Brandywine River Museum of Art III (12/27/2023)

Wednesday, December 27, 2023

We were very fortunate to have Kyle & Katrina visit us, with Adaline and Levon, and all the accoutrements that are needed for babies and toddlers!

For once the Brandywine River Museum of Art
(in the renovated Hoffman's Mill, a former gristmill
built in 1864) was not backlit

The special exhibit was Rooted: Family & Nature in Comtemporary Children's Book Illustration.

"Carver also created a traveling schoolhouse called
the Jesup Agricultural Wagon to visit poor farmers"
(illustration by Frank Morrison for The Secret Garden
of George Washington Carver, by Gene Barretta, 2020)

"My mouth gets sleepy first" (illustration by
Cozbi A Cabrera for Me & Mama, by Cabrera, 2020)

"'Sweet, Riley,' said Daddy, 'you don't have to choose'"
(illustration by Devon Holzwarth in Papa, Daddy,
& Riley, by Seamus Kirst, 2020)

"In the home where twelve children were born and raised,
where they ate and slept and worked and played and
laughed and loved and grew quite old" (illustration by
Sophie Blackall in Farmhouse, by Blackall, 2022)

"They picked gnarled apples to turn into pies"
(illustration by Sophie Blackall in Farmhouse)

Cover of Wonder Walkers (written and illustrated
by Micha Archer, 2021)

Cover for Zonia's Rain Forest (written and illustrated
by Juana Martinez-Neal, 2021)

Cover for Rafa Counts on Papá (written and
illustrated by Joe Cepeda, 2022)

Cover for Rainbow Shopping (written and
illustrated by Qing Zhuang, 2023)

The Brandywine Museum Dollhouse
(c 1900, from FAO Schwartz)

The entry hall is decorated for Christmas

But we were here for the Brandywine Railroad
where Adaline had buttons to push and foot
pedals to operate various lights and music
in the extensive model railroad display

The traditonal Christmas trees decorated
with Critters, their signature ornaments
created with natural materials

 Critter vine-wreath

Closeup of some of the Critters, with incredible details

Thursday, December 28, 2023

Kyle reads to Adaline in a giant bird nest in the Nature Nook
at the Delaware Museum of Nature and Science

Friday, December 29, 2023

We always try to let Katrina get in some jigsaw puzzle time, which is nearly impossible as a working mom of two little ones, even when "on vacation."

Jigsaw puzzle of Frozen Spheres (1927, designed by
Frank Lloyd Wright, one of 12 seasonally-themed covers
for Liberty Magazine, who deemed them too avant-garde)