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Frank's Sister Visits Ithaca

My sister Marlene and her friend Tom visited me in Ithaca on the weekend of April 28-30, 2006. Locations include Sunset Park, the Johnson Museum, and the Cornell Plantations.

Click on the thumbnail images to get larger ones (around 100-300K). Click on the "huge" link to get the full size pictures (around 3M). Around 45 pictures included.

Sunset Park

On Friday, we stopped by Sunset Park in Cuyuga Heights, around sunset, appropriately enough. A few shots of Marlene and Tom, and all of us, including the "unexploded ordinance point of view of the bomb squad" shot. Also, one shot at Cascadilla Creek, on the far side of the suspension bridge.

[Marlene and Tom]

[Marlene and Tom]

[Marlene and Tom]

[Marlene, Tom, and Frank]

[Marlene, Tom, and Frank]

[Marlene, Tom, and Frank]

Johnson Museum

Some shots taken from the 5th floor Asia Gallery in the Johnson Art Museum on the Cornell campus. It has one of the best views of the area. The first shot is of a teapot made of stone. But actually, I took it because you can see my reflection in the glass. The next is some fish sort of art on the grass outside the museum, as seen from the 5th floor.

After that, it's views of the area, including the lake, downtown, and campus, facing west, southwest, and south, respectively.

[Frank's reflection]

[Fish art outside the museum]

[Campus View]

[Campus View]

[Campus View]

[Campus View]

[Campus View]

[Campus View]

[Campus View]

[Campus View]

[Campus View]

[Campus View]

Andy Goldsworthy's Garden of Stones at the Cornell Plantations

The Cornell Plantations is a big park-like area, with lots of cool stuff (trees, water, hills, gardens, and more. Andy Goldsworthy is a cool artist who does "environmental art." His work uses natural materials and is often very ephemeral, though sometimes he does permanent installations. One such permanent exhibit is the Garden of Stones in the Plantations. It's 4 good sized rocks, with small plants growing out of three of them.

The next series of pictures is by the Garden of Stones, including a sequence with Marlene, then Marlene and me, and then Marlene, me, and Tom on one of the rocks (the one that's just a rock, no plants). The shots of us are all the typical "hold the camera at an arms length and take the picture" type shots.

[Garden of Stones]

[Marlene and Tom]

[Garden of Stones]

[Garden of Stones]

[Marlene]

[Marlene]

[Frank]

[Frank]

[Marlene on a rock]

[Marlene and Frank on a rock]

[Rock album cover]

[another rock album cover]

[Marlene, Tom, and Frank]

Houston Pond at the Cornell Plantations

Houston Pond is in the middle of the Plantations. A couple close-up shots of a tree with peeling bark, and a footbridge that goes across the pond.

[Bark on a tree]

[Bark on a tree]

[Bridge by Houston Pond]

Fall Creek Suspension Bridge

Fall Creek forms the northern border of The Plantations. I took a few pictures of our shadows from the suspension bridge. It's a much smaller suspension bridge than the Cascadilla Creek one, perhaps 10 feet above the water.

[Footbridge over Fall Creek]

[Footbridge over Fall Creek]

Botanical Gardens at the Cornell Plantations

The next series was taken at the Botanical Gardens at the Plantations. Most of them are in or near the Herb Garden.

[Sun Dial in the Herb Garden]

[Sun Dial in the Herb Garden]

The sundial and my shadow in the center of the herb garden. In the first shot, you can see the stone wall that's included in a photo a couple rows down.

[Statue in the Botanical Garden]

[Statue head in the Botanical Garden]

[Statue head in the Botanical Garden]

Three views of a statue in the garden of the "Yarb Woman." Sounds like the name of a Martian or something.

[Wall along the Herb Garden]

[Wall along the Herb Garden]

The stone wall that surrounds the herb garden.

[Flower by the Botanical Garden]

[Flower by the Botanical Garden]

Finally, a couple of flowers by the parking lot of the Botanical Gardens.

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