2009-07-15 Jason Cranston, Wednesday. Jason worked on the patio.]]> 2009-07-15 Ilene Cooke, Wednesday. Ilene posed for Catherine (Murphy). This was the last the last session for this painting - It was finished today.]]> 2009-07-15 Elisabeth Orlowski, Wednesday. Elizabeth cleaned the house.]]> 2009-07-15 Brooke and Laureen, Wednesday. Brooke and Naureen were on a road trip of sorts. They came by for a visit.]]> 2009-07-15 Alex, Wednesday. Alex came to get the trailor that the guys had the rocks on for the patio.]]> 2009-07-16 Travis Head, Thursday. Travis came for an interview to be an assistant for me and Catherine (Murphy). He was at a residency in Virginia (he is originally from Virginia). Amy Chang who teaches at New Paltz was also at this residency. Erik Schoonebeek had told Amy that he was leaving his job with us and Thomas Nozkowski and Joyce Robins, in case she knew of anyone who might be interested. Travis wrote to Tom and told him that he might be interested in the job. An interview was arranged. Travis first went to Tom and Joyce's and then came to our house. The job would be two days a week at Tom and Joyce's and two days at our house. We are all going to go ahead and hire Travis on a month trial basis. He is going to get a place nearby for a month or so and we will all see how it works out.]]> 2009-07-16 Ray, Thursday. Ray worked on the patio.]]> 2009-07-16 Murph, Thursday. John Murphy worked on the patio.]]> 2009-07-16 Anne Murphy, Thursday. Anne came to pick up her husband John Murphy (Murph).]]> 2009-07-17 Jason Cranston, Friday. Jason worked on the patio it was mostly finished. Some of the guys have to come back on Monday to spread some stone dust around and bring some soil for the front of the patio.]]> 2009-07-17 Murph and Carlos, Friday. l-R, John Murphy (Murph), Carlos. Murph worked on the patio, Carlos only stayed for a little while.]]> 2009-07-17 Mary Catherine Halfpenny, Friday. Mary Catherine is in residence ay Catwalk in Catskill. catherine (Murphy) had asked her if she could come over one morning during her residency to cut the grass around the hose for a painting she is doing and Mary Catherine said she could. Erik Schoonebeek had shown Mary Catherine how to do this with a pair of scissors before he left. So, she came over to do this.]]> 2009-07-17 John, Ray, Will, Friday. L-R, John, Ray, Will. They worked on the patio and it was mostly findished. Some of the guys have to come back on Monday to spread some stone dust around and bring some soil for the front of the patio.]]> 2009-07-17 Brian, Friday. Brian worked on the patio.]]> 2009-07-20 Stephan, Brian, Jason, L-R, Stephan, Brian and Jason Cranston. They worked on the patio. It was getting finished.]]> 2009-07-22 Tim and Dana, L-R, Tim Liefer, Dana Kilgore. They worked on the wood siding and triim abutting the patio.]]> 2009-07-22 Sebastian Garcia Huindobro, . Sebastian came to work for us.]]> 2009-07-22 . Billy and Erik, L-R, William Finn, Erik Wong. Billy came over for dinner with his brand new assistant Erik. After dinner we all went to the Powerhouse Theater at Vassar to see The Burnt Part Boys. First produced under Billy's auspices at Barrington Stage last year in Pittsfield, MA.]]> 2009-07-23 Tim Liefer, . Time worked on the patio area.]]> 2009-07-23 Ron Haase, . Ron Haasde came over to mention that Jason's guys had rutted up some grass on his property accross the street from our driveway. He has recently bought the old firehouse accross the street and has been trying to make it look better. Which he has done. I went over a few days later and replanted the grass.]]> 2009-07-24 Travis Head, . Travis worked on Cathy's deer set-up.]]> 2009-07-26 Deloras, Ellen, Rackstraw, Rena, Anne 4, Sunday. L-R, Rackstraw Downes, Rena Fogal. Rackstraw Downes, Deloras Johnson and Ellen Altfest were coming for lunch (they arrived by train). Rena Fogal and Anne Bogart were also invited for lunch (they drove up on their way upstate to Anne's house. They were much delayed because of an accident on the Taconic It turned out to be that horrible accident where a woman with four children in the car was driving on the Taconic in the wrong direction and hit another car with two or three men in it head on. They arrived after we had snacks at the pond, but in time for lunch. I gave them some food right away and then in a short time we had lunch. A late lunch - about 3:30 p.m.]]> 2009-07-26 Deloras, Ellen, Rackstraw, Rena, Anne 2, Sunday. Rackstraw Downes. Rackstraw, Deloras and Ellen were coming for lunch (they arrived by train). We are pictured at the pond, where we had snacks. Rena Fogal and Anne Bogart were also invited for lunch (they drove up on their way upstate to Anne's house. They were much delayed because of an accident on the Taconic It turned out to be that horrible accident where a woman with four children in the car was driving on the Taconic in the wrong direction and hit another car with two or three men in it head on.]]