buenas noches amigos

amherst today.

mother's day tomorrow. going to the lilac show. 

my mom is pretty terrific.

(she doesn't let anyone take her picture)

sad.  if you ever wondered what the medway house looked like, here's your chance.  although the shabby chic was toned wayyy down for these pictures, you get the idea.

http://www.isoldmyhouse.com/index/MA/143315.html

after amherst i brought my violin to get a "tune up" at the violin shop near symphony.  i wonder if that is where the term "tune up" came from.  literally tuning an instrument.  hmm.

the guy who owns the shop is exactly what i pictured... older, short russian man with white hair and small, round glasses.   mr. rutman.  just by looking at the strings he could tell the last time i had replaced them (6 years ago) you're supposed to change them every 6-8 months.

the ol' fiddle needs a bunch of work done.  mr. rutman said the projection was flawed since construction but "the rest of the instrument is not completely incompetent."   

violins.