Dinner with the artists was fine.
Chuck came up early to ask me to put the horses inside the fence, while he put his goat herd in their enclosure, so no animals would be in the road.
He came back with most of dinner fixings, and peeled shrimp and started the grill while I put veggies on kabobs and finished lemon squares. A domestic scene.
They arrived right on time with a huge coconut cream pie from (of course) the pie store in Fredericksburg. Really nice folks. They looked at paintings and Kathy was very complimentary; she was impressed that I'd done so much work in 2 months. We ate outside on the porch and they left soon after, with a promise to call me to come up and see their studio.
I really appreciate the effort Chuck went to to make the connection. He thought we'd talk about art; most of the conversation was about the families in the area and some local politics, which was fine. I love the rich history of this place.
Other highlights of the day...
- Josephine watching the swallows from the windowsill of the upstairs master bath
-Goats galloping around the pond (Chuck explained why the littlest babies were in the enclosure until this week: when the nannies have more than one kid, the "extra" kids sometimes get left behind when they're too little to keep up, 'cause the nannies can't count; they have one kid and don't realize they've left another behind)
- Central vacuuming is amazing
- Seven chickens tucked into bed _with the lock on_
- Chuck coming back with the trap tomorrow (my least favorite part of all of this, even over those pernicious nettles)
Two weeks and one blank canvas left to go.
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