A highlight of our third week in July: The Yayoi Kusama exhibit at CMA! It seemed so far off, July 19th, back when we reserved our tickets.
But here we are, summer flying as it always does. The leaves on the trees are starting to wane into darker, drier green, past their peak, and there is something in the air that reminds me that summer won't last forever...
And Cleveland is home to polka dots and silver balls and infinity rooms...
Also these bean bags in the "Kusama Lounge" area, which we were *reprimanded* for using to build pillow forts.
Cookies while we waited....
Our friends had tickets at almost the same time as we did (we compared notes at dinner later)...
... and we reserved two extra kid tickets because we could, so we were able to take a couple of extra friends in with us!
This is definitely the sort of exhibit you want to experience with other people.
It was so fun to watch the reactions of the kids...
This was a mirrored box (inside and out) that you put your face into and all of a sudden you are part of a kaleidoscope world.... One of my very favorites.
This one was viewed through a tiny peephole...
These two-- the floating candles and the "out in space" rooms, as we called them-- were hard to capture on film but amazing to be inside. Suspended in darkness and infinite points of light. Thirty seconds per room was not nearly enough.
The kids loved the "Obliteration Room," which was fully interactive and touchable (a welcome change after lots of careful waiting)...
This may be my favorite picture of the whole exhibit. That guard has no idea the huge pink beach ball is coming for him.
Other news for the week:
Ivy had her week at Techie Camp (LOVED it), and Jack had time at home with us and with friends. Treated him to lunch at Olive Garden one day (the kid is seriously in love with those breadsticks)...
We also spent a fair amount of time at the lake, and a lot of time taking our puppy to places.
This little girl is growing up into a really nice dog. She's super friendly, super funny, and picking up new skills quickly.
She's also turned into quite the swimmer. Here she is at Rocky River beach with Pip on Wednesday.
She was completely unfazed by the huge waves, leaping out into the water, plunging right through the crests and popping back up to get the toy...
... and back in to do it again, body surfing the waves into shore...
Two spaniels at attention!
Wednesday turned out to be a rather lovely day, between the beach time, a picnic lunch and Scrabble with my mom-- and then our grownup date to breweries with our friends. We visited- and tried flights of beer and appetizers at- Noble Beast and Masthead brewing companies, both of which were new to me and both of which were fantastic.
We had a great time talking and laughing and walking with our friends. As you can see here.
Another day, another swimming opportunity. Here's Winter enjoying the pond at the Lake Farmpark dog park. Which is a pretty fabulous park and totally worth the drive. Winter was so excited about her newfound swimming skills that she practically ignored all of the other dogs there. She just kept jumping into the pond...
On Saturday, the little scruffy swimmer went to Oberlin to meet up with her breeder and get groomed. She also got to say hi to her brother.... (Who is still the cutest thing and I still kind of wish we had a matched set... sigh...)
But two English Cockers? That would be a WHOLE lot of grooming. Winter was up on the table for over two hours herself- with an experienced groomer at the helm....
In other happenings: Final swim meet of the season. A pleasantly cool day and a wonderfully fast match after last week's marathon in the blazing sun. Ivy had her best finishes of the season, a 2nd place in the 25 back and a 3rd in the 25 breast. Jack swam well but was disappointed to break his individual event winning streak with a close 2nd place finish in the 50 breast. He won his IM, though, and rallied to help his 200 free relay team get off to a great start and a 2nd place finish. This is the end of the season for Ivy Jane but Jack is planning to come back from Farley's next weekend for championships. Here's hoping he does well enough to not regret his decision....
Our little future backstroker...
We've had a nice weekend all told. Shakespeare in the park on Friday night, and hosting a couple of friends for overnights on Saturday....
Campfires and leafblowers....
Today, a visit to Holden Arboretum....
... and then Arlo Guthrie at Cain Park tonight. It was a great show, though I think our family group really disrupted the grey-haired demographics. Loved being outside in the soft night air, surrounded by our liberal neighbors, listening to protest songs from the 60's that are pertinent again, introducing our kids to some great American music. We should go to concerts at Cain park more often...
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