Garden report: Harvested basil, oregano and dill to dry. Froze more tomatoes, squash, carrots and peppers.
The lisianthus finally bloomed.
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I spent part of Sunday evening in my basement after getting the tornado warning robo call from the town. The next day the message on my tablet noted a cyclone warning. And a hurricane is coming up the coast. I hope this is not a good year for locusts.
Minor blessings — the rain did help Sunday and my basement is cool.
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Brian Messier sent me an email about the virtual Orchestra in the Orchard programs with Valley Winds and Small Ones Farm that will be seen on YouTube at 6 p.m. on Aug. 12, 19 and 26. The link will be up shortly on the websites thevalleywinds.com and smallonesfarm.com, according to Brian, who is the managing and artistic director of Valley Winds. He is also the band director at Dartmouth College.
“In addition, people will have the option of ordering a raspberry pie in advance, which will be delivered (contact free) the afternoon of the concert by a member of The Valley Winds,” he wrote.
For those who attended the live concerts in the past, the pie was a feature during intermission. You could see the bushes with the berries on them when you walked around the farm.
He said pies could be ordered a smallonesfarm.com/orch-in-orch-pies.
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Kevin Noonan of Craig’s Doors said his group provides the food and the carry-out containers for the free Wednesday breakfast at the Unitarian Meeting House. The breakfast has been served every Wednesday since 2015.
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Amy Crawley, chair of Amherst Arts Night Plus, sent me an email about the virtual first Thursday Art Walk Aug. 6 that will be aired on Amherst Media, channel 15. The link is: http://161.77.57.225/CablecastPublicSite/watch/2?channel=2.
The program, which runs about 45 minutes, will be repeated between 5 and 8 p.m. Those participating include muralist Kim Carlino, a discussion by Gallery A3 artists about the gallery’s new window display, and music video interludes by Dawn Lepere and Jeff Starns, pianist Stephen Page and The Roving Corsairs.
“This may be our last virtual presentation. For September we’re planning to turn the entire Amherst downtown into an exhibition space by placing art in as many store windows as possible for a period of three weeks,” she wrote.
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What a treat to see a play in three dimensions with performers moving in space. I went to the student production of “Love and Information” outside on the grass at the high school. It worked and was well done.
Flags on little poles indicated seating distance and everyone in the audience was masked. The performers wore plastic shields and one had a mask. They were very audible.
John Bechtold, the ARHS theater director, was there. He said he is thinking of doing outdoor performances, drive-thru performances and livestreaming. Thank heavens the pandemic doesn’t dampen creativity.
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