Thursday, September 8, 2011

Stairway to Bygone Days

I'd like to share a few final photos taken last week in the Berkshires. The Kripalu center was once a Jesuit seminary. Before that, it was a very large estate owned by a prominent family. All that remain of the original buildings on the estate are a gatehouse and this magnificent stonework staircase which I hope to one day interpret as a quilted piece.


     One vestige of the original landscaping which was designed by Fredrick Law Olmsted is this unusual tree.

At first glance it doesn't appear all that unusual, but just wait and take a peek under its canopy.


You have to admit that it is pretty impressive.

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