December, 2022
December came along fast, starting with enjoyable playing a morning of string quartets! Dec. 3rd - Our walking group chose to walk indoors as raining was coming down quite ferociously. Instead we went in to the Carolina Inn, Chapel Hill's oldest hotel. Every December, elaborate decorations are festively adorned all over the inn, in the lobby and in the many festivities in the ballrooms. For children - meet Santa Claus and Brunch with Santa. We followed around the arrangements of the 12 Days of Christmas where each set up. Here are a couple. After that, we walked quickly in the rain to the UNC Ackland Art Museum, where the transformative gift of over 130 drawings by the late Drs Sheldon and Leena Peck. The Collection: Drawn to Life:Master Drawings from the Age of Rembrandt - features over 70 Dutch and Flemish drawings from the 17th century, including a number of drawings by Rembrandt van Rijn. The drawings are sensitive to light, s...