Pittsburgh -- Art & Architecture

Immediately after returning to the U.S., we drove to Pittsburgh to see our new grandson. (Sorry, only his parents are allowed to post photos on public web sites.) I stayed in Pittsburgh to help Maria while David was on a business trip to China. Lon had his own travels that involved Boston, Watertown, NY, Pittsburgh, and Richmond, VA.  Lon and I finally got back together in Clifton Forge on Sunday.
L  O  N  G week!

Sue with Sadie, John and Mandi's dog. Sadie will be living with us while John and Mandi are deployed to Afghanistan. At 37 lbs, she's a bit big to be a lap-dog, but that's not what Sadie thinks!

Since Maria really wanted to get out of the house, we did a number of Pittsburgh sights and sites.

Art

Maria works part-time at the Mattress Factory, an art museum in Pittsburgh. This is a piece that she particularly wanted us to see: "Spheriodendron" by Bill Smith.

Architecture

Not far from Pittsburgh is a famous Frank Lloyd Wright house, Fallingwater. The house and grounds are now owned by the Western Pennsylvanian Conservancy, and are open to the public for tours. Photos of the exterior are allowed, but no photography is allowed on the tour. (That's too bad, because the interior is just as interesting as the exterior.)

Fallingwater is literally built over a small waterfall.

The view from across the creek shows the terraces and the guest house in back. As a week-end "get-away" home, the exterior spaces are larger than the interior spaces.

At the bottom you can see stairs that go directly from the living room down to the creek.