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Funktional Vibrations by artist Xenobia Bailey Apparently she crocheted these pieces before they were converted to glass tiles. That would have taken me two lifetimes at minimum!
There are several of the beautiful poles around Astor Place. I believe the artist is 90 years old and still adding tiles. This one commemorates the Public Theatre just down the street.
anglicized name--Wildowsky. Because of Ancestry.com this past weekend my Dad, one of my sisters and I met family we didn't know we had! But there are lots of missing pieces. If anyone in my thread is a Wojtowicz or knows some who has the Wojtowicz last name, we would like to know you. We might be related. Our Wojtowicz family have the J. Wojtowicz Trucking Co. in Clifton Park, NY. My side of the family is from Norwich/Canterbury, Connecticut.
but what remained were glorious! Devil's Hopyard in East Haddam, CT. About 850 acres of walking trails with a covered bridge and beautiful waterfalls--when there is water. Connecticut is in the middle of a severe drought, but there was this much water still left!
In the 1970's this area of New London was abandoned and set for redevelopment. But the Savings Bank of New London saw it's potential and wanted to preserve some of the areas history and contribution to our country's establishment and growth. So they bought up the block and renovated every house.
So I went in search of the Eduardo Kobra Mother Theresa/Ghandi mural and within 4 blocks got these shots as well. Notice how cloudy it was, but the sun popped out just for a few minutes.
Reminded me of when I used to ski. The mountain often didn't look so high or so steep or so far!
We chose to walk the dirt path just off to the right which takes you through some woods, crosses a little brook and eventually leads you to the Temple of Love and the Rock Garden!
Marchers on the Common only a couple of blocks away . . . and this man sits reading the paper on his stoop.