Stone Crop Garden Break

We have been terribly busy in the studio and had to have a break to keep our sanity. We chose to go to one of the Garden Conservancy's 'Open Days' last weekend in Cold Spring, NY.  Twelve acres at 1,100 ft. elevation with Tudor buildings from the original estate, Stone Crop Gardens is in the Hudson Highlands about  an hour south of us. It is an educational facility where botanists train so there were lots of names and numbers but also a lot of beauty. See?

beautiful color!

beautiful patterns

whee!

water lilies

Magnolia. Umbrella type.

Me and my shadow

M&T Bank's Clothesline Festival in Rochester, NY

Steve and I have never been to Rochester, NY before and were delightfully surprised at the strong presence of cultural interest this small city has to offer. I wish we had taken more photos of the city
but time did not allow for it. The show we went to was the Clothesline Festival sponsored by the M&T Bank. It was a benefit for the Memorial Art Gallery. Originally part of the University of Rochester, the Memorial Art Gallery is a vibrant part of the community with over 300 volunteers, outreach creativity programs, a beautiful gallery store and two art shows. 16,000 people showed up on Saturday to see over 400 exhibitors.

We received one of the eleven Awards of Merit. Yea!

Our corner space

Who is talking to whom?