Walking the Grounds of Alvethorpe Manor.

Alvethorpe Manor (built 1938)
Jenkintown, PA

Alvethorpe Manor 

was once home to Lessing Rosenwald.  

the son of the president and chairman 

of Sears, Roebuck & Co. 

Windows of Alvethorpe Manor

Lessing moved to Jenkintown, PA 

to open a catalog supply center in Philadelphia 

for the company.  

Scultpture Park at Abington Art Center

Rosenwald donated his home to the local township as a cultural center. 

Today it houses The Abington Art Center. 

The Whole World Acts a Part by Brian McCutcheon

The grounds, open to the public at no charge,

 display a changing collection of sculptures. 

Featuring me in Fairy Tales in Reflection: Mirror Mirror by Jeanne Jaffe

You could spend an hour here wandering the trails  

among the sculptures.

Sea Spider by Karen Kieser

But I am guessing the best time to come is in fall...

Wait Upon by Jay Walker

  

...when all the leaves are changing. 

The Old Abington Meetinghouse on the grounds. 

I bet it is gorgeous then. 

A Hint of Fall

Abington Art Center 

515 Meetinghouse Road 

Jenkintown, PA 19046

Earth After Humanity

This makes me think of earth reclaimed. 

I just happened upon the works of
sculptor Steve Tobin
as I ventured around Quakertown, PA.


This makes me think of walking tree roots. 

Driving though and industrial area,
these sculptures surrounded me
making me feel like I was in a Sci Fi movie.


This makes me think of all of our useless spoken words.

I found their source,
Steve Tobin's Gallery.
I was given permission to wander and take photos.


Tobin's Gallery in Quakertown, PA.

As I walked the grounds,
I didn't know what the artist intended
to convey with his work.
But to me,
I felt like I was seeing earth after all humanity was gone.


This didn't bring anything to mind, 
but I like it. 


This makes me think of 
people frozen in time. 

I came home and read about Steve Tobin. 

It figures, I have a world renowned 

artist working in my backyard 

and I knew nothing of him. 

My image gallery from this visit can be found here: 

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Winnie's Art

A couple week's ago 

I gave a photo tour of Winnie's Garden. 

This week, 

it is all about Winnie's Art. 

Winnie in her studio.

I love these figures she makes,
especially the hands:
They evoke such emotion.



A series depicting human boundaries.



After spending time photographing these pieces,
my mind was wild with ideas.

Especially for the new series
she is working on in her studio on masks.
But I don't think she needs my ideas!

I sure am going to miss Winnie
when she moves
since there is always something interesting
to contemplate over there.



Sigh.

Ideas

Winnie lives next door 

in an old farmhouse painted blue. 

And on the farmland surrounding the house 

a slice of suburbia has grown. 

Even though Winnie and I are as opposite as night from day -
  she makes a terrific neighbor.



When I stroll over for a chat,
I get lost in thought in her gardens.



One of the lovable things about Winnie
is her eccentricity
evident in her garden designs.



Those little nooks and crannies of the garden
filled with something unexpected
hold onto your attention.



Winnie is also an artist.
She works with clay -
making interesting sculptures of the human head.



These sculptures dot the garden as well.
It might freak some people out -
but once you know Winnie it just seems normal.
Really, it does.



Those little bumps on the head -
those are ideas sprouting.
They start on the inside and extend to the outside.
Winnie has lots of ideas sprouting in her head.



And that's why I am feeling blue.
Winnie is moving.
:(



She is moving to a smaller place in Lambertville.
But Lambertville will be good to Winnie
since it is filled with lots of other artistic people
with ideas sprouting in their heads too.



My husband,
Mr. Straight-laced engineer type,
is going to miss Winnie too.
He even told her so.



Hopefully the new neighbors will have ideas too -
and not the kind that plow down the gardens replacing them with grass.
Those would be bad ideas.
Time will tell.