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Distracting Myself

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I felt under the weather yesterday and didn’t have a whole lot of energy. (Allergies/sinus.) So I distracted myself with this:

This suitcase full of clothes was a mess. Full to the brim. I had to dive into the piles of clothes to find anything. Fortunately, Don heard me complaining the other day, freed up another one of his ‘art’ suitcases since he really wasn’t using it, and passed it on to me. We found these suitcases at a local antique shop several years ago. They came from the estate of a man who bought them and decorated them with stickers and beautiful paper. They’re very lightweight and decorative – not meant for traveling.

I sorted everything in piles; dresses, coats, socks, tights, pants, overalls, etc.

Much better!

Of course, I did no work at all on dialects or my tax deductions. Today, however, is a different story and I’ll start in on Yorkshire and Dublin later today. Actually, I’ve already started working on both of the dialects, but just a first pass a couple of weeks ago.

Not quite ready for the tax stuff yet.

Meredith is still very tired, but she’s feeling better.

Stay safe.

Happy Tuesday.

 

Wild Roses

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Blazing hot yesterday, over twenty degrees cooler today.

I snapped this quickly this morning. It’s my favorite time of year in the Secret Garden; lots of wildflowers everywhere and off in the background, you can see the wild roses beginning to bloom. It needs to be mowed, but my goodness, it’s magical.

We’re going to attempt some mowing today, but it might rain this morning with storms in the afternoon. I’m definitely going to head out to weed after I write this post.

Today would have been my parents’ 76th wedding anniversary. They lived to celebrate 66 years together before my mom passed away. Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad.

Since it was so hot and humid yesterday, except for watering all of the plants, I stayed inside. I started a jigsaw puzzle, but I was very careful. I worked for 15 minutes at a time, then I’d get up and do something else. Just a little bit of work here and there. I’m very conscious of my back and I immediately correct if I find I’m leaning too far forward.

I couldn’t do any work on the dollhouse as there is no air conditioner in our office. We used to have one, but it died, and we haven’t felt the need to replace it.

I had a little job offer yesterday. My former colleague from Hartford Stage is the new Artistic Director of the Geva Theater Center in Rochester, NY. Or will be soon. She was Darko’s Associate Artistic Director for several years. You might remember that my last coaching job right before lockdown was on her production of Jane Eyre. She is remounting that production (which closed early due to COVID) as her opening production in the new season. So I’ll be doing the dialect coaching. Much of it will be done via Zoom, but I’ll work at least two days in Rochester, presumably for a run-through and a preview. Anyway, it’s a modest amount of money, but we can sure use it. And it’s a job! It will start sometime in August.

Now we need to get Don an acting job. It’s been close to three years since he’s had any work. He needs to act. He needs to know he is still viable at this age. His confidence could use a boost. Cross your fingers for him.

Okay, my friends. I have some work to do outside.

Stay safe.

Happy Wednesday.

Walking around Brooklyn

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I have a few hours free this morning (after getting up at 4:15 am yesterday and not getting home until 8 pm yesterday) because we have two late shoots in a row. I’ll be working until midnight tonight and tomorrow. This topsy-turvy schedule!

I had a nice weekend, just laying low, dropping off laundry at the laundromat, taking a long walk around the neighborhood on Sunday. At the same time, the NYC Marathon route was right at the end of my block, so I heard cheering and helicopters all day long – very exciting!

The brownstones in this neighborhood are beautiful. I never get tired of seeing them.

Brooklyn, especially in this area, is very lively – full of young and old people, and lots of kids. I walked down 7th Avenue, which has a lot of shops, and I counted four toy stores. One of them carried a whole bunch of New Yorker jigsaw puzzles! I picked up a few things that I needed, but mostly enjoyed the walk.

Also on the walk was a Barnes & Noble, but even better, a lovely book store called Community Bookstore. It reminded me of Oblong Books back home, with a great selection of fiction and non-fiction. Nicely curated.

Yesterday at 6:30 am in Greenwich Village. I was standing in line for my first Covid test of the week. I get three of them.

I love this particular section of Greenwich Village and I took a walk at lunchtime. This is one of my favorite bookshops in NYC – Three Lives & Co. They are in their temporary space for another 6 months as they wait for the building they’ve always been in to be remodeled. It’s still a lovely shop, with a wonderful energy, but I must admit, I miss the corner location with the old wooden floors and nooks and crannies. I heard an employee say they should be back in the original shop in the spring.

We finished filming at about 6:45 pm and I got home at 8.

Oh, and I met Sally Field yesterday. She dropped by the set to say hello.

She’s pretty darned cool.

The girls.

One of the nicest parts of my day off on Sunday was playing with my dolls. I dressed them in fresh clothing, brushed their hair, and posed them for some pictures.

Incredibly calming and a wonderful respite from the insane schedule of 14+ hour days.

I recommend it highly.

Stay safe.

Happy Tuesday.

 

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