ML's beautiful birthday flowers & self-portrait

NYC Trip

I had a great time in NYC last weekend. I had some consulting to do at Pfizer Thursday and Friday, then Saturday, Molly, ML, and I went to J. Crew Bridal to pick out ML's wedding dress and Molly's Maid of Honor dress. After that we walked over to Times Square and had a B'day lunch at Ruby Foo's of Dim sum, sushi, ice cream and mini cupcakes followed by a matinee of "Driving Miss Daisy" with Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones on its closing day. In between all that I got to eat dinner with Courtney and her roommate, Louisa, at a French restaurant on the upper West side, Aunt Liddy and Jim at 3 Guy's, an NCHS colleague,Rob, at Moustache in Greenwich Village, and my college friend, Mary at 3 Guy's. Mary then drove me to LGA to catch my flight home late Sunday night. I especially enjoyed having Sunday brunch at Genevieve's apt in Brooklyn. We were successful with the dresses but no pictures are allowed for obvious reasons.*****************************************************

Refurbished Dog Yard

Flynthill Farm was here today to move the bushes that were in the dog yard to the other side of the house. They planted some new trees and hosta. They also moved the stone path from the left side of the drain grate to the right side on the theory that the path should be in the shady side and the grass on the sunny side. It looks like my drawing so I'm pretty satisfied. I wanted to make room for more rose bushes which I will consider putting in. They also moved some of the bushed to the front along with some verbena and flox. Then they placed new sod in a central oblong with the hope to make the area look wider rather than long and narrow.

Year of the Rabbit

Lots more rabbits on the Chinese Brush Painting Page.

Springtime in Fearrington

It's lovely here- sunny, high of 85 degrees predicted but the pollen is beggining to mount up on top of everything. Bill and Melva were here this weekend on their way home from FL and we had a nice time with Ron and Rhoda Saturday night and a concert at the Gathering Place Sunday afternoon. Much work to accomplish in the next few days before I leave for NYC.

Princess Ida

Just finished the set strike for the Durham Savoyard's "Princess Ida". I sang in the Royal Chorus again this year. You can see excerpts at the link below, though you won't see me. I was again Queen Victoria, so even if you saw me you wouldn't recognize me. I also was among the top five tickets sellers among the cast as I was last year. Mary Laurel and Robert came down from Bmo for Saturday night's performance though Moody was not feeling well enough to come having just gotten out of the hospital with an URI. Youtube Link. In the above picture I am flanked by Irina and Fran who were also in the Royal Chorus.

Special Recognition Award

Dear Cathy and Linda,

You may know that you were nominated for a SAEM Special Recognition award for your work on NHAMCS for the benefit of emergency medicine. On behalf of President Jeff Kline, the Board of Directors and the Awards Committee, I would like to offer my congratulations, the two of you were selected for this award along with our thanks for the many years of dedication with this important database.

Most fondly.

Louis Ling
Chair, SAEM Awards Committee