Platte River between Woods Landing Campground and Two Rivers State Recreational Area, West of Omaha, Nebraska, June 23, 2007

Art on Sunday #4

Middleton Place Plantation, Dorchester County, South Carolina,
15 miles from Charleston, June 11, 2012

In 2012, for our 40th anniversary, we took a road trip the Charleston, South Carolina. One of the places we explored in the area was the grounds of Middleton Place, a colonial and antebellum plantation not far from the city.  The plantation, now a National Historic Landmark District, is home to the oldest landscaped garden in the United States.

The Gardens, which Henry Middleton envisioned and began to create in 1741, reflect the grand classic style that remained in vogue in Europe and England into the early part of the 18th century.  The principles of André Le Nôtre, the master of classical garden design who laid out the gardens at Vaux-le-Vicomte and the Palace of Versailles were followed.  Rational order, geometry and balance; vistas, focal points and surprises were all part of the garden design.  (Middleton Place website)

The marble statue was one of four, one at each “corner” of a surprise square lawn, hidden in the midst of The Gardens.

Ozark Highlands Trail along Lake Fort Smith, October 21, 2008, Arkansas

Colorado National Monument, Colorado, September 18, 2011

A pass-through (or drive-through) barn behind the Becky Cable House in Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, May 5, 2009

Historical Artifacts, Historic Arkansas Museum, Little Rock, Arkansas, May 12, 2007

Utah Juniper, Grand View Point Trail, Canyonlands National Park, September 23, 2007

Historical Interpreters in Period Dress, Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska, July 9, 2010.

Scott’s Bluff on the Oregon Trail (Exit78)

Our long travel day on July 9, 2010 included a visit to Scotts Bluff National Monument, an important 19th-century landmark on the Oregon Trail and Mormon Trail.  It was our second visit there, our first many years earlier with our kids when they were still living at home.

Art on Sunday #3

 Allies Day May 1917
Fifth Avenue, New York, New York
1917, Oil on Canvas
(Frederick) Childe Hassam
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

More info:

Allies Day, May 1917, 1917 – National Endowment for the Arts (pdf)

Childe Hassam – Wikipedia