Saturday, February 20, 2010

Art for Haiti

The reception at Garrett College to honor the Art for Haiti exhibit was outstanding.   The people came and they purchased art.   At the end of the day over $4500 was raised to benefit the people of Haiti.  Lorie and Ron Skidmore did a wonderful job of displaying the art.   The terrific food was donated by the Wil 'O Wisp. It was a really lovely afternoon spent with good people and great art.


Don Sincell and Ron Skidmore has a lengthy discussion.



  Jerry Mc Gee played his Fireside Bagpipes (next to the fireplace),much to everyone's enjoyment.  







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Sunday, February 14, 2010

Contrasts


               
Sometimes life offers us huge contrasts. 
 We have been in the Turks and Caicos Islands since the 1st of February.  It was a wonderful trip with sunny days, blue skies, temperatures in the 80's.  The water is a brilliant turquoise color. It was 12 days
. of lounging on the beach with good books, great friends with lots of laughs and good times.
Then we came home to Garrett County Maryland.
We live in the mountains of Maryland and are used to snow and cold. Apparently there has been an excess of both in the past 2 weeks.  Our housesitter (henceforth known as The Prince) reported that we had 73 inches of snow while we were gone.  We were thrilled to find our driveway plowed, paths shoveled into the house and my studio. . . total accessability.  The Prince of Bittinger is my hero.   (If you need real estate assistance, call Brad Nesline at Long and Foster  . . . my hero)
From 85 degrees and turquoise water to 70 inches of snow!!!!!