Simon came to work. He helped set up the setting for Catherine Murphy's painting.]]> Tim came over for a few reasons. First we looked at my cardboard models for my new sculptures. Tim and I talked about working on them together on his place and tried to figure out how much plywood we had to order and deliver to our shop. He also talked to Catherine (Murphy) about the design for an armrest for her new painting. When he left I realized I hadnt taken his photograph. I called him and asked how far away he was, he said about a mile. So i asked if he would come back and have his picture taken. Which he agreed to.]]> Maria cleaned the house.]]> Chad came to fix the internet for Cathy's Drawing]]> Delivered stuff]]> I had asked Mark to take a look at a fauxvoix concrete bench we have near the pond. The idea was to see if he could caste another one or two benches like that from wood. A few weeks later he sent me three different scenarios for how he would go about doing this. Because it was so complicated they were going to be very expensive. So we decided not to do it.]]> Simon did the taxes.]]> Tim came over to look at some models I made for new sculptures so that we could discuss working together on them. He also discussed a contraption he's making for Catherine so she could do her hand painting. Tim has really loved my coffee over the last few years. He told me he bought some Yirgacheffe coffee (from Ethiopia), which is the coffee I use. But that it didnt taste nearly as good. So i showed him the spoon I use and it turns out he wasnt using the same sized spoon as well as not using bottled water. I'll be curious to know if he works this out.]]> Toni (Antoinette) went crazy the last time we brought her to the vet. Elena Sisto told us about a vetinarian that makes house calls. At this point Toni was behind on two shots. So Eleanor Acworth came to the house to give Toni her feline leukemia vaccine, and Feline rhnotracheitis-calici-panleukopenia-chlamdia psittaci vaccine.]]> Chad came to do some more work on recording the images from the surveillance cameras for Catherine (Murphy) drawing., "Outside our house".]]> Ben came over so he could have dinner with us and Ben Busch. We had St. Louis ribs and homemade cornbread. See next entry. He spent the night and the next day worked on this site (putting data back into the correct order) and did some stuff of his own.He left wednesday afternoon, and I went off to a critique at school.]]> Ben stopped over on his way from Sherburne, NY (I'm pretty sure). He ate dinner here with us and Ben Keddy (see last entry). He spent the nigh and left before we got up in the morning, because he had a meeting in NYC.]]> Simon came to work.]]> Andrew came to collect a check for snow plowing this winter.]]> We worked on 2017 taxes.]]> We had all talked about Mary coming for a visit for months. Finally we all settled on a date. She came for lunch. I made the roasted shrimp salad that I like and like to make so much and Cathy(Murphy) mad spicy cucumber pickles.nWe bought dessert from the Culinary Institute of America. We ate, talked and brought Mary upstairs to see Cathy's new shirt painting that was just about done and then went over to my studio. Judy Linn came over (see next entry) to meet up wit Mary to go out to dinner. Mary is a former student of mine as well as Judy.]]> Mary ping and Judy were planning on having dinner together. I suggested that she come over here (see last entry) and meet up with Mary and then leave for dinner.]]> Mike came over to take a look around with me to see what tree work needed to be done. The work involves many branches of various sizes because of the late winter storms. He is going to send a few guys out to do the work. He brought his son with him.]]> Maria cleaned our house.]]> This was a follow up visit. Elliot came over on (date to be added) to interview Catherine(Murphy) for an article4 he is writing on her painting,"Stack". He came over at 3:00pm so Catherine made a cake to have with tea and coffee. Elliot brought pastries from a bakery near him that had moved recently from Hudson, NY.]]> Simon came to work.]]> Julia came to model.]]> Tim brought over the pyramid he made to cover up the circulating pump for the pond. It looked and fit terrifically. We looked up various colors of waterproof paint to cover the pyramid with. We found a color we liked and mail ordered it. He brought the pyramid back to his shop.]]> Tim worked on the arm support for Cathy (Murphy) hand painting.]]