Reading and Roaming
This week we’ve had some new adventures including a tour of a small historic museum, a jaunt over to Roosevelt Island, time in Central Park with our younger granddaughter, and even a film. All food for body and mind as some days we’ve racked up 20,000+ steps! HOUSE MUSEUM Mount Vernon Museum and Garden is …
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HUMAN BODY SCULPTED Like Life: Sculpture, Color and the Body. This exhibit at Met Breuer of people from about 1300 to the present takes up two floors of the museum. Classical sculpture of human figures was done in marble, almost always white. This exhibit explores examples of white sculpture, but also instances of tinted figures and …
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TULIP TIME With the cold, somewhat snowy March followed by cool April weather, the trees here are just leafing out. But, there are tulips galore! I love the little fenced square and rectangle gardens along the streets with their big bold tulips. Jefferson Market Garden was also a riot of tulip beds. Makes for a lovely …
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WARHOL IN THE GARDEN Continuing their annual tradition of presenting several of an artist’s works and interpreting them in the garden, Selby Gardens this year is focusing on Andy Warhol. Throughout the garden there are large white square planters filled with magenta and pink impatiens as well as a divided window display of plants …
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