Grandma Moses and Sacto

On Saturday Sue and I headed up to Sacramento to see Linzi and Sean. We were invited to see the Grandma Moses exhibit in the Crocker museum.

We took Linzi and her friend skillet to a very nice breakfast in the downtown area. We ate outdoors at the garage and had some great food.

After breakfast we visited with Sean and their cats (Nigel and Nermes) nine floors up in the downtown Mariott Residence in. Its a snazzy spot, with granite countertops, a cooking stove (no oven except for microwave)and a bed to die for. Sue hit the bed and there was no museum in her immediate future.

The Crocker museum is a wonderful place to see an exhibit because it is an old fully restored late 19th century mansion. Everything has molding and the design allows you to get up close to the paintings and see the paint strokes and cracks.

It was a wonderful exhibit that had many paintings from various eras. It should that she was an innovator with her art in needle work and ceramic tiles as well as the classic oil paintings. Most of the paintings subjects were horse era Vermont. Many of them were of different seasons. She painted 1500 paintings in her lifetime. About 60 pieces of her work were on display. My favorite paintings were the wedding scene and her ancestral home. The wedding scene was great because it depicted people in various social connections at a wedding. Some people were looking out the window, others were talking romantically while still others were laughing out loud.

Before we left, Linzi and Sean took us out to their favorite Sushi restaurant. I am not usually a tuna fan, but they had Tora which was divine and one that was was briefly seared with a white sauce.. yum. Linzi ordered a Ciao Bella which was fabulous and the Salmon season provided a Salmon shishimi order that was great. Sue, not a fan of Sushi got a wonderful Bento box of Tempura shrimp and veggies. We were back home at 10.

Great Day!

Love
Pat