Cats and Trails and Garden Tales
Musings on cats, travel, gardens and life
Category: Art and Museums
Art and Museums
Windshield Art – Frosty Squares
This morning when I started my car, I saw lovely ice crystals on the windshield of varying shapes and sizes. These are extraordinary, I thought to myself, all the while realizing how very ordinary, they were. Works of art, I thought, so I explored… Continue Reading “Windshield Art – Frosty Squares”
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Boeing Jets in Sevens
As you probably know, Boeing was born and raised in Seattle (so was I) so there’s much to see in the way of jets and planes around town at the plants that build them, such as these in Renton. “Boeing’s 737 factory at the… Continue Reading “Boeing Jets in Sevens”
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A Gallery of Cobalt Blue
I love cobalt blue but it’s not so easy to find! So I went through my archives and found some in the most unusual places, starting with Texas! No, not in the bluebonnets, those lovely wildflowers that adorn Texas in the spring, but from… Continue Reading “A Gallery of Cobalt Blue”
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Quartz, Minerals, Rocks, and Other Gems
Who can keep them all straight? I’ll start with the largest hunk of quartz I’ve ever seen, an 8,000-pound slab from Arkansas, newly obtained by the Smithsonian. “Quartz is one of the most common minerals in the Earth’s crust. As a mineral name, quartz… Continue Reading “Quartz, Minerals, Rocks, and Other Gems”
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San Diego – the Kiss, the Hope, and the Ship, USS Midway
It was just last month that we booked a few nights in San Diego. This was the first time we stayed on the waterfront, a perfect location for touring the aircraft carrier and museum, USS Midway. It had rained the night before and was… Continue Reading “San Diego – the Kiss, the Hope, and the Ship, USS Midway”
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Dallas Museums – Art, Science, and the Sixth Floor
What would you do on a trip to Dallas? We were there recently for a conference and had a few days to explore the city. After my research, these places were near the top of my list and since they were close to our… Continue Reading “Dallas Museums – Art, Science, and the Sixth Floor”
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A Visit to Historic Fredericksburg, the One in Texas
Mention Fredericksburg and everyone will assume you mean the one in Virginia, site of a major Civil War Battlefield. But did you know there’s a Fredericksburg in the middle of Texas with just as much history? I discovered it when planning the itinerary for… Continue Reading “A Visit to Historic Fredericksburg, the One in Texas”
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What is Metallic and Black?
Cars, of course! And old ones at that. It was Henry Ford who remarked that his new Model T could be ‘any color as long as it’s black.’ Though it’s never been my choice of color for a car, it looks good on the… Continue Reading “What is Metallic and Black?”
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Favorite Red Sculptures from Coast to Coast
Just a bit of red to brighten your day from Seattle ~ San Francisco ~ Philadelphia ~ Washington DC ~ #WordlessWednesday ~ Susanne
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Chicago’s Magnificent Parks and Museums
Maybe I stole ‘magnificent’ in my title from the ‘Magnificent Mile,’ the famous boulevard that runs through the heart of downtown, where we stayed on Michigan Avenue. Sill, I think the adjective fits to describe the parks and museums we visited in Chicago. Millenium… Continue Reading “Chicago’s Magnificent Parks and Museums”
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