Simon got here at 9 am so he could help Cathy (Murphy) set up for her morning painting which he did. After that he switched stools for, hopefully, one more comfortable for Cathy's (Murphy) afternoon painting. Simon went off to Kentucky fried chicken to get the new special for our lunches, but the one in Poughkeepsie didn't have it, so he went and got us lunch at Wendy's. In the afternoon he went to home depot to get Cathy a tarp for one of her setups and while there he bought some plastic for covering my sculptures and new drill which we needed desperately. I forgot to take Simon's photograph.]]> Ostensively Benjamin came to work with me on this site. But on Saturday he spent a good part of the day sharpening pencils for Cathy (Murphy). We went out to dinner with Judy Linn. First to the Egg at the Culinary Institute of America. We didn't realize on Saturdays most of the stations at the restaurant are closed. So from there we went to Mizu Sushi restaurant in Hyde Park. On Sunday, Ben and I spent part of the day working on this site. Cathy and I went off to Peter and Sean's for dinner and Ben stayed home and sharpened more pencils. He went home Monday morning.]]> Judy came over here and then Cathy, Ben, Judy and I headed off to the Culinary Institute of America to have dinner at the Egg. The Egg is the student cafeteria which is also open to the public. We didn't realize that most of the stations are closed on weekends. So instead we went to Mizu Sushi in Hyde Park for dinner.]]> They came to mow the lawn.]]> Simon got here early today so he could help Cathy (Murphy) set up for her morning painting (Pails). He put stakes in the ground by the stool for Cathy's painting (temporary title: Camo). Then he cleaned out the back of the volvo. We are now working on this site. Soon we will be having lunch and possibly spending much of the afternoon working on this site. n_]]> After he first got here Simon and I worked on a few things together. We picked up the station wagon from Al's. After lunch we brought the two lawn mowers to Adam's to see about having them fixed. The Toro was not fixable, so I bought a new one. The other one we left for repairs. Simon re-fixed the screening to cover the Pails for Cathy's painting. In the afternoon even though it was insanely hot, Simon and I mowed the path through the woods, which was way overdue. I forgot to take his picture.]]> Lee dropped off (from Catskill Art and Office) a number of tubes of paint for Cathy (Murphy). Last week I was at Davies Hardware and the station wagon went dead. Luckily Lee walked by and he gave me a jump from his car. He also showed me a image of the book cover of his upcoming book to see what I thought of it.]]> They came to work in the garden, except for Aliyah, who played.]]> Simon came to work.]]> We decided to go to the student cafeteria art the Culinary Institute of America. It was a rather nice space and the food was acceptable.]]> Maria came to clean.]]> Simon got here early, about 8:30am. I gave him my credit card and a list for the store. When he got back and put the groceries away, he sprayed the Hostas against deer. Soon after we had lunch. He then straightened out some of my stuff in my Dutch Barn studio. He helped Cathy (Catherine Murphy) set up for a new painting by the pond. After that he posed for the painting (pictured in this entrry).]]> Lee called a couple of weeks ago to ask if I wanted him to deliver some brushes. Lee works at Catskill Art and Office. The moved and consolidated their stores in Kingston, NY. I called and said today would be a good day to deliver the brushes and I added a few items.]]> A few weeks ago Catherine (Murphy) and I went to Windy Hill Nursery in Great Barrington, MA. We picked out a Full Moon Maple and a Birch tree. This morning a crew from Windy Hell came to plant the two trees. Michael had been herer before to plasnt other trees that we had gotten from Windy Hill.]]> Simon got to work an hour early so i could give him my credit card to go out and do some errands for us. During the morning he worked with Cathy (Catherine Murphy) setting up for a new painting of buckets and reflections. He ordered some more buckets online. He then posed for drawings for another new painting of Cathy's. Before he went home he ordered a Mannequin that will sometimes be posed for the painting that will sometimes be Simon.]]> He was delivering medicine for me.]]> In the taxi in Stockholm, I had an odd feeling about our credit card transaction. After we got home I called the credit card company and it turned out there were four fraudulent charges. So Gary delivered the new card.]]> Tim came by for coffee and so I could tell him about our trip to Sweden.]]> The Pulver family worked in the garden.]]> Simon came to work.]]> Maria came to clean]]> Benjamin took us to the JFK airport on the 1st of May for our trip to Sweden. He stayed at our house until the 11th. We got back on the 9th and Ben picked us up at JFK.]]> Peter came by for a post Sweden visit. We got home on Thursday.]]> Simon came to work.]]> Darren worked in the garden.]]> Maria came to clean.]]> I have no idea why Tim came over.]]> They came to work in the Garden.]]> Darren needed the Dingo to smooth out the slope on the side of the house. So we rented one.]]> Al came to photograph my new freestanding plywood sculpture titled "Toppled"]]> Andrew delivered three yards of top soil for Darren to use to regrade the slope on the side of the house (see Darren Pulver April 20, 2019).]]> After Simon did his regular morning routine, he swept Cathy's (Murphy) studio (in house) to get ready for the art handlers to pick up and wrap up Catherine's (Murphy) painting to bring down to the Peter Freeman Gallery. After that Simon took out all of the chairs from the Dutch barn to put around the property so that they wouldn't be in the way for when Al came to photograph the sculpture on the 17th.]]> See last two entries. Darren and Jean came to work in the garden, Simon came to do various things, Tim came to rebuild stair extensions in Catherine's studio. We all had lunch together, Pizza from Ginos on Main St. and a salad that Catherine made.]]> Darren and Jean came to work in the garden. During the winter Darren spent about 3 weeks in the Philipines. Jean and Aliyah were there for about six weeks. We had lunch together with Simon and Tim (see next entry).]]> Simon did his regular chores, went to pick up pizza for all of our lunches (see entry after next), Darren, Simon and I walked in the woods to see if fallen trees had to be dealt with. We reset up faux bois veh near the pond (sunk and fell over into the muddy soil).nStarted the station wagon and drove it. Working on the site.]]> She cleaned.]]> Simon did, Normal chores, wrap package for Sweden, set up lighting for Cathy's new painting, bring package to ups and USPS to ship, unframe drawings (Framed drawings sent back to me from Davis and Langdale, removed from frames to send to Sweden, wrapped empty frames in brown paper and he cleaned off pines and branches from patio.]]> We worked on getting the drawings ready to send to Sweden for my exhibition.]]> Simon first did his regular chores. After that Simon emptied all the contents out of the newer Volvo, which was full of newspapers, wrappers, bottles and various crap. Next he charged the Volvo station wagon, which has a starting problem from time to time. He then straightened and organized a small area of the basement so that the plumber (see entry March 15, 2019, Will Hauptman). After lunch Simon ran an errand to Adam's to get mint, walnuts, Then he cleaned the inside of the front window of the newer Volvo. After he finished wrapping my drawing for Sweden we got to work on the site, which is what we are doing at this moment]]>