Seen while walking the dog around a nearby lake.
Two Turtles on a Log
Wigwam
I came across this during a walk at Ward Pound Ridge Reservation. It’s an large park (larger than the Rockefeller Preserve and Teatown reservation I believe). It’s very well maintained with lots of trails. There’s also a trailside museum that didn’t look too impressive. I enjoyed the walk, but I don’t think I’ll go again. It’s not that it’s not a nice place, it’s that there are other equally nice (or even nicer) places where I can walk and not have to pay the $10 entrance fee ($5 if you have the Westchester Parks Pass).
Wigwam – Interior
Storm King Art Center Revisited
Five Swords, Alexander Calder and in the background Pyriamidian by Mark di Suvero.
I’ve posted a couple of times before on Storm King Art Center:
Something’s afoot at Storm King Art Center
Storm King Arts Center, New Windsor, NY
I find it a fascinating place and had the occasion to visit twice in rapid succession in the past few weeks: taking visiting friends. On the bus tour they mention that the best way to experience the center is to walk around it. I’d have to say that I agree with this. However, it’s a very large site so be prepared for a lot of walking. So far I’ve stuck to the bus tours and a little walking. I think I’ll go back early one morning and stay there all day. That way I can hop on and off the bus and also have time to walk around the various installations and see them in all of their glory.
Endless Column, Tal Streeter and The Arch, Alexander Calder.
Crescendo and Double Fountain, Mother and Child, For Anand. Lynda Benglis. Part of the Water Sources installation.
Volton XX by David Smith.
Volton XX by David Smith.
My Mother’s Birthday today
Today is my mother’s Birthday. She would have been 89 had she not been carried away about 20 years ago by Emphysema caused by a lifetime of heavy smoking. She’s seen here with my father on their wedding day in August 1950. I wasn’t born until 1952 and so clearly could not have taken the picture, which came from their wedding album. I remember being fascinated by this album with the white, shiny, textured cover when I was a child. But I couldn’t understand why I wasn’t in any of the pictures.
New Windsor Cantonment: Guide in period costume
In this shot we’re inside the “Temple of Virtue” at the New Windsor Cantonement with another extremely friendly and knowledgeable guide who explained to us the history behind this building. She also suggested that we might want to look at the Revolutionary War period surgical kit and then explained all about it.