Denver - March 2024

I have been suffering with a very bad cold, and feeling like death warmed up. Not ideal touristing. However, I went into central Denver today.

The city was one of the successes of the ‘City Beautiful’ movement in the early 20thC, so has lots of neoclassical facades, and open spaces.

I liked this snooty lion…

…this splendid salmon…

…the mile high marker…

…and splendid ironwork.

Elsewhere…

…hints of the old city…

…could be seen…

…peeking out by the new.

Here’s a lovely telephone exchange…

…and an old school.

This Women’s History Centre had a delightful…

…matching bug house.

My main feeling was that of a city at ease with itself…

…with a smile…

…and a sense of the ridiculous.

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Abbaye Sainte-Marie-de-la-Pierre-qui-Vire

Deep in the woods… …you can find a magnificent… …Benedictine Abbey, which you may have heard of, as they make very good cheese. Although the place dates from the last century, there is an atmosphere of deep calm and tranquility. Deeper into the woods… …there is a hidden delight… …a little glade… …with a statue of the Virgin Mary. It is an extraordinary place.

Where to go...

It's strange...if you'd asked me a few months ago where I'd like to travel I'd have murmured a few things about various places in Europe. However, because my wanderings are primarily about catching up with people I love, it's turned into a far more of an odyssey (or Royal Progress). The plan such as it is: Christmas 2023 - visiting friends in France Jan - end of March 2023 - temp work and trips to see friends in the UK End of March 2024 - head over to North America, and try and visit: New York (with a trip out to Long Island) Chicago (with side trip to Milawaukee) St. Louis New Orleans Denver/Boulder Edmondton (CA - which may mean a stop in Seattle) Vancouver (maybe) San Francisco End of May 2024 - travel on to New Zealand (possibly via Sydney) Late May/Early June 2024 - travel on to Australia and visit: Sydney Melbourne Hobart Perth Late July/Early August 2024 - start to wend my way home via: Kuala Lumpur Bangkok Japan Mid-September 2024 - walk the Cami...

St Louis Art Museum

A brief visit to the St Louis Art Museum today, the only building intact and in situ from the Worlds’ Fair in 1904. I was very taken with this pigment pot, it appears that he has a counterpart in the Ashmolean that I must look out for. These little creatures caught my eye…. …however… …I mainly went… …to catch up with this old friend, a Bodhisattava Avalokiteśvara… …seated in a position of ‘royal ease’. A piece of such exquisite beauty, that stays long in the mind after you see it.

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