Monday, June 9, 2014

Spring in Cleveland (4-6/2014)

Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Finally unpacked the Hinamatsuri/Girls' Day Festival set.
The dolls came with their heads wrapped
Our complete set

Friday, April 4, 2014
Another trip to the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Matrix Series Catenary Ellipsoid (2010) by Brent Kee Young
Matrix Series Catenary Ellipsoid close-up
Gray and Gold (1942) by John Rogers Cox
January (1940-41) by Grant Wood

Saturday, April 5, 2014
Shaker Heights is proud to be the location of the last building in the United States designed by architect Walter Gropius.
Tower East was completed in 1967
With 12 stories at 160 feet in height,
it is the tallest building in Shaker Heights
It is an office building with a restaurant on the ground floor
Gropius was a German architect and founder of the Bauhaus School

It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Sign of Spring on Scottsdale Boulevard:
Galanthus nivalis/Common Snowdrops

Sunday, May 4, 2014
Took a walk through Acacia Reservation, one of the Cleveland Metroparks located in Beachwood. The former golf course is being allowed to return to nature, and the former country club buildings are available to rent for special events.
Former sand trap on a no longer fair way
Canada Goose comes in for a water landing
Back in Shaker Heights:
A few tulips on the tree lawn

Monday, June 9, 2014
Peonies in bloom (KSS)
Clematis (KSS)
Another clematis (KSS)
Backyard (KSS)

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