OK so I will never say never again. It has been 5 months since my last post. I thought I'd do a post on the visitors we've had over the past few months--Lot's of great excitement here. Our second fabulous artist in residence, Beverly McIver, was here for 7 weeks last summer. She is a painter based in Durham and due to a studio stanfu was really looking for a place to paint for upcoming shows and we were thrilled to oblige. Beverly is a night owl so we didn't overlap much--we are early to bed--but it was great to follow her progress as she worked on multiple canvases simultaneaously.
Her principal subjects are self portraits and portraits of her sister Renee. She completed 7 pieces while she was with us.
Beverly was a delight to be with and it is so much fun having art made in our home!
My wonderful 87 year old Aunt Helen came down at the beginning of September to spend a few days with us. We had never spent that much time together and we all had the time of our lives. She had such a wealth of stories about my Dad and her other sibs and about her travels all over the world--I videotaped her for several hours and hope to find the time to edit them all together soon.
We went everywhere--
to the Durham Farmers Market and to the Duke University Lemur Center
This is an incredibly random picture but Superman was perched on a fence at the Lemur center and I couldn't resist
We had a lovely walk and lunch at the Duke Gardens
We made a visit to the Scrap Exchange which turned out to be Helen's favorite spot in town! We couldn't get her out of there. After picking up some metal bees (from Burt's Bees), an I'm Here to Party button, and a campaign sign from some Helen in New Jersey we headed on to tour downtown.
Ellen's office celebrated 10 years in October with a great gathering of clients and friends at the house.
Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to themselves. All progress, therefore, depends on unreasonable people. George Bernard Shaw
Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world.
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