Music, art, and hawks

We tried to make up for missing the UTC concert tonight by remembering the date of our Symphony tickets. It was an all Leonard Bernstein concert, and it was quite a treat. There were two soloists - a tenor and a coloratura soprano. The soloists had wonderful voices, but we're not fans of operatic voices. The music was terrific - in any case.

My art is now in an international collection, on a Small Island. S. bought a piece that she saw here on my blog. I mailed it last week, and she got it this morning. S., I hope you continue to enjoy the painting.

It's SO nice to know that our red-tailed hawks are back again this year. John went out on the deck to read this afternoon. Just after he did, I heard one of the hawks squawking (a little alliteration is always a good thing). When John came back in, I asked if he'd heard it. He said not only that, the hawk (an adolescent) was sitting in a small pine tree just back of our turnaround, squawking. About that time, an adult came flying through the yard, followed by another adult. Then the youngster took off after them. What a supreme treat that is! Here we are less than a mile from a major shopping area and mall, with a family of red-tailed hawks living in our back yard. WOW!

This photo is from the Pale Male web site, and is of one of the red-tailed hawks in New York City.