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We took a quick weekend trip up to New Jersey to visit with Robert's Grandpa and Nona.
We drove up Friday -- on the hottest day of the year so far with temperatures in the high 90s the whole way.
But it cooled off Friday night and Saturday was a great day to visit Johnson park, where Robert enjoyed
being the center of attention.
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The playground was short walk from the zoo where we enjoyed feeding (and petting) the goats, but I thought
the brown one was getting too personal when he started to nibble on Robert's shirt.
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Robert got a little help from his Grandpa washing his hands before dinner. We saw this fire hydrant open on a walk around
the block -- maybe they needed just a bit more water in the Raritan River?
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We had lots of time to read, relax and play on our short visit before heading down to
Grounds for Sculpture Sunday afternoon.
It's a really cool sculpture garden in Hamilton, NJ, set up by another of the famous Johnsons
(Seward, Jr., in this case).
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Robert discovered a peacock to follow.
He also discovered that peacocks can be loud.
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The garden has a very nice variety of works of modern sculpture. And they are very good at identifying
the works that are OK touch versus those which should not be touched.
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They even installed mist machines to create the correct ambiance for this bathing woman in the fog scene.
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One of it's more unique features is
Seward's installations
of three-dimensional, life-sized versions of famous paintings.
It was lots of fun to pose in the paintings....
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I believe that's Seward Johnson, above, inserting himself into the background of The Luncheon of the Boating Party,
or, as he calls his sculpture, Were You Invited?
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Even without the sculpture, the grounds were both lovely and fun.
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We'll have to visit Grounds for Sculpture again.
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