Saturday

Yesterday, I got a Facebook posting about a Lotusland promotion:S

If you're planning to visit the Santa Barbara Earth Day festival this weekend, come visit us at booth 349 in the Public Square and recreate one of the most iconic photos of Madame Ganna Walska in our archive! Grab a freshly picked fruit from our Citrus Orchard basket, strike a pose, and upload it using #LOTUSLANDLEMONS on Facebook and Instagram for a chance to win passes to visit the Garden! #lotusland #lotuslandgarden #lotuslandlemons

Because Niece Carolyn is the grant writer for this foundation, I texted it to her. She wrote back with thanks and said she'd like to come visit. I'm pretty much booked this coming week, so we settled on May 10. She'll come for lunch and I'm looking forward to it. Decided to make ice cream to serve while she's here, so I spent time pureeing the two pints of strawberries I had bought the other day. Popped that in the freezer to make for next week.

I started going through my acting stuff--I didn't realize I had so much!--from the various roles I acted and plays I wrote over the last fifteen or so years on both coasts. I selected some posters and pictures to display at the BCNN meeting this Wednesday, plus various agendum and scripts.

Ellen got here about 4:00 after her hairdresser appointment and we almost immediately sat down for a long video visit with Mike. It never fails to amaze me that we saw him almost as big as life on this screen, relaxing after his bike ride next to a beautiful path by a river--and he was 8,570 miles away in Singapore. We chatted with him for a full an hour and greatly enjoyed it.

El and I then went first to Two Trees, but there was a fifteen-minute wait, so we decamped to our favorite Jasmine Thai. Had my usual pad Thai (and took half home), plus a good Sapporo beer and, as ever, more good talk with my girl.

Asked El if she had an easel I could borrow for my acting class and she called me later that she does and will bring it sometime before my first Acting for Amateurs session on May 9.

I saw this pic on-line and texted it to Suzanne and Vickie. (I might be accused of being loud and obnoxious but those two? Never!) They got a kick out of it.