Ray Mason

Here is another old photo. Last year ( I believe it was June) bunch of my wall sculptures got into Mill 180 Gallery. Kim Carlino and her crew hung the pieces up in an interesting formation. The opening was a blast - some caterer provided sumptious banquet of food, some specialty coffee shop provided fancy coffee and a local micro brewery provided craft beer.
   I was thrilled when it turned out that Ray Mason - a local rock legend - was playing a solo gig in front of my art. I think it is safe to call that a multi-media experience.

You should note Ray's rare Silvertone guitar. I have known Ray for twenty years and I have never seen him with another guitar. 

A tiny turtle

July 1st. I was driving home from Northampton and I saw another turtle. This one  was trying to cross the road, and with all the traffic on route 10 I knew it wasn't gonna make it. 
I did what any nature lover would do: I stopped my car, put the flashers on and rushed to help that turtle in distress. Not all the motorists were that happy about my action. This turtle  was much smaller than the last turtle I wrote about, so carrying it across the road wasn't difficult.

Clearly this was not a Snapping Turtle because it could retract completely in its shell. 

I carried it across the road and placed it down on the breakdown lane. After a couple of minutes it still hadn't moved so I eventually placed it in the underbrush on the side of the road.

I took these pictures with my aging cellphone. In the bright sunshine I couldn't see the screen on my phone. Not really great pictures, but at least I got something.