Friday Smiles 297: a trip to the Art Museum, part 8

I’ve been offline for nearly two days.  I had no internet and no phone.  My friend Scott came by last night and linked me to AEDM using his cell phone, but couldn’t get me online.  Tonight he came by again and managed to get me online, but I still have no telephone.  Very frustrating and it put me behind visiting.  As sad as that is, it’s the only excuse I have.

Annie our host at Friday Smiles agreed to link me each week until I could get Mr. Linky working for me again. Hopefully, Scott has fixed that problem, too.  Time will tell.

As you are probably aware by now, I like to begin with a few funnies I found while cleaning my office late last year.  These things are like bunnies.  They seem to multiply while I sleep!

Here are a few more headlines that got past the editors:

War Dims Hope for Peace

If Strike Isn’t Settled Quickly, It May Last a While

Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures

Enfields Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide

Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges

Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead

Kids Make Nutritious Snacks

Hospitals are Sued by 7 Foot Doctors

New Vaccine May Contain Rabies

Man Struck By Lightning Faces Battery Charge

Now back to the museum where I spent nearly six hours with two teens and a tween one day this past July.    

This was a special collection on display through October 18.  According to the Wichita Art Museum web site:

For ancient people, the night sky was full of stories. Looking up, people did not see balls of gas burning light years away. Instead, they saw shining pinpoints of light that formed shapes when joined together--shapes of hunters and wild beasts, sailors and ships, fair maidens and handsome heroes. Each culture brought their own stories to the various clusters of stars, and often they named them after a character or location in the story.

Around 2,000 years ago, the astronomer Ptolemy mapped and named many constellations, linking them with the Greek and Roman myths popular in his time. Constellations: Stories in the Stars explores many of the myths Ptolemy and other ancients paired with the stars. Featuring objects from the Wichita Art Museum's permanent collection, the exhibition brings the myths of the night sky to life.

Many of these myths I had never heard of.

This mixed media piece maps out the stars in our galaxy.

Unlike the 12 Constellations and 12 signs of the Zodiac in western culture, these bunnies are part of the Chinese Zodiac.

I believe this symbolizes our Leo or lion,

while the tiger is a product of the Chinese zodiac.

Not sure why I was so enamored with this rabbit, but . . . .

I was getting quite tired, so allowed the children to explore and I took a few photos and searched for a place to sit, although there was none.

I got this one,

which is the bull, one of our constellations.

Then it was time to find the last exhibit.

These may be my favorite yet.

I took this for Bleubeard

so he wouldn't feel so left out.

Can you believe this piece

was created out of scraps of wood?  It's at least six feet tall, maybe taller.

Be still my heart!

Sadly, by the time we got here,

I was so tired I couldn't get everything in a single shot.

I couldn't believe I had finally convinced the youngsters

it was time to eat and sit.

As we were about to exit, I took these photos of the underside of the Chihuly Bridge the children walked on when we first arrived

nearly six hours before.

Standing directly underneath and looking straight up, I think I like this side better than the bridge side.

And finally, I saw this on my way out.

 Thanks for joining the children and me for the final time at the art museum and thanks for your continued visits and support.  Now let's visit Annie's Friday Smiles (aka A stitch in time), where it never hurts to begin the weekend with a big smile, just like Annie's. Feel free to join in with a post of your own, too.   Annie would love to welcome your smiling post, too.
 

I am also joining AEDM for Day 7 with photos from my trip to our local art museum and a bit of humor.

You may be tired of reading this, but I want to reiterate, if you are on Flickr, Instagram, Facebook, or G +, I will visit, but I cannot leave a comment since I'm not a member of any of those platforms.