2009-06-24 Jess and Erik, . Jess, Erik Schoonebeek. They stopped over to say goodbye and for Jess to see the painting Erik had been posing for. Catherine (Murphy) is doing a painting of Erik and Ilene Cooke, a hand making rabbit ears over a head. Erik and Jess were also on their way to pose for Jonathan Santlofer for phtographs for him to make drawings from for his the new book he is working on. Jess and Erik are moving to New Brunswick, New Jersey. Erik is starting graduate school at Rutgers University.]]> 2009-06-24, Wednesday. Ilene came to pose for Catherine (Murphy).]]> 2009-06-24 Ilene Cooke, Wednesday. Ilene posed for Catherine (Murphy).]]> 2009-06-25 Mary Catherine Halfpenny, Thursday. Mary came to work with me on this site, sorting through archives of photographs.]]> 2009-06-26 Mary Catherine Halfpenny, Friday. Mary Catherine came to work with me on preparing photographs for this site.]]> 2009-06-26 Ilene Cooke, Friday. Ilene came to pose for Catherine (Murphy)]]> 2009-06-29 Sebastian Garcia Huinbro, Monday. Sebastian came to work.]]> 2009-06-29 Eric, Marianne, Nancy, Monday, L-R, Eric Lindbloom, Marianne Burke, Nancey Willard. They came over for dinner. We had appetizers by the pond.]]> 2009-06-30 Jason and his Crew, Tuesday. L-R, Stephan, Ryan, Gary, Jason Cranston. They started to dismantle the old patio to get ready to put stones down to replace the concrete.]]> 2009-07-01 Tim Liefer, Wednesday. Tim came over to consult with us about the patio. Mike DiGiacomio came over yesteday morning (I forgot to take his photograph) to concult about the pine tree, because Jason Cranston's guys rubbed bark off some large roots of the huge Douglas Fir and I was nervous about the damage. So we wanted to know if Tim had any specific ideas about hoew we night porceed. After talking with Mike and then Tim we decided we would still go with stone. The rest of the digging will have to be by hand - no more machine diging, not dug as deep, have a shallower layer of gravel and possibly go wit granote (which can be thinner without cracking) instead of bluestone. Jason came over later that day and we went over all of this with him. See next entry.]]> 2009-07-01 Jason Cranston, Tuesday. Jason came over to confer with me about the patio. I was rather upset with the crew yesterdat because they scraped the top of a few large roots from the large Douglas Fir that i situation in the patio. We decided that the digging couldn't go as deep as we had originally planned and that the rst of the dirt soil preparation needed to be done by hand. I was pretty cranky anout the roots. We also are going to look into using granite instead of blusestone, so we could still have large pieces, but thinner.]]> 2009-07-01 Elizabeth Orlowski, Wednesday. She came to clean the house.]]> 2009-07-02 Mary Catherine Halfpenny, Thursday. Mary Catherine came to work with me on my photographic archives.]]> 2009-07-02 Jehovah's Witnesses, Thursday. They came to proselytize. I took their photograph in exchange for discussion. We talked for Maybe ten to fifteen minutes and I think they were happy to go at that point.]]> 2009-07-03 Mary Catherine Halfpenny, Friday. She worked with me on my photo archives and on this site. She is seen in the third level of my studio, the photograpic storage and staging area.]]> 2009-07-04-6 Ben Keddy 2, Saturday-Monday. Ben came to visit. Monday July 6 is his birthday. Ben came with us to Peter Schjeldahl and Brooke Alderson's July 4th party. Then on Sunday Cathy and I swam in the pond, Ben and I launched the radio control broats, sail and speed boats and played ping pong. In the evening we met Jon and Joy Santlofer at Upstate films and went to Gigi's for dinner. Ben went home on Monday.]]> 2009-07-04-6 Benjamin Keddy 1, Saturday-Monday. Ben came to visit. Monday July 6 is his birthday. Ben came with us to Peter Schjeldahl and Brooke Alderson's July 4th party. Then on Sunday Cathy and I swam in the pond, Ben and I launched the radio control broats, sail and speed boats and played ping pong. In the evening we met Jon and Joy Santlofer at Upstate films and went to Gigi's for dinner. Ben went home on Monday.]]> 2009-07-06 Ilene Cooke and Siena, . Ilene posed for Cathy (Catherine Murphy) and Siena Cooke Mangi (Ilene's daughter) came with her.]]> 2009-07-07 John, Ray, Jason, Tuesday. Jason Cranston was here with his crew to work on our patio.]]> 2009-07-07 Ilene Cooke, Tuesday. Ilene posed for Catherine (Murphy).]]> 2009-07-08 Ilene Cooke, Wednesday. Ilene posed for Catherine (Murphy)]]> 2009-07-08 John, Ray, Jason, Wednesday. Jason Cranston of Designs by Cranston stopped by to see how work was going on the patio.]]> 2009-07-09 Jason Cranston and the Guys, Thursday. L-R, Brian, Ray, Murph, John, Jason Cranston. They worked on the patio.]]> 2009-07-09 The Bathricks, Thursday. l-R, Steve Bathrick, Andrew Bathrick (towards the back), Travis Bathrick. They mowed.]]