January 27, 2003
A Full Weekend
Teresa and I made a trip up to Northern Kentucky/Cincinnati are this weekend. We spent several hours at the Cincinnati Art Museum and then Krohn's Conservatory. A large portion of the Art Museum was shut down due to renovations. However, my favorite parts, the American and Impressionist areas, were open. Teresa pointed out that the painting, The Swing, which was used as the basis of one of the acts in the musical Contact was at the museum. While I enjoyed several paintings at the Museum, I enjoyed the hour we spent at the conservatory.
There's only one problem with going to a conservatory like Krohn's this time of year, most of the flowers are not in bloom (the special exhibit, a few in the "Palm House," and some of the Orchids were in bloom). I did get a few good pictures of the ones that were and I'll be posting them a little later, once I have time to work the images down to size, etc... As we went in the late afternoon, the sun provided a chance for some good pictures that emphasized light and shadow.
After a wonderful afternoon, Teresa and I then took my sister to dinner and went out with some of her friends. We ended up staying the night up there in Samantha's apartment. And to top it off, by time I was about ready to say it was time to head back down here, it was snowing pretty bad. I'm guessing they got about two inches of snow (at least, that's how high it was on the top of my car). So, we ended up waiting for the snow plows to clean the streets. Partially because of the late start getting home, I'm still up finishing up laundry that I need for tomorrow. However, now that the last load is in the dryer, I think it's time for precious sleep.