As I enjoyed the peonies, I wasn't noticing that I missed warm colors, but when I saw this yellow rhododendron, I realized that I needed some yellow!
Love the wiry anthers, in contrast to the more subtantial flowers....
Love the variety of colors in one bunch of flowers, and the fact that you could get an entire bouquet on one stem.... The individual flowers were probably 3-4" across
Is this a great name for this, or what? Klondyke? Perfect.............
One last look at the peonies, from the path up to the rhododendrons.
I got dropped at the peony garden, and I walked home. Partway home, I realized I was going to be happier if I visited a ladies' room. I was walking through northeast part of central campus by the medical center, and I realized I could walk through this new building. It's been here for half a dozen years, probably, right where Washtenaw takes a right-angle bend and turns into Huron. I've been interested by the pringle-shaped auditorium. This building is behind (north of) that auditorium, as you drive by.
What a cool atrium! Look at the bridges..... See the guy walking across, almost in the middle of the image? I wanted to explore, but figured that might be too intrusive....
Of course we approve their choice of chair colors.
Note seating outside, too, though I wonder how pleasant it is -- Washtenaw/Huron is right out there, and it/they supports a LOT of traffic........
Note pringle-shaped roof through the windows -- this is the auditorium I was talking about. It never occurred to me to go try the auditorium's door and see if I could see the inside. Next time.....
This is the far end of that length of atrium we saw in the first shot of this building. Big bamboos, and lots of art.
I bet this seating isn't nearly as comfy as those chairs. At least it looks cool.
Interesting work on the wall. This one was painted in dark bright colors, then painted in lighter colors. While the light colors were still wet, they were wiped off in some places, showing small patches of bright colors.
Here's a detail -- of the left-most darker marks on the left panel (above), this reddish mark is the third from the bottom (a bit to the right of the two left-side marks below it).
The place where the lighter color was removed looks like a (gloved?) finger touched it right there. Wouldn't this be a fun technique? Painting color, letting it dry, then painting a very different value of colors on top, and removing the surface color in some places? You could use all sorts of different ways to remove the top color -- fingers, credit cards (scraping), rags, brushes..................... The soles of shoes. Roller skates.
I liked the way the piece looked like DNA or chromosomes, or something, from a distance, so the DNA-type letters in the detail made sense to me........
I wonder if that's a real DNA sequence. I wonder if you can invent a DNA sequence that is NOT real, in someone's genome!
I'm glad I took the opportunity to visit this building!
Nearly home, now -- good old West Park. Three colors of clover -- white, pink, purple, and some yellow stuff (most visible in the upper left corner).
Here's that nice garden on 7th. Full of iris on June 2. (With a few bleeding hearts.)
This is the first time I'd seen this kind of iris. I think it was a "regular iris," only the petals that would usually be up and over were ... not.
I've been admiring this purple iris in this place for many years. Love the stripes. This one smells nice, too. You can see what I mean about the "up and over" petals............
A really nice garden.
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