We spent Tuesday night at The Madison Beach Hotel (Madison, CT):
The Florence Griswold Museum was a lovely venue for the wedding:
I was able to see their art before The Wedding: Childe Hassam - "Ten Pound Island", ca. 1896-99 oil:
We headed home Wednesday night, and flew out of Logan Thursday morning:
We rented a Chevy Equinox, which was a fine size for the 5 of us. It had all these VERY WIERD "helpful" features, like the gear-shift was on the steering wheel, and the lane-change alert is changed from an audio chime to a driver's-seat-vibration (I think it goes so far as to have your right butt vibrate if you stray into the right lane, and your left butt vibrate if you go left) - not "helpful" at all (I really do not want to buy a "New Car" these days):
We went to a fun party Thursday evening:
Friday I visited the Saint Louis Art Museum with Ellie and Ardath:
We saw their ROARING exhibition, which was all about hot cars and cool women:
We had lunch down in their cafe, and then I had my run of The Museum. Another exhibition was "In Search of America: Photography and The Road Trip" - I LOVE THE CONCEPT, but the execution wasn't very good. Kelli Connell - "Betsy, Lake Ediza", 2015 photograph:
I have visited This Museum a couple of times before, and their 2 blogs are here: Oct. 5, 2013 and Aug. 5, 2017. My favorites today include Winslow Homer - "The Country School", 1871 oil:
Hermann Herzog - "Winona Falls", 1877 oil:
Alfred Thompson Bricher - "Twilight in the Wilderness", 1865 oil:
Canaletto - "An Island in the Lagoon with a Gateway and a Church", 1743-44 oil:
That was a fun walk through the Saint Louis Art Museum:
Ellie leaving the Saint Louis Art Museum, on her way to the Missouri History Museum:
After leaving Ellie there, I headed over to the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum (Washington University) (only visited once before on Aug. 5, 2017):
Frederic Edwin Church - "Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta", 1883 oil:
I was Very Pleasantly Surprised to see FIVE pieces on loan from Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, AR. Pieces that I saw in Bentonville (in 2017) and saw today (in 2025) include:
Winslow Homer - "The Return of the Gleaner", 1867 oil:
Martin Johnson Heade - "The Harbor at Rio de Janeiro", 1864 oil:
Outside The Museum, on a bright sunny afternoon, are 2 pieces I like:
Auguste Rodin - "The Shade", 1880 bronze:
Alexander Calder - "Five Rudders", 1964 painted sheet metal, rods, and bolts (I especially like the bird perched on the upper-right):
Quick little visit on the 3 floors of The Museum:
At the Friday-evening Rehersal Dinner at The Deer Creek Club there was a Memorial Bench to Deede & Crunnie Cole:
It was GREAT seeing everyone at The Wedding on Saturday:
On Sunday, heading through the Saint Louis Airport at 1 PM:
Looking out over Marblehead Neck before landing and heading home. Thank you God for these GREAT Adventures:
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