A Winter in Boston, Happy New Year 2023

Oysters, steak, twice baked potatoes, wine, scotch, fireworks, FaceTime with Oleg and Martha.  We actually stayed awake until 2023.  

Happy New Year, 2023

On Sunday the 1st we met Judy and Matt in Cambridge for lunch at The Little Donkey.  All of us then went to Sander's Theater to hear Boston Baroque perform a medley of music.  Two stood out for me: 1) Telemann's Concerto in Eminor for recorder and flute.  Aldo Abreu performed with outstanding dexterity.  One of the recorders was so tiny I couldn't see how his manly fingers could work it Vivaldi's Motet, O qua Coeli with soprano Amanda Forsythe. It was virtuosic.   

 

Sander's Theater above. Judy, Christy, Wayne in the Theater.

On Monday we returned to Cambridge for a visit to the Harvard Natural History Museum. We had never seen the Glass Flower holdings.  It was very interesting.   The Ware Collection of Blaschka Glass Models of Plants, better known as the “Glass Flowers." is a unique collectionmade by Leopold (1822-1895) and Rudolf Blaschka (1857-1939), a father and son team of Czech glass artists. Over fifty years, from 1886 through 1936, the Blaschkas produced 4,300 glass models that represent 780 plant species.

Wayne in the Ware Collection, Harvard Museums

Lunch was had at Grindel's Den

Which we walked to following in the horse steps of William Daws.  

We ended our New Year week end with some errands.  I needed to drop two paintings at the Copley Society for the Members' Winter Small Works Symphony 2023 show.  Then straight on to Landmark Center to return a vest to REI and buy a new palette knife.  We were planning to eat lunch in the new Town Market at Landmark Center.  However, parking evaded us, Wayne parked in a tow zone, and I took care of business.  

Paintings at the Copley Society for the Winter Members' Show, Symphony.