First we went over to Williamstown MA to see the Clark Art Museum’s special exhibit on O’Keefe and Dove, then the Williams College Art Museum nearby to enjoy Prendergast in Italy.

We stayed overnight with fellow teachers whose accommodations we found through Educator’s Bed and Breakfast.  Next morning, after a delicious breakfast in their home, we joined the bus trip organized by the Clark Art Museum to the Hyde Collection in Glens Falls.

The four feet of water has to do with while we were enjoying the two museums, over four inches of rain fell in yet another exciting day that New England has experienced this summer!   This picture is of the New Lebanon Race Track that we went by on the way to Saratoga, NY (on a day where the sun came out – rare in this New England summer!).

Then two days later, we enjoyed Hill-Stead’s in Farmington CT collection.   They were having a special tour of their basement and afterwards we stayed to take in some of the beautiful art there.  This picture is of a label in the basement’s wine cellar.  None of the wine exists but it was fun to see what would have been served!   (After Hill-Stead we stopped in Bloomfield CT to visit a couple of friends — who made us a delicious lobster dinner!)

We love art if you haven’t guessed it yet!   Looking at and experiencing beautiful things is one of my favorite things to do with my time — I need to do it because although I am creative, I don’t have the skills to produce these types of treasures!   Here’s one of my favorites from our four days: