We had a day of catching up, a little golf for Clem, and a mountain of laundry and catching up for me, as well as checking in on the January 6 hearings. Then a nice day meeting Chris to see his new office and have lunch with him at a BBQ food truck, which we enjoyed at a picnic table under a big tree, and later, dinner with the Ogrodnicks. David, who has become quite the cook, made us a delicious salmon dinner and then we played canasta. A very enjoyable day.
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The chef at work!
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Thursday dawned cloudy with a chance of rain, and we decided to visit the Worcester Art Museum, and a special exhibit on Jewels of the Nile, and then had a nice lunch at a restaurant David had found to try.
Upon entering the Egyptian Jewels exhibit, these clever digital panels allowed you to select necklaces to “try on”!
Of course I had to try, and encouraged Cindy to do the same.
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| Clem walked into the frame, and the necklace jumped to him! Extra amusing! |
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| A painter was commissioned to enter the tombs with the archeologists while excavating, and he replicated what they saw. |
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| The necklace I had “tried in” as we enters the exhibit. |
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The museum purchased the entire collection of the Higgins Armory when it closed, and as yet does not have room to display all of it, but it is scattered among the exhibits. We were fortunate to visit the Higgins with Chris and family before it closed, and see the vast array in its original setting. Clem was very disappointed that it was not all on view.
 | | We did find one room with a bit of the collection . They are planning an exhibit space to house it all in the future. |
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| This painting amuses me. Venus, disarming Cupid. Not a huge fan of renaissance art, the skill in these old works amazes me, as you see every dimple and fold of the skin. I wonder if artists who create modern works today could achieve such precision. |
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| This museum contains one of the best collections of Antioch Mosaics in the Western Hemisphere, and this floor dating from 599 was excavated from a resort villa high above the city. Seen here looking down from the exhibits on the second floor that houses the European collections. |
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| No outing with the Ogrodnicks would be complete without a shot of the boys relaxing and patiently waiting for us! |
The ancient religious exhibit showed the progression from flat, one dimensional paintings, to the development of painting with depth and perspective.
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| The Hunt Floor, an elaborate mosaic depicting a hunt for dangerous game, as seen from it’s first floor installment.it’s huge, and amazing it was found in such great condition, and moved and reassembled here. |
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| This Chapter House is a rare example of medieval architecture, originally from the Benedictine Priory of Saint John in west central France, once served the needs of a small celibate community of men engaged in a life of prayer, study, and reflection. 1150-1190. Disassembled, carefully crated, and shipped to the museum to be reassembled. |
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| Dog Armor! |
The Flying Rhinocerous proved very tasty, and we were attended by a very nice waiter, who had what I thought was a pretty heavy Boston accent. That is until a young lady with long dark hair and long orange nails sat down behind us! I couldn't help but watch her hand gestures and facial expressions, even after she sat down and I could no longer hear the thick accent declaring someone was "wicked smaht". I loved it! So ....Boston.
That night we rendezvoused with the family when everyone managed to gather from their busy schedules, and went to The 1761 Old Mill in Westminster for dinner, one of their favorites. You arrive to a waterfall off the pond with geese and across a wooden bridge to the old rustic building with it’s huge wooden beams and creaky floors, to a charming historic place to dine.
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| The only photos I took! I’m slipping! Maybe a bit tired from a full day. |
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