I had made reservations on the 11:30 boat, but I got there at 10:40, and got on the 11 AM boat! It was a beautiful day for an ocean voyage (well, at least a "cross-sound" voyage):
Looking toward Orient Point, and the North Fork of Long Island:
I wanted to go along the North Shore of Long Island (Route 25A), and visit 3 museums: The Long Island Museum (Stoney Brook, NY), The Heckscher Museum of Art (Huntington, NY), and Nassau County Museum of Art (Roslyn, NY):
It was a nice day on 25A:
I was 2 days early for the "Gracefully Chic" exhibit, but was able to see a couple of Kensett's, and a drawing by Winslow Homer.
An hour down the road, and I had a much more successful visit at The Heckscher Museum of Art:
Although they have a wonderful collection of their own (Bierstadt, Church, Durand, Homer, Moran, Sonntag, plus more), the only thing on display was selections from the Bank of America Collection - I LOVE THIS TYPE OF EXHIBITION! Pieces from these Corporate Collections surface Very Rarely:
Childe Hassam - "Old House, East Hampton", 1917 oil
Sanford Robinson Gifford - "Mount Tacoma from Puget Sound (Mount Rainier)", 1877 oil
Albert Bierstadt - "At the Summit, Estes Park Colorado", 1870 oil
Thomas Moran - "View of Fairmount Waterworks, Philadelphia", c. 1860-70 oil
Samuel Colman - "Watering the Herd", 1869 oil
Guy Carleton Wiggins - "Trinity Church, Wall Street", c. 1938 oil
It reminds me of Childe Hassam's "Flag" paintings, which I think are wonderful.
30 minutes farther down the road is the Nassau County Museum of Art:
Lovely building - not-so-lovely art collection.
The only thing I liked - Doug Argue - "Dancing on the Beach", 2019 oil:
And from there I headed back east on Long Island, to the Rodeway Inn in Huntington Station, NY - Thank you God for these wonderful adventures! and, as I told Wendy on the phone, my "video needs" for this evening are all taken care of:
(after scoring 7 runs in the first inning, the Red Sox went on to win 19-3)
Today, for my listening pleasure, I am listening to one of my mp3 cds that I burned back in February 2000:
Stevie Nicks - Bella Donna, 1981 debut solo album
Bluegrass At Newport: Recorded Live At The Newport Folk Festivals 1959, 60 & 63
Simon & Garfunkel - Bookends, 1968
Steve Miller Band - Children of the Future, 1968 debut album
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen, 1967 debut album
with "Master Song", "Winter Lady", and "The Stranger Song" (all included in Robert Altman's 1971 movie "McCabe & Mrs. Miller"), you are guaranteed to get chills
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - 4 Way Street, 1971 live double album
The Doobie Brothers - Livin' on the Fault Line, 1977
Peter Allen - It Is Time for Peter Allen, 1977 live double album
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