596 miles; 10/12/14 hours, depending how you want to count it.
It was a beautiful day to drive out the Mass Pike, and I made good time; made my 1 PM meeting with my old friend Colie Harding. We went to St. Paul's together, and although he had a stroke recently (gimpy left side), he still has ALL his memories, is sharp as a tack, and has a great smile (and goes into work!). 15 minutes down the road I had a special appointment at the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College. Katherine Alcauskas (and Ghada) were kind enough to bring-out-from-storage a picture by Daniel Huntington, as well as
Untitled (Manchester, Massachusetts), 1879 watercolor by Alfred Thompson Bricher:
I'm looking forward to figuring out exactly where this location is, once I get back home.
I then made my way 2-and-1/2 hours southwest to Elmira. The Arnot Art Museum has a nice little collection (Bierstadt, Cole, Cropsey, Sonntag), but they only show them in the Fall:
Albert Bierstadt - Approaching Storm, 1854:
Thomas Cole - Autumn in the Catskills, 1827:
Jasper Cropsey - Italian Landscape (Mountain Stream), c. 1849:
I then headed 2 hours up I-86 and I-390 to get to Rochester. My eyes are used to brown/dead grass from our drought in Massachusetts, so I am struck by the lush greenness of Central New York State - very beautiful. I checked in first at the Super 8, then went into the city to the Memorial Art Gallery. I had visited here before (July 15, 2015), and I really like their collection. In addition to that day's blog, other pieces include:
an interesting Winslow Homer - The Artist's Studio in an Afternoon Fog, 1894
William James (who obviously studied Canaletto) - The Riva degli Schiavoni, Venice, Looking West, ca. 1760-1771
I think he did a good job.
my selfie with one of Monet's Waterloo Bridge paintings:
I have mentioned this before, but one of the reasons I think that I like Art is because it is usually in Art Museums. By and large, Art Museums are BEAUTIFUL structures, built at a time when that was valued by communities (or at least by wealthy patrons). My farewell shot of the Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester, New York:
Dinner at Texas Roadhouse (I really do LOVE their ribs!) - Thank You GOD for this wonderful Adventure!
Music today was from my big iPod:
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon, 1973
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here, 1975
then the "W" albums:
Little Feat - Waiting For Columbus, 1977 live album
lyrics to Willin': I've been from Tucson to Tucumcari
Tehachapi to Tonapah
Driven every kind of rig that's ever been made
Driven the back roads so I wouldn't get weighed
The Doors - Waiting for the Sun, 1968
On the album is the song "Summer's Almost Gone", which certainly resonates with me right now.
Ian Murray - Waiting for the Wind, 2006
This album is on Vineyard Vines Music, with lots of lyrics about the Vineyard - What Fun!
Jimmy Page and Robert Plant - Walking Into Clarksdale, 1998
James Taylor - Walking Man, 1974
Pink Floyd - The Wall, 1979 double album
Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon, 1976
On the album is the song "Join Me in L.A." - not this year, Jessie Bear!
plus the bonus disc - demos, released 2008
Patty Larkin - Watch The Sky, 2008
Pat Metheny - Watercolors, 1977
This is a great-sounding album, with both Lyle Mays (keyboards) and Danny Gottlieb (drums) from his next album Pat Metheny Group, 1978
I have started playing "Check Off The License Plates". Today I saw: VT, IL, NC, VA, IA, TX, WI, WA, PA, MD, NJ, MA, ME, FL, SC, CT, NY, RI, NH, and Ontario
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