Monday, September 28, 2009

Home of the Innocents bronzes get patinas, a trip to Hidden Hill Nursery and photos of insects and a spider


The patinas are finished on the sculptures for the Home of the Innocents project. This is Ascension.

This is Metamorphosis with her patina. Next, they will be shipped and fitted to their granite bases

Tom Burkhart called Don about a Blugrass Festival going on at Hidden Hill Nursery. Don couldn't make the show, but I've always wanted to see Hidden Hill and this was a good excuse....

Another group of performers set up in another area at Hidden Hill.

This sculpture was done by Amy Brier. This is an amazing piece. The photo really doesn't do it justice.

This is a sculpture by Matt Weir. He does beautiful work. There is another sculpture right in front of this piece and I wondered what it might look like through the opening at the top of the sculpture....so...

This is what you see....

Hidden Hill has a number of sculptures throughout the property. You have to explore in order to discover them all.

This is a closeup of a Thistle bloom. I didn't see the crab spider until I enlarged the photo on the computer.


This is a hoverfly.


This is a nine spot ladybug. Nine spot ladybugs are in decline in the United States and Cornell University is conducting a study (called the Lost Ladybug Project) asking people to look for them (or other species of ladybug) and send photos so they can more accurately track their numbers. I found this one in the field below the house.

1 comment:

RJ said...

I LOVE the bronze sculptures here! And the other photos are very interesting as always. Way cool, Meg!