11/04: Bella Vista
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
I'm not using my regular computer so I don't know why but spell check isn't working, so please excuse my bad typing and terrible spelling.
We spent today with Bob and Jean.
First stop was the Mildred B. Cooper Memorial Chapel. We've been here before but it's always worth a visit.
The chapel was designed by E. Fay Jones. The design recalls the prarie school of architecture popularized by Frank Lloyd Wright with whom Jones had apprenticed.
Azeleas and a dogwood.
There are a number of small lakes in Bella Vista. One of them is Lake Ann. This is the waterfall coming out of Lake Ann.
There hasn't been a lot of rain so there isn't a lot of water coming down the falls. Jean showed us photos from last spring where the water covered all the rocks.
We drove over to Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville to walk the Dogwood Trail. Unfortunately, the trail was closed for renovations so we walked the Tulip Trail. We saw some Red Buds, Dogwoods and
fungus on dead trees
and trilliums. We're going to be away when the trilliums bloom at home so I'm happy we were able to see some here.
The museum building at Crystal Bridges.
New at Crystal Bridges is this house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. The house was built along the Millstone River in New Jersey. The structure was threatened by repeated flooding so the owners decided to look for an institution that would buy and move the house. Crystal Bridges acquired the house in 2013. The entire structure was then taken apart and each component was labeled, packed, and loaded into two trucks. At the museum the house was reconstructed. We didn't have time to tour the house today so we'll have to stop on another trip.
Another pretty flowering shrub (I think it's a bottle brush).
The sun came out when we got back to Bob and Jean's house so Ed got to take a photo of a dogwood tree in the sun.
We spent today with Bob and Jean.
First stop was the Mildred B. Cooper Memorial Chapel. We've been here before but it's always worth a visit.
The chapel was designed by E. Fay Jones. The design recalls the prarie school of architecture popularized by Frank Lloyd Wright with whom Jones had apprenticed.
Azeleas and a dogwood.
There are a number of small lakes in Bella Vista. One of them is Lake Ann. This is the waterfall coming out of Lake Ann.
There hasn't been a lot of rain so there isn't a lot of water coming down the falls. Jean showed us photos from last spring where the water covered all the rocks.
We drove over to Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville to walk the Dogwood Trail. Unfortunately, the trail was closed for renovations so we walked the Tulip Trail. We saw some Red Buds, Dogwoods and
fungus on dead trees
and trilliums. We're going to be away when the trilliums bloom at home so I'm happy we were able to see some here.
The museum building at Crystal Bridges.
New at Crystal Bridges is this house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. The house was built along the Millstone River in New Jersey. The structure was threatened by repeated flooding so the owners decided to look for an institution that would buy and move the house. Crystal Bridges acquired the house in 2013. The entire structure was then taken apart and each component was labeled, packed, and loaded into two trucks. At the museum the house was reconstructed. We didn't have time to tour the house today so we'll have to stop on another trip.
Another pretty flowering shrub (I think it's a bottle brush).
The sun came out when we got back to Bob and Jean's house so Ed got to take a photo of a dogwood tree in the sun.