> 2009-07-26 Deloras, Ellen, Rackstraw, Rena, Anne 5, Sunday. L-R, Ellen Altfest, Anne Bogart, Catherine Myrphy, Deloras Johnson, Rackstraw Downes and Rena Fogal, Rackstraw Deloras and Ellen were coming for lunch (they arrived by train). Rena and Anne were also invited for lunch (they drove up on their way upstate to Anne's house. They were much delayed because of an accident on the Taconic It turned out to be that horrible accident where a woman with four children in the car was driving on the Taconic in the wrong direction and hit another car with two or three men in it head on. They arrived after we had snacks at the pond, but in time for lunch. I gave them some food right away and then in a short time we had lunch. A late lunch - about 3:30 p.m.]]> 2009-07-26 Deloras, Ellen, Rackstraw, Rena, Anne 1, Sunday. L-R, Deloras Johnson, Ellen Altfest. Rackstraw (Downes) and Deloras and Ellen were coming for lunch (they arrived by train). We are pictured at the pond, where we had snacks. Rena Fogal and Anne Bogart were also invited for lunch (they drove up on their way upstate to Anne's house. They were much delayed because of an accident on the Taconic It turned out to be that horrible accident where a woman with four children in the car was driving on the Taconic in the wrong direction and hit another car with two or three men in it head on.]]> 2009-07-26, Sunday. Deloras, Ellen, Rackstraw, Rena, Anne 3,Anne Bogart. Rackstraw Downes, Deloras Johnson and Ellen Altfest were coming for lunch (they arrived by train). Rena Fogal and Anne Bogart were also invited for lunch (they drove up on their way upstate to Anne's house. They were much delayed because of an accident on the Taconic It turned out to be that horrible accident where a woman with four children in the car was driving on the Taconic in the wrong direction and hit another car with two or three men in it head on. They arrived after we had snacks at the pond, but in time for lunch. I gave them some food right away and then in a short time we had lunch. A late lunch - about 3:30 p.m.]]> 2009-07-26, Sunday. Deloras, Ellen, Rackstraw, Rena, Anne 6,L- R, Ellen Altfest, Catherine Murphy, Rackstraw Downes. Deloras Johnson, Rackstraw and Ellen were coming for lunch (they arrived by train). Rena and Anne were also invited for lunch (they drove up on their way upstate to Anne's house. They were much delayed because of an accident on the Taconic It turned out to be that horrible accident where a woman with four children in the car was driving on the Taconic in the wrong direction and hit another car with two or three men in it head on. They arrived after we had snacks at the pond, but in time for lunch. I gave them some food right away and then in a short time we had lunch. A late lunch - about 3:30 p.m]]> 2009-07-28 Travis Head, Tuesday. Travis worked for us.]]> 2009-07-28 Danny, Daniel, Lauren, Tuesday. L-R, Danny Alexender, Daniel Wolff, Lauren Alexander. Daniel was giving a talk or on a panel at the Franklin Delano Roosevelt house in Hyde Park in connection with his new book, How Lincoln Learned to Read. He also wanted to see the Peyote basket that Cathy's mother, also Catherine Murphy got, possibly through a work connection with the Peabody's of Boston. It is too long a story, but the answer might possibly be found in Daniel's book. He surprised us and came by. His friends are from Kansas.]]> 2009-07-29 Kathy Reardon, Wednesday. Kathy came for a visit. We had lunch as well.]]> 2009-07-29 Elizabeth Orlowski, Wednesday. Elizabeth came to clean.]]> 2009-07-30 Roger the Plumber, Thursday. We had a faucet leak so Roger came to fix it.]]> 2009-07-31 Travis Head, Travis worked.]]> 2009-08-01 Travis Head, Travis worked on a few things - Catherine's set up and the area in front of the old bard. We were supposed to leave for Cape Cod today, but it was sunny and Cathy figured she could get a days work done before we go. More about the trip to the Cape under Groups starting with August 2nd.]]> 2009-08-10 The Burnhams, Monday, L-R, Terry Burnham, Faith Burnham, Scott Burnham. Scott has been teaching at Cordozo Law School at Yeshiva University for part of the summer. He has been teaching there for a number of summers. Although last summer he went to Vietnam to teach about American law. Faith finished her first year at NYU and was also spending some of the summer in NYC as was Terry. They are leaving New York in a few days but because our schedule was so difficult we had to see them near the end of their stay. But it worked out fine. They came over for dinner. This coming year Scott is teaching at the Moritz College of Law at Ohio Sate University. His a professor at the University of Montana in Missoula, MT, but does periodic visiting teaching at other places.]]> 2009-08-11 Roger the Plumber and his Brother Rick, Tuesday. The toilet tank in the downstairs bathron craked. Roger and Rick came over to fix it. They were able to get a whole new toilet bowl set and install it. The faucet Roger fixed the last time needed some adjustment, which they also did.]]> 2009-08-11 Roger the Plumber and his Brother Rick, Tuesday. The tank for our toilet cracked and started leaking. Roger and Rick came over to fix it. They were able to get a new entire toilet and replaced the old one. The faucet Roger fixed last time needed some adjustment, ao they did that as well.]]> 2009-08-11 Mike DiGiacomio and guys, Mike (on the left ) and his crew took down a numer of dead trees for us.]]> 2009-09-19, In the ktchen, Hyde Park, NY]]> 2009-09-20 Steve and Andrew Bathrick, They mowed.]]>