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He has done a number of these sort of daydreaming pieces which Spielberg and Lucas both relate to as they were dreamers when they were kids.

Lucas says that he has always collected art and before he could afford what he called real art he collected comic books for their art.

I thought the baseball guys in my life would like the kids with the bat. He was a very patriotic man who created a number of pieces to support the war effort in different ways. He did this wonderfulportrait of JFK.

The exhibit consisted of the collections of Steven Spielberg and George Lucas. Both collect his work because of his ability to tell a story in one frame. They talk about his ability to layer plot and subplot into his work. George Lucas said that he purchased his first piece after he directed American Graffiti. They had a twenty minute video with the two directors talking about their collections and their work. There were about 50m pieces. It was really interesting! You couldn't take pictures, even without a flash so I purchased all the postcards they produced for the show and my pictures are taken from the cards.

This morning I spent in meetings and this afternoon we were free to do what we wanted. I went to the Smithsonian American Art Museum to see the Norman Rockwell exhibit.

My flight to Washington DC was uneventful. My seat partner was a pharmaceutical scientist who works for the FDA evaluating and releasing new drugs. He has been here from China for 11 years...went to Ohio State. What I thought was interesting is that he hasn't a clue what happens to the drugs he OK's after his stamp of approval moves them forward. He has no idea how the health care system works. Formulary committees to him are totally confusing. He believes that all the drugs should be available, no matter what the cost, including "me too's". It was a very interesting conversation with someone in the dark.

My body is totally confused about what time it is. I have been up most of the time since 1:30AM and am beginning to wind down. If I can just keep myself awake until about 11PM I will do so much better but I don't think there is much chance of that. Have to find a new restaurant other than that of the hotel...,today has been filled with stale, smooshed rolls, dirty table, wrong salad delivered, moldy strawberries and a cockroach. I actually spoke to the hotel manager which is a first for me.

And here is a final one to take the blog out of Europe and on to Washington DC. It is a bridge on the Pollok estate where the gardens are located.

And here is another. I have about 200 to choose from...down from the many hundreds more that I took. I loved this little spot.

Here is a day 2 picture of the garden.

I went back to the gardens for a second day in Scotland and thought you might enjoy a couple more pictures. I love this sweet boy. When I clicked for him he nickered back and came over for a nose rub. We had a nice little conversation while I was waiting for my cabie to charm an elderly gentleman on a one speed bike to let me in.

While in London I went to see Jeff Goldblum and Mercedes Rheule in a Neil Simon play at the Vaudeville Theater...peeling grandeur and knees on your chin seats. It was very well acted. Goldblum is fascinating to watch. He has this remarkable command of his body and it is a very physical play. He has a grace that is nuanced one moment and expansive the next. He is very tall and uses all of his limbs to their fullest...I was fascinated with the expressive use of his hands almost as much as his words. Mercedes is a perfect foil...clever, emotionally controlled. I really enjoyed it.