Fort Worth

Toni, Annie, Maise, Joe, Danita

Danita’s nephew Joe lives in Fort Worth. We were able to spend some time with his family both yesterday and again today. With a little luck, we’ll get a little more time with them tomorrow. Those girls are as cute as a button. We had a really good time.

Besides that, we have been museum-ing. The Kimbell Art Museum was my favorite. They have two buildings, each named after the architect that designed the building — Kahn and Piano. Both are well kown arciitects and both did spectacular jobs. Besides viewig art, we took the architecture tour.

Our tour leader mentioned one piece that he said was the most valuabe. According to the description, it comes from the Wari people in Peru circa 500 CE. It has inlays of mother-of-pearl, purple and orange spondylus shell, mussel shell, turquoise, pyritem greenstone, lapis lazuh, and silver. Is it more valuiable than their Picasso, Matisse, and works other famous European painters? I don’t know, but it’s certain the owner was an elite member of their society. If you are ever in Ft. Worth, the Kimbell is well worth your time. We also visited the modern art museum, which actually had one piece that I understood. You can find a few pics on the web site if you are interested.

I hope this finds everybody doing well.

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