Two cute presents

Yesterday my students Keith and Marty came over for a lesson.

First of all, Marty tuned my dulcimer for me while Keith was having his lesson, which was a great help since my thumb is still bothering me.

And the timing was especially good, because I got a call in the afternoon from the woman who used to book me for the Johnson Museum events, needing music that night before a dinner because key guests were going to be late, which meant extending the cocktail hour.

I felt energetic enough, so I went; and afterwards got to eat — there was an unusual salad of watercress (I think), watermelon, and feta (didn’t eat the feta), rack of lamb and duck with a berry demiglace and mashed potatoes and asparagus, and a fabulous dessert of some kind of half-pudding, half-cake thing made with almonds covered with fresh berries and a light creamy sauce.

I was impressed with the caterers, that they treated the photographer and I like the guests, even though we were served in the kitchen; our plates were served up just as fancy and they were just as attentive to my fast-emptying water glass.

Anyway, Marty also brought this cute security blankie / toy she’d made — very soft, and look at the little paws –

And in the mail there was a package from my college friend Sara, with a cute teddy bear pacifier clip; the idea is you attach the pacifier to the little loop (I suppose you could also attach any lightweight toy) and clip the bear to the kid’s clothes somewhere.

Of course, a minute or so after taking the picture, I heard scuffling on the floor and sure enough the kitty was attacking the blankie — and of course she decided to take a bath instead as soon as I got the camera out again.