This morning Mrs. Ralston and I made our way downtown to Peabody Place. I was the first to arrive and thought I was in the wrong place. If you haven't been in Peabody Place lately, it's a ghost town. Coco and Lily is the only retailer open...everything, and I mean everything is closed. No more shops, eateries...not even water in the once beautiful wandering fountains...and the huge clock isn't even working...sad. There were a few cameras and lights set up for the Live at 9 morning program, though. I introduced myself and waited around for Mrs. Ralston to arrive. After she did, we talked quietly while the live television program was being shot. It was soon our turn to sit on the "sofa" and "talk"...not "look at the camera"..."just talk like we were having a conversation"...so, we did. Mrs. Ralston and I had dressed to the nines in our 20's styled linen and talked up the event planned for this weekend. It was short and sweet, then left and headed to the museum.
As dreary as it was outside today, we had a few guests. A couple from New Mexico and a couple from Illinois, they were very pleasant and we had a wonderful time talking about their travels, Memphis food, and W-F (of course). Late in the afternoon a young lady with a camera walked into the museum. I learned that she was involved in making a documentary about the Memphis Art school. (Both the Goyer-Lee and Woodruff-Fontaine houses served as the original art schools of Memphis between the late forties and fifties) I was immediately intrigued to learn this, because I am researching this particular time in Memphis history currently. I took her all over the house for research photography then ended our tour with a partial walk through of the Goyer-Lee House, next door. I promised that I would give her a mention on the blog so, I will include this as best as I can.
In a nutshell, the day was a huge success! It makes me so proud to be a part of something as grand as the Woodruff-Fontaine House and to preserve a little piece of Memphis' unique history!
Here's where you can follow her (JoAnn Self Selvidge, the lovely lady film maker):
The Art Academy...on facebook
JoAnn Self Selvidge...on facebook
Go to these pages, "like" it , and enjoy!
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