Haverford Reserve Trails 8 and 12 (11/16/2024)

Saturday, November 16, 2024

Sunny weather persists, so we did the last of the Haverford Reserve trails: 8 is the Old Gray Trail and 12 is the Scout Trail.

After crossing North Brook, we
climbed the hill to access the
Old Gray Trail

Old Gray Trail marker; most of the leaves had fallen

Fire circle and flagpole at the NW corner of the meadow

There are disc golf holes/targets all throughout the Reserve

The meadow is about the only clearing
in mostly hardwood forest

The Meadow Trail joined the Old Gray

We reached one end of the Scout Trail and followed it back

This trail had woodchips (covered
with fallen leaves) and was narrower

Another disc golf hole!

The cell tower is a landmark
for the end of the hike!

Grounds For Sculpture (11/10/2024)

Sunday, November 10, 2024

We went to the Bill Braxton Memorial Regatta at
Lake Mercer in Hamilton, NJ, to see grandson
Dylan row in his school's varsity 8 (KSS)

After lunch at Uno's with Erich, we visited nearby
Grounds For Sculpture, which is difficult to do spontaneously,
because they require timed ticket reservations; in front of
the Seward Johnson Center is King Lear (2009, by Seward)

Grounds For Sculpture (yes, 'For' is capitalized) was founded by artist and philanthropist Seward Johnson. It opened in 1992 on the former New Jersey State Fairgrounds. (There is also "Sculpture Along the Way" on Sloan Avenue and Klockner Road, featuring the giant renderings of subjects of paintings, the hallmark of J Seward Johnson II.)

Confrontational Vulnerability (2011, by Seward, is based
on Olympia (1863, by Édouard Manet) including the cat

Red Maple Allée (2002)

Kent shows how closely together
the trees are planted in the allée

Eolith (1994, by Isaac Witkin)

Horizon II (2006, by Bruce Beasley) (KSS)

Matters of the Moment (2008,
by Mike Gyampo)

Nature's Laugh (1992, by Gunnar Theel)

Monet Bridge (1999)

Rat's Restaurant (named for Ratty in The Wind in the Willows)
has a French-inspired menu, and sits on Rat's Pond (1999)

Mystical Treasure Trip (2017, by Seward) 

Lakeside Table #1 (1999, by Seward)

Dana (2003, by Curt Brill)

Dejeuner Déjà Vu (1994, by Seward) is based on
Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (1862-1863, by Édouard Manet)

Warming Hut (2001-2002) has a gas fireplace to
warm up visitors in the winter

The Oligarchs (2015, by Michelle Post)
sit above the Amphitheater (KSS)

A directional arrow

Heart's Desire (2008, by Gloria Vanderbilt)

Kent with a relief based on
The Scream (1893, by Edvard Munch)

Wave Hill (2000, by Robert Ressler) (KSS)

Copyright Violation!! (2004, by Seward)
where he is painting the scene below

If It Were Time (1999, by Seward) is based on
La terrasse à Sainte-Adresse (1867, by Claude Monet)

Tower (1999, by Brower Hatcher) (KSS)

October Gathering (2001, by Joan Danziger)

Tamiko with Family Secret (2000, by Seward),
based on Les Deux Sœurs/Sur la terrasse
(1881, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir) (KSS)

Lotus Pond and Gazebo

Former Motor Exhibits Building (c 1920s)

Former Domestic Arts Building (c 1920s)

Facing Couple (1999, by Itzik Benshalom)

Relative (2003, by Frederick Morante)

Untitled #1383/Sisters-Two Trees (2024, by Petah Coyne)

Henry Moore in a Sheep Meadow (2002, by Red Grooms)

Put Yourself in the Picture (2022, by Roberto Lugo) (KSS)

Sculpture Court with The Nine Muses (1990-1997,
by Carlos Dorrien) and Standing Figure from
Women in the Sun (1988, by Leonde Finke)

Between Appointments (1986, by Seward)

Dorion (1986, by Bruce Beasley)

Depression Breadline (1999, by George Segal)

Jubilant Dancer (2001, by Clifford Ward)

Schatz's Spaceship (Inspired by The Oloid)
(2009, by E Calder Powel)

Peacock

Double Check: The Survivor (original 1992, by Seward)
is a copy of what is said to be the only sculpture to survive
the terrorist attack on the Twin Towers in Manhattan,
which was reinstalled in 2006 in what is now Zuccotti Park

Copy of Makeshift Memorial (2004,
by Seward) showing how the
original Double Check was used
as a memorial after 9/11; the original
is located in Jersey City on
the Hudson River Walkway