Maria got here to clean at about the time I was ready to head to NYC. I paid her, took this photograph and left. Cathy (Murphy was in her upstairs studio working on BEGIN AGAIN.]]> Jonah came over to do some work for us. He sharpened pencils for Catherine (Murphy) and helped me carry up and hang up her painting (Begin Again) to her studio up back. He came in a Uber and I drove him home.]]> Jonah met me at Betsy's (Elizabeth Howe Bradley) office. We also met the carpenters there (Josh and a new woman). We took down the larger folded plywood sculpture of mine and added the smaller set of four. I had forgotten one of them. This did not matter all that much since I had to glue a small connection on it. I received an email from Betsy (who wasn't at her office for the installation). She was wondering if they were hung too low. I came back with the last one and we decided 6" higher would be fine. The carpenters were to return and move them up. Jonah came back home with me to bring the larger Folded Plywood sculpture back. he also sharpened pencils for Cathy (Catherine Murphy).]]> Maria came to clean.]]> After Simon did his regular morning routine we asked him if he could come to work tomorrow as well. He said he was due at Jason's tomorrow (Jason Fox and Huma Bhabha, who he also works for). Then he suggested if Jason could work with him today he could go work there and come here tomorrow. He called Jason who said today was fine. He left here to go there (pretty close to where we live). So he left to go there. I forgot to take his photograph. (see next entry)]]> Mark and then I received an email from Jim Kelly telling us that we had to remove the styrofoam from my studio at school since it is flamable. So, Mark and Jonah brought the styrofoam to my house. Simon was her so he helped them put the stuff in the coops.]]> Simon came back today to work (see last entry). It was a complicated day. He picked up bags of sand at Adams on his way here. Three of the five bags went into my studio and two up to Cathy's studio (Catherine Murphy). He did some regular chores that he didn't get done yesterday morning. Simon and i went up back with Catherine to her studio to help set up lights and get things settled for her new painting. I left for school at 1:00pm to hear a lecture and then to go shopping. I left a list with Simon for things he could do while I was gone. He would also be available if Catherine needed more help in the studio. He tried to mail back the pajama bottoms we bought for Catherine' new painting but didn't work out. He sharpened pencils, change a light bulb and did some other things. Mark Briscoe called mw while I was shopping about coming over to bring my styrofoam from my studio in school to here. (explained in next entry). They got here a little after I got home. Simon helped me in with the groceries and helped me put them away. When mark and Jonah Parker arrived Simon helped them put the styrofoam away in the coups. After they left, Simon went over to my Dutch Barn Studio to check on my sculptures - bats and squirrels - and the sweep.]]> We called Tim with a minor emergency. Catherine's (Murphy) new painting, "Flight"? was set up in a way that blocked getting to one side of the studio as well as making it impossible to maneuver the painting. So Tim came over and took the newel post off the balustrade. We also had coffee.]]> First thing Simon did a bit of shoveling and sanding. We worked on the site for a little while before lunch. We had leftover Chinese food. After lunch Simon did some errands while I did some other errands. We went back to work on the site when the errands were done. Next Simon and I cut a piece off the rug for Cathy's (Murphy) painting, provisionally titled "Flight", and moved it to a different position. She started this painting about a week ago. Simon ordered some inks for the printer and with the time we have left we are working on the site.]]> Ben came for a visit on his way from Sherburne, NY to College Park, MD. He arrived wearing a Spartan helmet from the movie "The 300". He told me he wore it all the way from Sherburne to here, and that getting gas and stopping at lights was pretty interesting. I ditched the photograph I took of him by accident, Thus a spartan helmet I got from the internet. I had gone out earlier to buy Mexican sandwiches for lunch, at La Cabineta. Ben and I brought our sandwiches and one for her, up back to Cathys (Catherine Murphy) Studio. She was working on her new painting "Flight". After lunch Ben and I went to Catskill Art & Office to pick up our drawings that were mounted on foam core for my show in Sweden. He left in the mid afternoon to continue his journey.]]> Simon arrived here after picking up 6 bags of san from Adams fairacre farms. The sand is for spreading on ice and mud to make it less slippery. As soon as he arrived we had him come up to Catherine's (Murphy) studio to help move her painting. He did his regular morning chores. He did some sanding. Then he packaged the clips for shipping to Sweden. The clips are for hanging the drawings up for the show. We had lunch. Simon had Chile I bought and froze from Babette's Kitchen in Millbrook. Catherine and I had that for lunch last night. I had the lefter fruit salad Catherine made for breakfast this morning. After lunch Simon and i went over to my studio, we took photographs of the drawings (in a box) to be shipped to Sweden . So I could send them to Joanna at the Peter Freeman Gallery to get some advise on crating. While I was emailing information to John Rasimus (about the show in Sweden) and working on the site, Simon was measuring the mounted drawings so I could send the sizes to Rasimus for the glass to be cut. I am not exactly sure what we'll do for the remainder of Simon's day. possibly work together on the site.]]> We met at Adam's Fairacre Farms, Poughkeepsie, instead of at the house. I started shopping and Simon went off to the Post office to mail the plastic framing clips to Sweden. He mailed them to John Rasimus for my upcoming drawing show in May. From the post office he came back to Adam's. When we finished shopping Simon headed home with the groceries and I went to CVS to pick up some medicine. After we were done unpacking the groceries, Simon and I helped Cathy (Murphy) with cooking. The three of us ate sandwiches for lunch that Simon and I brought back from Adams. Simon and I went out back to Cathy's studio to hang up her painting, "Begin Again". We also measured and found wood to extend the step between the higher and lower part of her studio, so she could move her easel and painting more to the left. We were going to build the step extension, but the track saw needed to be charged. We came back to the house and went to work on this site. If the saw chargers early enough, we might get a chance to build the step extension, before Simon goes home.]]> We had Will's number on a scrap of paper for a couple of years and have lost track of who gave us his name. He did know a couple of people at Vassar, so possibly thats how we found out about him. There were a few small jobs to be done, but the main issue was unreliable water pressure. He had an idea and is going to bring a tank for us to try out and see if the pressure improves.]]> Including other things Simon wrapped drawings for shipping to Sweden.]]> 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]]> We worked on getting the drawings ready to send to Sweden for my exhibition.]]> 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.]]> She cleaned.]]> 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.]]> 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).]]> 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.]]> 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.]]> 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).]]> Al came to photograph my new freestanding plywood sculpture titled "Toppled"]]> Darren needed the Dingo to smooth out the slope on the side of the house. So we rented one.]]> They came to work in the Garden.]]> I have no idea why Tim came over.]]> Maria came to clean.]]> Darren worked in the garden.]]> Simon came to work.]]> Peter came by for a post Sweden visit. We got home on Thursday.]]> 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.]]> Maria came to clean]]> Simon came to work.]]> The Pulver family worked in the garden.]]> Tim came by for coffee and so I could tell him about our trip to Sweden.]]>