Prodigy!

Okay, my wife has a far more civilized and reserved post about Richie's first ever piano recital. You can find it [including pictures and video] here. But, I will have to say that he was AMAZING! We are so proud of him! He was acting all nervous and shy and stuff for days beforehand, but when got up there, he nailed it and you could see that he enjoyed it so much. Dr. H is such a great teacher. We couldn't ask for a better instructor for Richie. We really appreciate his approach to pedagogy and he is so great with our boy.

Long Lost Family Portrait

Unearthed this one in the attic. I believe it is a 17th century Dutch painting of one of my French ancestors, Mssr. Richart D'Cumín. My wife believes it is a Rembrandt, but I think it is by one of his students, Robert van Ross. The "wet-in-wet" technique is uncharacteristic of Rembrandt, and I believe that if one closely examines behind the feather, one can see a happy little squirrel.