The Father-in-law set of in-laws swung by for a short visit. We spent yesterday with them on what ended up being the warmest day of the year so far - welcome, springtime!
Magnum went in search for something for us all to do and discovered Benson Sculpture Garden right down the road. It claims to be:
"one of the 20 must-see contemporary art sites across the USA".
I can support that sentiment and would recommend it to people in the area looking for something to do on a nice day.
"Currently, there are 172 pieces of sculpture on permanent display by world-renowned artists worth over $5 million"
We spent a good amount of time there and still didn't see all of the sculptures, mostly bronze. My 87-year-old FIL is in pretty good shape for his age, but 10 acres is quite a lot for anyone.
...including me, here taking a little sit break with some chums.
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| Wolfgang trying to emulate a two-right-feet sculpture |
It was nice to hang out and get caught up with the family. Meego had to miss the sculptures because of school work - ah, joys of college. At least he joined us for food.
I was reminded of how much I appreciate the smallness of where we live now vs. living in Colorado Springs. The sculpture garden is actually in Loveland, CO - the next town south of us. Yet it took us all of 12 minutes to get there by car, and we could have easily bicycled there.
Colorado Springs had its niceties, but I certainly don't miss that sprawl.
The rest of the week was of pretty typical stuff. Most of the snow and ice has left, although I wouldn't count it out for the season. Still, I'm ready to move on.
2 comments:
LOL about the mosquitoes! We have had them here already! What a cool place to go and visit with all the sculptures! I can't imagine 10 acres of them! That would be a lot to see in one day, no matter how old somebody was or how fit someone was! Is there any rhyme or reason to how they are set up? Definitely something to see if I am ever up in that area of Colorado! Glad the weather cooperated to be able to spend sometime outside with family seeing such cool things!
betty
Betty, there didn't seem to be any specific organization to the works - just a buncha sculptures plopped in the middle of a residential area. Some very detailed, some rather simple but very creative. A good day.
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