Mom and I spent the whole day Friday playing around. The Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento was having a special display of Norman Rockwell's work. They had a cool place set up where you could sit down and take your picture, recreating the triple self-portrait that Rockwell did. We had fun pretending.
In a similar use of irony, the painting below always catches my eye too. The artist who painted it is himself the one in the painting, and the model is portrayed as the painter. The angel in the background is supposed to represent divine influence directing the work.
In the office of the old Crocker home was this beautiful desk, and the safe that is set into the wall. I thought it was cool that the manufacturer was Hall's Safe & Lock Co. The office is where Crocker and the other three of the Big Four (Stanford, Huntington, Hopkins) made their deals to build railroads, and railroaded others to go along with their plans.
We really enjoyed walking around the old part of the museum. I've always liked the ballroom downstairs. With Kim's engagement, I wonder if maybe we could rent it for a reception. ;- )
Below is my attempt at showing the expanse of the room with a three panel montage.
One of the cool things about the ballroom is the overlook from the upstairs gallery.
After a full morning in the art museum, Mom and I walked over to Old Sacramento and had a light lunch at a cafe, then took advantage of our passes to the train museum. I love looking around all the huge locomotives.
After having our fill, we bought the best item of food we had all day. At Mr. Spud's we bought an order of Irish style fries topped with cheese and bacon. WOW! Hot and delicious. Then we drove home and took it easy. We watched some shows in front of our fireplace. It was a great day. Mom always has great ideas for fun.
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Those Norman Rockwell pictures just make it look like you have no idea how to paint yourself.
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