In the Studio Again

A high of 87 and muggy today.

Once I got going, the first thing I did was to pick some leaf lettuce and strawberries.

So far we have picked almost 4 quarts.

Turned on the air conditioner in the Studio so it would be cooled off by 1pm.

Today Darryl and John joined me.  Instead of using my bass, Darryl brought his own and a new portable amp that was fantastic.  We messed around with many songs that were easy to play.  Like "16 Tons," "Abilene," "The Lucky One" and many more. After an hour I noticed that Darryl's bass matched his clothing.  He did not plan it that way. Hopefully Gary will be at our next session.  We have missed him and Nancy.

Little Wonder spent most of his time on the cool cement floor.

I had not played my uke in awhile....felt good.

Before dinner I delivered some lettuce and strawberries to Jenny.

Little Wonder went with me.

Dinner?  Open faced meatball sandwiches (on Naan bread).

The lettuce from our garden was delicious.

LW enjoyed some of my crust.

Night all.

Be Prepared

This is a very long post as I was so busy all day long.  First I went out to the Studio to grab a few photos to show my future students.

At 10 I had an appointment with my chiropractor.  

Just me and Big Bertha.

From there, I headed out to Lake Ontario to have lunch with Linda H. and her next door neighbor.  But first I stopped at the Bott house to check out the crazy conditions over the lake.

About a third of a mile before I got there, felt like I was driving through a cloud.  At first I thought it was farmers working the fields.

There was a heavy fog all the way down to the water.  When I left the farm the temperature was 72 degrees....at the lake it was closer to 60.

From there I drove over to Linda's for lunch and we came up with a plan for a series of water color painting classes.

What a fabulous brunch!

We got things squared away and will get started in July.

When I got back to the farm I had to pick some rhubarb as we were going out to dinner tonight and I needed to make strawberry rhubarb sauce for shortcake.  Jenny made the biscuits.

Little Wonder was feeling the heat.

He was not too excited when we left for Penfield to have dinner with Miles and Michelle W.

What a gorgeous property.

We had appetizers out by their pool.

Their sweet pup was loving Gary.

Miles worked the grill....

and Michelle put together a gazillion toppings for our outrageous dinner salads.

A perfect meal and so up my alley.

I was not sure everyone would go for the rhubarb shortcake....so many people have never tried it.

But they all liked it.

We headed home around 8:30 and the sunset was waiting for us.

This was a very special..relaxing day.....and so delicious.

Night all.

 

Ride #14

Up and at 'um.

A very dramatic sky this morning.

Gary did a lot of work in the gardens today and I started a new series on PBS Passport called "Patience."  A British show that is very different.

It was cool enough for me to go for a trike ride....tho it was windy.

I have a blogging/FB artist friend in France who keeps posting the best French music.  She has inspired me to find some for my rides.  In the first one I was coasting down a long hill.....

and in the second, I had to pedal again.  Be prepared....I'm really into this sound.

I think they have finished working up the field next to us.  Peas or soy beans?  Seems too late for corn.

More strawberries today.

Cooper was home this weekend and stopped to pick up the Buffalo News as there was a great big article  about the bank where he is doing his internship.  He should be back there by now.

I made huge salads for dinner tonight.  All kinds of veggies topped with chicken and homemade croutons.

Night all.