> 2009-07-10 Sacha and Mary Catherine, Friday. L-R, Sacha Ingber, Mary Catherine Halfpenny. Mary Catherine came to work with me and then Sacha came over to have lunch with us. She is getting near the end of her residency at Catwalk, in Catskill, NY, She will be leaving there on Sunday. Mary Catherine will be going to start her residency this coming Tuesday. Sacha said she was envious of Mary Catherine because she is getting to start the residency.]]> 2009-07-10 Jason and Murph, Friday. L-R, Jason Cranston, John Murphy. They worked on the patio.]]> 2009-07-10 Ilene Cooke, Friday. Ilene posed for Cathy (Catherine Murphy).]]> 2009-07-10 Olivier, Rose, Helen, Carole, Friday. L-R Olivier Rogers, Rose Lang Maso, Helen Lang, Carole Maso. The came over so that Cathrine (Murphy) and I could look at Olivier's portfolio. Olivier is Helen's neice and Goddaughter. She came up from Florida to attend the Mill Street Loft Art Program. She is going to apply for Art School (college) next fall. We had appetizers at the pond, then they went to Catherin'e studio and I did some stuff in the kitchen. We had Pizza, a Kale salad Catherine made, brownies that Catherine also made.]]> 2009-07-11 Ilene Cooke, Saturday. Ilene posed for Catherine (Murphy) in the morning and in the afternoon we went to Hannah and Erik's wedding (see Groups).]]> 2009-07-12 Ilene Cooke, Sunday. Ilene posed for Catherine (Murphy) in the morning. In the afternoon we went to the last day of an estate sale at Grasmere and the to Hudson, NY to look for outdoor furniture. (see Groups for both)]]> 2009-07-13 - 15 The Busch Family 6, Monday-Wednesday, Alexandra Busch holding Kyrah Busch. The Busch's are on a two week car trip. They left Michigan and headed to Sherburn, NY, then to Maine, then to here, then on to New York City, then to Virginia. Places to go to for various reasons and to see various people. They arrived in Hyde Park on Monday evening. We had dinner here. On Tuesday we had take out Chinese food. They left early afternoon on Wednesday.]]> 2009-07-13 - 15 The Busch Family 5, Monday-Wednesday, Alexandra Busch. The Busch's are on a two week car trip. They left Michigan and headed to Sherburn, NY, then to Maine, then to here, then on to New York City, then to Virginia. Places to go to for various reasons and to see various people. They arrived in Hyde Park on Monday evening. We had dinner here. On Tuesday we had take out Chinese food. They left early afternoon on Wednesday.]]> 2009-07-13 - 15 The Busch Family 3, Monday-Wednesday, Tracy Nichols Busch holding Kyrah Busch, Alexandra Busch, Benjamin Busch. The Busch's are on a two week car trip. They left Michigan and headed to Sherburn, NY, then to Maine, then to here, then on to New York City, then to Virginia. Places to go to for various reasons and to see various people. They arrived in Hyde Park on Monday evening. We had dinner here. On Tuesday we had take out Chinese food. They left early afternoon on Wednesday.]]> 2009-07-13 - 15 The Busch Family 4, Monday-Wednesday, Alexandra Busch. The Busch's are on a two week car trip. They left Michigan and headed to Sherburn, NY, then to Maine, then to here, then on to New York City, then to Virginia. Places to go to for various reasons and to see various people. They arrived in Hyde Park on Monday evening. We had dinner here. On Tuesday we had take out Chinese food. They left early afternoon on Wednesday.]]> 2009-07-13 - 15 The Busch Family 2, Monday-Wednesday, Catherine murphy (just a smidge of her), Benjamin Busch, Kyrah Busch, Alexandra Busch, in front. The Busch's are on a two week car trip. They left Michigan and headed to Sherburn, NY, then to Maine, then to here, then on to New York City, then to Virginia. Places to go to for various reasons and to see various people. They arrived here on Monday evening. We had dinner here. On Tuesday we had take out Chinese food. They left early afternoon on Wednesday.]]> 2009-07-13 Sebastian Garcia-Huindobro, Monday. Sebastion came to work for us.]]> 2009-07-13 Sebastian Garcia Huindobro, Monday. Sebastian came to work for us.]]> 2009-07-13 Eugene Carroll, Monday. On Saturday Eugene came with us to Hannah's (Charlap) wedding. When we dropped him off at home he forgot and left his bag in our car. He came over to get it. We showed him the pond and had tea,]]> 2009-07-13 - 15 The Busch Family 1, Monday-Wednesday, Benjamin Busch, Kyrah Busch. The Busch's are on a two week car trip. They left Michigan and headed to Sherburn, NY, then to Maine, then to here, then on to New York City, then to Virginia. Places to go to for various reasons and to see various people. They arrived here on Monday evening. We had dinner here. On Tuesday we had take out Chinese food. They left early afternoon on Wednesday.]]> 2009-07-15 Murph, Jason, Ray, L-R, John Murphy, Jason Cranston, Ray. they worked on the patio.]]>