own site, none of the captions went with the images. So, Charlie is typing them all in. Tonight we are going to Tom (Nozkowski) and Joyce's (Robins) house for dinner for Judy's (Linn) birthday. Cathy (Murphy), with my help, made a red velvet cake to bring with us. The day is very hot and humid, which is probably why the frosting curdled. Thus, my trip to Adam's to resupply for making another batch.]]> Tim came to replace a double window and a door in my heated studio that had rotted. He also came the next day, but I forgot to take his picture. He worked on the door and the window as well. He brought us a mango custard tart from Bread Alone. It was really good.]]> Darren and Jean Jean worked in the garden on what was an extremely hot day.]]> Charlie did a number of things while he was here. We met Billy (William Finn) and Arthur (Arthur Salvador) for lunch at a Greek restaurant on Route 44 in La Grange, NY. (See Groups]]> Friends and Acquaintances, 06/16/2017, Greek Restaurant, Route 44).]]> Henry and Hans came over to deliver a rather large dogwood tree we bought from Adams Fairacre Farms in Poughkeepsie, NY. Henry came back later to plant the tree. Unfortunately, right where he was digging, there was a huge rock, which he managed to get out after a number of hours. I was actually surprised he was going to try to plant the tree himself because the root ball was so huge.]]> See "Lunch at Our House 1 of 9" (as well as 2-8). In Cathy's (Murphy) Studio.]]> See "Lunch at Our House 1 of 9" (as well as 2-8). After lunch, and before dessert, we went to Cathy's (Murphy) studio and then my studio. This photograph and the next are taken in Cathy's studio.]]> See "Lunch at Our House 1 of 9" (as well as 2-8).]]> See "Lunch at Our House 1 of 9" (as well as 2-8).]]> See "Lunch at Our House 1 of 9" (as well as 2-8)]]> See "Lunch at Our House 1 of 9" (as well as 2-8). I don't think Jared Handelsman was napping either.]]> See "Lunch at Our House 1 of 9" (as well as 2-8). Portia Munson wasn't actually napping. People arrived over about a half hour, and we gathered outside and had drinks and Hours D'oeuvres before going inside for lunch.]]> See "Lunch at Our House 1 of 9" (as well as 2-8). This is the second time we've met Rob Colvin. We first met at an opening fairly recently. We had a short conversation and I was looking forward to getting to talk to him again. A ways into the afternoon, Rob asked me if I would be interested in doing a book of my Joseph Cornell photographs. I said sure. So, he asked me to send him some images and he had some ideas. I did send him the images about a week later.]]> Email from Chie Fueki nMay 23nto me nHi Harry,nHow are you guy doing?nI am not sure if Portia has written to you but we (Portia, Ellen, and myself) were day dreaming of coming over to say hello to you guys on Saturday, 6/3..nI have a tiny piece in Geoff Youngs opening later that night in Great Barrington (no need to go there- I am participating to support a young friend that I recommended for the show). nIf that's all right with you, can we all come over for tea with Jerad, Rob (Ellen's boyfriend) and Josh? I feel bad to suddenly ask if six of us can suddenly show up to say hello- we all will bring cakes etc! nLet me know what you guys think of this very forward proposal...nLove,nChie nReply from Roseman, HarrynMay 24nto Chie nDear Chie,nSounds like lots of fun. I am at school and will look at our calendar when I get home but am pretty sure there is nothing on that day.nWhat time were you guys thinking about?nLove,nHarrynReply from Chie Fueki nMay 24nto me nThank you so much, Harry:) Any time that is good with you guys (we will leave your place at 4pM (or before) to head over to Great Barrington for the opening of the group show there..nReply from Roseman, Harry nMay 24nto Chie nHow about 1:00PM?nReply From Chie Fueki nMay 24nto me nSo nice!nThat sounds perfect.nWhat would you like for each of us to bring? nSo excited!!!! Thank you Harry!!n-nThey got here later than we first discussed so we had lunch around 2:30. We ate, we visited, we looked at work, and they left much later than they had planned.]]> Darren and Jean Jean came over to work in the garden.]]>