It's been quiet here for awhile and I hope to get back to blogging more regularly. I had a memorable birthday last month, my wonderful husband planned a special weekend getaway to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and an overnight stay at a historic inn and tour of Fallingwater. Fallingwater was a home designed by Frank Llloyd Wright in the 1930's. My son took this picture from the viewing spot across from the home...it's beautiful there and picturesque which this picture shows perfectly.
On a bookish note, I kept thinking about the book Loving Frank while I was there and the personality of Frank Lloyd Wright that was described by the tour guide seemed connected to the book.
On a bookish note, I kept thinking about the book Loving Frank while I was there and the personality of Frank Lloyd Wright that was described by the tour guide seemed connected to the book.
Saturday Snapshot is hosted by Alyce of At Home at Books
What a terrific birthday trip - how neat of your husband to plan it! I recently picked up T.C. Boyle's The Women which is about all of the women in Wright's life and I'm eager to see how that compares to Loving Frank as far as Wright himself is concerned.
ReplyDeleteI've never heard about it before, but now I want to live in it. I had to check out your link and a few other places on the web.
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Glad you had a nice trip.
I've read about Fallingwater, and the way it was designed to be part of the landscape. It looks lovely.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh, you got to stay there?! I bet that was fabulous!
ReplyDeleteI've seen photos of this home before...so interesting! I previously had the same backdrop as you and had problems with it last week...so many problems, in fact, that I had to change it. Did you experience any virus type problems associated with the backdrop from Shabbyblogs?
ReplyDeleteNow that you mention it, that looks VERY Frank Lloyd Wright. How beautiful! FLW always makes me think of the Simon and Garfunkel song...
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing house! It must be really lovely up close.
ReplyDeleteI love that house...one of the professors from the English Department where I work visited there and brought back pictures like this. It would be nice to be able to visit myself one day.
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What an amazing picture -- that must have been a great place to stay!
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome place for reflection. Lucky you. Hope it was special.
ReplyDeleteIt is so pretty! I have seen it on TV before and that's the only reason I recognized it.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful FLW home! I loved how he worked it into the natural beauty of the surroundings.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to visit Fallingwater. It looks like a fascinating and beautiful place to visit. There's a Lego model of it now from their architecture series that I'm hoping my kids will buy for me sometime! My snapshot:
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Didn't knw that Pittsburgh had a Wright home. Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteHappy Belated Bday! So nice of your hub to plan a trip for you! I was just thinking the other day that I hadn't heard from you in awhile so I'm glad you posted.
ReplyDeleteThat is a gorgeous picture! What a lovely way to spend your birthday!!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a terrific birthday getaway! I still haven't read Loving Frank. Grrr I have it in audio and book form - no excuses!
ReplyDeleteWe visited several years ago and I bet we stayed at the same historic inn :) What a great birthday gift!
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