Mockingbird Hill Cottage

Life in our little cottage in the country

Sunday in the City

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I finished this puzzle yesterday morning – Bethesda Fountain in Central Park. I have another one on the way and it should arrive while I’m in NYC today.

I mowed several sections of our extended lawn yesterday. It felt good to get out there and mow but pushing through all the leaves took a bit more “oomph.”  There’s still quite a bit to mow and then…we’ll see if we have to mow again. We’re getting rain for the next couple of days so we might well have to.

The other day, a woodpecker flew right up to one of the windows in the den and looked in. I said hello. Then he flew up into the maple tree.

I’m writing this early as I have to get ready to head on into the city for a 2 pm matinee of A Man of No Importance. I’m looking forward to seeing it again because I love this production so much and also because the director, John Doyle, makes a lot of changes during previews and it’s been almost two week since I’ve seen it. It will be exciting to see those changes.

Another day of wearing a mask for 7+ hours. But I’m happy to do it.

Thanks for all your lovely responses to the interview! I really appreciate each and every one.

Okay. I have to start getting ready.

Stay safe.

Happy Sunday.

 

 

Wow

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Houseplant shadows.

Well. Yesterday was quite  an interesting day and I have some of you to thank for alerting me to what had just happened. I was starting to write my blog post when I saw comments from a couple of you that Jim Parsons had mentioned me on CBS Mornings. What???  I never watch morning television, so I had no idea. I knew he was doing an interview, it was on the show’s schedule, but that was it. By the time I got your messages, the interview was over, so I had to wait about an hour until it popped up on the website for CBS Mornings.

Oh my heavens! Dialect coaches are almost never mentioned publicly. We do our work quietly, behind the scenes. I have heard a couple of awards acceptance speeches where the dialect coach was mentioned, but that’s all  – and I’ve been coaching for 35 years.

I was calling out to Don “Jim just mentioned me on CBS!” and he was shouting back, “What???” and then, when I finally saw it posted on their web site, I took my laptop into the living room and we watched it together.

I heard from so many people that they’d seen it. When I posted about it on Facebook, all of my longtime friends and theater colleagues were so supportive. They know how rare that kind of mention is.

He could have just said, “I have a coach who is helping me and the rest of the cast.” But he didn’t because that, my friends, is Jim. He is such a good person, so kind, loyal, and true. I’m working on this show because of him. I worked on the movie because of him. In each case, he suggested me and then I had to interview and get the job, but without his input, I wouldn’t have been considered.

The last thing on my mind is getting more work from this. I really don’t care about that. It’s simply an unexpected joy that came out of left field.

It made my day. And it really made Don’s day!

The interview in on YouTube and you can find it here.

Or, you can go to the CBS Mornings website here.

The director asked me to come to the show one more time to take notes, so I’m going in tomorrow for the matinee. I’m glad I have the opportunity to be of service one more time.

Thanks to all of you who alerted me! You’re great.

Stay safe.

Happy Saturday.

Frost, Plants, and Brown Eyes

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I call this “Still Life of Plants, Cow, and Ukelele.”

When it warms up in the late morning, I’ll move everything back outside. So far, there are no frost advisories for tonight. In the next several days, the lows at night won’t be nearly so cold.

There are two more large plants in the den and one of the planters is sitting on the stool in front of the egg cup cubby.

There’s not that much room around here to begin with!

Don felt very achy and flue-y last night and is still feeling it a bit this morning. That’s the reaction he gets to the covid vaccination. I’m fine now, save for the usual allergy/sinus crap, but that has nothing to do with the shot. My arm is still a wee bit tender, but much better on the whole.

I spent some quality time with two of the girls yesterday when I changed a couple of their eye chips. Maeve had one set of chips that were what I would call ‘fantasy chips’ and I never showed them because I didn’t like them at all. And Sophie’s blue eye chips that I installed a month or so ago were too intense in color, so I replaced them. Sometimes, eye chips are very difficult to remove; that might be because the maker used a certain kind of glue, I’m not sure. Maeve’s fantasy chips were a pain in the tush to remove and it took me over 2 hours and several tries to get them out.

Here are my brown-eyed girls:

Maeve has the slightly lighter shade of brown eyes. Sophie’s are darker. I think they look very good in brown. I’d love to replace one more set of chips on Maeve because she has three sets of blue chips and I think a redhead needs some green eyes. But I don’t have any on hand.

These were made by AmaFlickerDolls, who lives in Ukraine.

I’m enjoying these little tweaks to the two girls that started this collection. They have neck joints now and some new eye colors. I just need to trim Maeve’s bangs a bit and they should be good to go.

Stay safe.

Happy Friday.

 

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