> They recently returned from twelve weeks in the Phillipines where they have a fishing boat and are bulding a house. Darren had a Paternal leave from Vassar for most of the time they were gone. They worked in the garden. Jean Jean noticed the shed was insanely disorderly and asked if we wanted her to neaten it up. She did and boy was that better.]]> Julia came to model.]]> Simon came to work. He did stuff.]]> I have no rememberance of why Tim came over.]]> Maria came to clean]]> They came to work in the garden.]]> Arthur had been planning to come up for a visit and bring Will, his godson, with him. Will is starting at Marist college in the fall. The first stopped for lunch at Giacamos Italian restaurant in Wappingers Falls. They then came up here and we had coffee, tea and desert.]]> Oscar and Holly were sent by Catherine's (Murphy) gallery to pick up the painting packed and bring it down to the gallery. When I took their photographs and explained that I take everyone's photographs that comes to the house, they asked about Jehovahs Witnesses. Holly said "We're Jehovahs Witnesses."]]> I was looking out the kitchen window and saw a man in a blue jacket and hood walking around looking like he was looking for something. I went outside and it was Ryan from suburban propane trying to find the tank. I showed him where the tank was and took his photo. When he was done he came to the door and handed me the bill and a purple plastic bracelet, that said on one side Epilepsy Awareness and on the other side Savannah Rose, his daughter's name. He asked if I would pray for her and I said I would.]]> Ben came up last night to go to the Tom Friedman talk and dinner. I left the house around 3:45 and Ben arrived at about 5 o clock and picked up Cathy and brought her to Vassar. He spent the night had breakfast with us, brought his car in to be fixed, and worked a little bit on my site. Right now he's in the shower and is planning to leave to get to the city in time for a date at around 6:15.]]> Simon worked with me on this website and worked a bit on the Eugene Carroll part of the site and took down the extension cords from Cathy (Murphy) surveillance camera hookups]]> Christina was thinking of coming to Vassar to have lunch with me and Tom Friedman and the students, the day after his talk at Vassar. I decided it was too complicated here to go, and when I called Christina to talk about it she brought up the other thing she wanted to do with me, which was to go over the images of student sculpture work from last turn. This was because she is planning the student sculpture show which will go up in a few weeks. So i suggested that she just have lunch here with me Cathy, Simon and Ben. Then we could talk about student work.]]> Leslie came over to talk with us about replacing the material on the bench in the kitchen (which had gotten very worn), and recovering the couch cushion in the living room as well as making some through pillows. The main issue was how to make the piece of cloth with a print that had chickens on it that Leslie had in stock (at Leslie Flood Interiors in Millerton). I am pretty sure I rememebe rthat they may have been French chickens.]]> Tim came over to paint the inside of the window and put up the airconditioner in Alec Levinson's (our tenant) apt. These wre the last two things left to do after the water damage from Alec's air conditioner.]]> Darren was supposed to come with Jean Jean and the baby yesterday. The baby didn't feel well so we re-scheduled for today. Darren came himself because the babdy was still not feeling well. Dren worked in the garden and panted a small tree.]]> This August will be Catherine (Murphy) and my 50th wedding anniversary (though we have been living together 52 years). We have decided to have a party to celebrate. We went to Hudon to discuss the food with Mona at her and her partners store, Talbott and Arding, Cheese and Provisions. Mona worked with Alice Waters at Chez Panisse in Berkely, CA, and ran the kitchen for a nmber of years at the American Academy. We first came accross her when she catered a party at Polly Apfelbaum and Stan Allan's. She brought her assistant, Beth Hull, to the meeting at out house. Julee Whelin is a party planner. We met her at the reception after Pat Liefer's Funeral. Pat was Tim Liefer's wife. Scott is Julee's boyfriend who came along with Julee and it seems will be coming to the party to be of help to Julee. Scott knows Tim Liefer for quite some time because he used to date Maggie, Tim and Pat's Daughter, who died some time ago.nAfter talking in the house we all headed out to walk the grounds and make decisions to do with setting up and operating the party. (see next entry).]]>