Tim came to install railings on the basement stairs]]> He came to work.]]> They cleaned the windows and the gutters]]> Ben got to our house at 8:30 AM and then we all went to the city]]> We bought a new stove at Sears last week and it was delivered today. Mike and Dean have a band called ""Hellride 102""]]> Charlie came to work]]> They worked in the garden]]> Charlie came to work]]> Darrell Delivered something to the house]]> He came to work in the garden]]> He came to work.]]> Megan came to change all the mouse traps (house, studio, guest cottage), investigate the carpenter ants in my unheated studio (It turns out that the building is infested with powder post beetles), and look at the damage from woodpeckers on Catherine's (Murphy) studio. It turned out that we have woodpecker damage on both studios, but we are going to take care of that ourselves. They wanted around $650 to put up reflective balloons and reflective tape. We are going to have them treat the powder post beetles in my unheated studio.]]> Tim came by to have coffee and commiserate]]> Charlie picked up art supplies at the Rhinebeck Art Store on his way here. He then brought the trash barrell up from the street. Then he ran out to get some provisions, went straight to Catherine's (Murphy) studio, brought her lunch, and did a few things around the studio for her. Then he went to my (heated) studio to glue some wood sections of a sculpture. Then Charlie and I had lunch and now we're working on this website.]]> Andrew stopped by to ask if we were going to have him plow this winter. The answer was yes. He always reminded us that we still owed him money from the last mowing, which we then gave to him.]]> Charlie helped Antoine (Robinson) and I move a table. He then trimmed our little Christmas tree. (see next entry)]]> Charlie and I drove to school and picked up Antoine to go to Eugene Carroll's house and pick up a table. We brought the table back home and put it in the living room to see if Catherine (Murphy) and I would like to have it. It was part of an inheritance that Peter Charlap and I received from Eugene Carroll. Then, Charlie stayed here to do some things and I brought Antoine back to Vassar (See previous entry)]]> Charlie came to work]]> Ben came over to spend a few days with us. On the 13th Ben, Cathy and I went to Eugene Carroll's house to look over a few things. I inadvertently set the alarm off and we wound up being embroiled for about an hour, and finally just left with the alarm going. While Ben was here he workd on my haircut book (which I'm a little nervous I'm letting go down the tubes). On Thursday Ben and Cathy and I went back to Eugene's house, and then on Friday Ben and I went to the estate sale at Eugene's for a little while.]]> She came to clean the house]]> Charlie came to work here and also to go over to Eugene Carroll's house with me to help Tom Nozkowski and Joyce Robins load up some things they were getting.]]> Charlie came to work]]> Delivery man from Fedex.]]> Charlie came to work]]> Ben came for a visit.]]> Elizabeth came to clean the house]]> Darren came to work in the garden]]> Jerry came to work]]> The Busch family came for a visit]]> Ben came for a visit]]> Jerry came to work]]> Al came to photograph some work in the Dutch barn]]> Peter came by to help transport plants to the nursery.]]>