An appreciation of home

Everyone is working. Working, workinG...and WORKING. We are trying not to lose our jobs. We are trying to do the best job we can. We are blogging, chatting, skyping, avoiding work and working to avoid the inevitableness of the outcomes. I find it all fascinating. We stopped sending postcards years ago and yet I figured out this morning...(insomnia is not fun)...that even those of us with perhaps a little less money than others (..and I am by no means complaining about my fortunate life) can most likely experience the sunrise and sunset right by walking outside. Time and experience is becoming the thing that grounds me. Thankfully, not even the economy can take away the tempo of the day or of the seasons.

Although if you live in Cleveland, I hear the city is going to take the sunsets down to halftime. Apparently, the sunrise has survived the the budget cuts. (Go Cavs!)

This post the photos are of dawn in Mexico and dawn in Niwot within days of each other. The snow plows were my return to reality. Below is a random picture of snowshowing in Keystone this season and a kick-ass construction photo outside my office at CU. (cranes rock.)

Architecture and Art in the AZ desert

At the beginning of March I had the opportunity to spend the better part of two days at the winter home of Frank Lloyd Wright. Visiting Wright's campus that he built in Scottsdale (Taliesin West) allowed me to become re-inspired and I remembered why I became an Architect.

(I am not allowed to post photos of the tour within Wright's home...yet if you sign up for one of my classes you can see the full lecture! (Educational purposes only allowed for those photos.)

Therefore, I posted the top 2 photos on this post are of Wright's own design and the 3 photos that appear more modern is because they are! This design was built in 2000 as a "Shelter" (Victor Sidy's design.)

Wright's students and the current students of Taliesin West build their own Shelters in the desert for a budget of $2000. They are incredible! There will be a full exhibit of the Shelters in AZ (..I think there about 20) will be at the Guggenheim this summer.






Also enjoy the Desert Botanical photos with the Chilhully Glass exhibit there, as well.