I was at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts last night for their silent auction of over 500 pieces of art. Saturday night is the live auction. These are biennial events, and, as a major fund raiser for the MMFA, a lot of people put a lot of time into making the auctions happen. I was impressed with the teams of volunteers who were either working last night, or had worked for nearly a year focusing on the auctions. The vim and dedication of those volunteers keep the MMFA, a very important part of this city, going.

Of course, it was also nice to stare at a Matisse sketches (and kind of dream about owning them) and a nice, small Chagall (and know from the starting bid number that if I own one, it will be waaay down the line.)