Cranbrook’s campus is spectacular! Artistic pleasures abound! We began exploring on the south side of campus at the 2D Art Studios. From here we moved east into a small tree covered and nameless nook of campus. Here we found a quaint pond, yet imaginative little pond that surprised us with its own hidden waterfall. After pausing here to take some photos, we doubled back only slightly to move north past the Triton Pool. The trees lining either edge of the water have already begun to turn color for the impending autumn; bright, burnt orange leaves had dropped along the grey of the cement walkways.
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| 2D Design Studios |
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| Courtyard of Design Studio |
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Nameless Nook
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| Courtyard of Design Studios |
Pushing ever onward, we chose to walk east toward the House and Gardens. Our path slunk downward via a worn and aged cobblestone foot trail. Our uneven step lead us through a darkened patch of oaks and maples and pines, of which, the needles and leaves were so deep in color you could smell the richness of their green.
We emerged from these to find ourselves in an open field, looking upward at the House & Gardens. We came upon the gardens first with the brilliant backside of a cherub’s bottom as he stood holding an eagle atop a fountain; one of many we would find in out pleasure hunt.
The gardens themselves mostly matched the palette of the surrounding ecology: greens and whites with bursts of reds, yellows and purples. The House was a magnificent Tudor mansion. The most dominant impression was green, green, green and between the lens of my camera and M’s, I think we still only soaked up an infinitesimal fraction of the experience.
Still, in our meager attempts we have captured pieces of a beautiful day.
Total mileage: 368.8
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