Almost forgot to post today! Don is off to a gig at a Farmer’s Market. The protests weren’t scheduled yet when he booked it. So we’ll be protesting virtually, as he has our only car. And I’ll be praying for storms in the DC area.

I’ll keep this brief.

An indication of the size of the spirea, but it’s also misleading as it surrounds the hydrangea, so from this aspect you’re missing the fact that it goes way back. I’ll try for another photo when it stops raining. It was a tiny little bush when I purchased it and I had no idea it would spread so much. I need to cut some of it back.

Another of the wildflowers that pop up near the big garden bed. This one is so exquisite! If anyone knows the name of this one, I’d love to know.

If you missed yesterday’s post, Audrey made her debut. She’s a Little Keiko doll and I did the face up. Not perfect, but pretty good! Her eyes are green, by the way, but since I purposely took a moody photo on this rainy morning, they look darker than they are. I was sure her eyebrows were going to be darker than they are and that would have been fine, but they match her hair perfectly.

I’m praying for the safety of all involved in the marches, and of everyone at risk in this insane assault by EYEC (purposely misspelled.) We will  overcome.

Stay safe, my friends.

Happy Saturday.

I’m cranky because someone was snoring and woke me up at 4:30 am and I couldn’t get back to sleep. Meanwhile, it’s 6:31 and he’s still sleeping. Ah, well.

This will be brief because of said lack of sleep and my rage at what is going on in California. Bless Gavin Newsom for standing up to evil. Purposeful misspelling to avoid the trolls: EYEC needs to be abolished. “Multiple Felonies” needs to be removed from office. March on Saturday.

The catalpa tree in bloom, though I can’t believe there are any flowers still hanging in there because of all the torrential rain we’ve had.

The peony should open fully today, it hasn’t been sunny for the past few days.

I’m sorry, friends, that’s all I can give you today. I’ll be more lively on Friday.

Stay safe.

Happy Wednesday.

Good morning. I am currently just waking up and it’s almost 9 am. We stayed up late for the Tonys and to keep track of what was happening in Los Angeles. (I believe it’s the beginning of the end for this regime.) So, both of us slept in and it’s thrown us off.

On my mind this morning. Let me just say that Audra McDonald’s performance as Mama Rose, singing the number Rose’s Turn, is the most powerful musical theater performance I have ever seen. This is a performance for the ages. Don and I are still talking about it today. She should have won the Tony. It was the musical theater equivalent of King Lear. Extraordinary. Gut wrenching. A reinterpretation of Rose that is stunning.

And one more thing about the Tony Awards,. I stopped counting the actors I have coached and worked with at the number 15. Two of my former students were up there. I’ve worked with Brandon Jacobs Jenkins, who won the Pulitzer Prize and the Tony for Purpose. In those years when I watched the Tonys as a young girl, then an aspiring actress, I would have never imagined that these people would be my colleagues, that I could say “I know him or her, I’ve coached them.” Or, “I was his teacher.” I’ve been working in professional theater for over 50 years. I’ve trained young actors. I’ve worked on and off-Broadway, in regional theaters around the country, When I have the opportunity to step back and note the number of people I have been blessed to teach and/or coach, I am humbled. Things get put into perspective and I realize that I’ve made an impact. I am so blessed.

And I have to note that my dear friend Jan and my dear friend Joe are the ones who encouraged me to quit my dead-end job in Detroit, audition for graduate school, and change my life. Nothing that has happened in my career would have happened without that loving push. To say my life changed for the better would be putting it mildly.

I’m enormously grateful always, but especially today.

The spirea has bloomed and it’s a massive splash of pink. I’ll try to take a photo of the entire bush, which was tiny when I planted it, believe it or not!

The first Stella D’Oro day lily has opened. I’m sure I’ll find more when I go outside.

And Chloe has been redressed for spring and summer.

Stay safe.

Happy Monday.