Inaugral Post

Welcome to my inaugral post! I hope that you enjoy reading this and viewing the photos as much as I enjoyed bringing them to you.

Many of you have followed my travels on FB and enjoyed the photos published there over the years, but I have decided to move to this type of format to protect my photos from being used in ways I don't want them used (as this has already happened on FB) and to better be able to give you what I consider to be the real feeling of my journeys to various places.

I hope that you will continue to enjoy the pics & posts and that you will encourage others to view these posts as well. I appreciate all of you waiting for this very first post and hope you enjoy seeing and reading it as much as I enjoyed visiting.

The McNay Art Museum

Located in San Antonio, Texas The McNay Art Museum is the subject of my first post. The background picture of the Baby Boomer blog is the front of the McNay mansion as seen from the grounds parking. The black & white photo under the title section of the page is a shot I took of a beautiful iron gate that allows access to the underground workings of the main fountain of the McNay. I took the shot because the repeating pattern of the quartrafoils just struck me.

I went to the McNay because of their current exclusive exhibition: Andy Warhol: Fame and Misfortune which runs thru 5/1/12. If you are planning to visit San Antonio, during that time (or live in S.A.) I highly recommend that you pay the museum a visit and see the exhibit. It is an exhibit of over 150 pieces of all media that runs from the 1950's to 1986, the year before Warhol's death. Some of the pieces that you will see will be the iconic portraits of Marilyn Monroe, Liza Minnelli and Judy Garland to name a few. Also included are the Campbell Soup cans made famous by Warhol.

For those unfamiliar with the drought in Texas suffice it to say that the beautiful gardens of the McNay like most gardens (and plain ole residential yards for that matter) suffered significantly. However when I visited, the gardens were beginning to come back and were being tended to. Now that the water restrictions for the city have been lifted I fully expect that the beautiful fountains of the McNay will again be flowing and the gardens will be blooming beautifully. When you visit the museum, take a few extra minutes to stroll the gardens and see them for yourself. You might also want to tour the sculpture garden which is towards the rear of the property and is also landscaped to showcase the phonominal sculptures.

Here's the link for the McNay if you need additional information:

http://www.mcnayart.org/

One of the sculptures in the garden of the McNay

The inside of the gazebo located by the water gardens and fountains at the McNay

The iron gate located under the main entrance fountain

One of the blooms located in the gardens at the McNay

The moon over the McNay, which I shot while wandering the gardens

Textures, textures, textures! All of which showed in this shot

What awaits the eye in the McNay gardens

Another of the plants just starting to bloom in the gardens

This iron bench sits on the front porch just outside what was the original front door to the mansion

Above the original front door to the McNay mansion

The entry to the Warhol exhibit located in the McNay

More gardens beauties

Another specimen from the gardens