Once again I have proven that I am a slacker when it comes to posting on this blog. Ah well, such is life. In about May I started my current batch – which has some lovely guitars if I may be so immodest. Photos and comments are in the current production section of my web site.
On July 1 my wife, my daughter and I flew to Hamburg Germany. The precipitating event was that our granddaughter was completing her year in Germany as an exchange student and we went to pick her up -and to do some touring. We were overjoyed to see Sari after an absence of a year. In addition my daughter had been an exchange student in Germany 25 years ago so we got to meet her host parents (we have met most of her friends from Germany but not her host parents.) After we picked up Sari we went to Berlin for a few days. All in all we were in Germany for 2 weeks. Then we went to London for a week of unabashed tourism. In total I took over 1700 (!!!) photos (turns out that taking digital photos is basically free – it only costs $ if you get prints made) and we had a wonderful trip. As Susan and I left to come home, Rachael and Sari left for a month of hiking in Scotland. Amazing.
About 2 weeks after I got back I was off to the Healdsburg Guitar Festival (held in Santa Rosa Ca) where I spent 3 very full days talking guitars with potential customers and socializing (read: partying) with my fellow luthiers. All in all a lovely weekend. Then I hopped on the Amtrack and went up to Seattle (I had forgotten how nice travel on the Amtrack is) where I met Susan, my brother and his wife and we then went up to Vancouver for about 6 days with my sister. A great time was had by all.
This afternoon Susan and Sari and I went out to meet our new puppy. He is a black standard poodle and is only 5 weeks old so it will ba about 3 weeks before he can come home with us. He is very handsome (and tiny) but we fell in love.
All in all a wonderful summer.
