Today's plan was to stay in cool places so we started at a fascinating artists' studio: one side was glass blowing and the other was cloisonne on copper (one of the minerals found in Idaho). We could have stayed for a while and taken lessons. Need something like that in Bluffton. Next we went to BAM - Boise Art Museum. The grounds are lovely - a large masonry shell for concerts surrounded by large mature oaks and possibly elms - leaves looked like elms and the size was appropriate. The grounds were bordered by rose gardens - Roscoe has always promised me a rose garden... The museum has free Senior day the third Wednesday of the month - our lucky day! I admired two paintings: one Jackson Pollack that was not red, white, and blue but muted fall colors. The other was a Jasper Johns titled "cicadas" and I understood why he called it that. Then there was the gallery with six pieces of Lego Art. Yes, art is in the eye of the beholder.
Next stop: World Center for Birds of Prey
This is a remarkable and large center for research, education, and restoring populations of endangered species. The Peregrine Foundation is also based there. They have a breeding program to restore the condors - they have successfully reintroduced about forty adults to the wild. The Center sits on a huge tract of land outside Boise - there is a beautiful view of the surrounding land with a backdrop of mountains. No photos for that view - hot, sunny, dry and hazy. Pretty much a desert.
Off to the rodeo.
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