Frank Lloyd Tigger

RT and I had another really busy day today. Up early, at my mom’s house at 9 am. Then we drove to Fallingwater.

We took the Pennsylvania Turnpike and exited at Donegal. They were already quite decorated for Halloween. Usually, that would make me nuts, but in this instance, I’m thinking it’s more civic pride than anything else.


There were three other “SteelerCrows” at the exit, on top of this one. I got a good look at most of them when I exited on the way to Fallingwater, but I didn’t have my camera ready, so I took this one on the way back home.

So our first stop on the day was at Fallingwater.


I’ve been here at least two previous times, but they were all prior to a major renovation that has happened within the last 10 years.


This is the “official” view of Fallingwater. It’s a beautiful house, and so unique. The only down-side? Our guide. Tended to pause for really long times. Between thoughts. It was REALLY annoying. We’re lucky that the creek was low, or we wouldn’t have been able to hear a word she said either. Serious “low talker.” Good information, but the presentation was lacking.


After Fallingwater, we zipped on over to Kentuck Knob. I’ve visited Fallingwater, the Darwin Martin House, Taliesin West … Kentuck Knob is by far my favorite. It’s the most live-able of his houses and I just felt at peace the entire time I was in the house. It was great.

Kentuck Knob was built for the Hagan family and is currently owned by an English family. It’s one of the later FLW homes, and one of the ones he “signed.” That’s the red tile that’s pictured with RT.


This fountain is a mini-waterfall just outside of the master suite that the Hagans put in when they decided that they wanted a little “taste” of Fallingwater. (They were friends of the Kauffmans, the family that built Fallingwater).


This patio is one of the signature design elements of the house. At the end of the patio is the dining room.

Finally, when I was a kid, we’d occasionally go to Ohiopyle. There was a spot on the Youghiogheny River that had a bunch of shade and a bunch of boulders. You could splash in the river and sunbathe or swim or sit on the shore. It was just a lot of fun. I didn’t have a chance to poke around Ohiopyle State Park to find that really cool spot, but I did stop long enough to show RT a little piece of the river



Hurricane Knitters tomorrow (Wednesday) night. I have absolutely no clue what knitting I’ll be taking with me. We’ll see where the wind blows tomorrow.

Busy Tiggers

Tigger and I have been quite busy since our last post. On Friday, we had a few errands to run at the Lake, then I baked two batches of chocolate chip cookies in anticipation of a cocktail party we hosted in honor of the arrival of my mom’s friends from Copenhagen. A good time was had by all.


Saturday morning dawned with a beautiful patchwork of clouds in the sky. We had to leave the Lake by 8:30 am in order to make it to Buffalo in time for the first stop on our Frank Lloyd Wright tour. The sky would be a common theme in this 300+ mile day of driving.


We had fun at the Darwin Martin House. They are in the middle of a very major renovation, and I will make a point of going back when the restoration is finished. The above photo is actually of the carriage house, not the main house, which is covered in scaffolding. The carriage house made a better picture.

Yeah, I’m a Wright fan. Tomorrow, mom, Jette, Hannah (our Danish guests) and I are going to Fallingwater and Kentuck Knob, so it will be a busy day. I’ll return home after the FLW tours while the traveling trio is off to Charlottesville, Va., and plantation hunting in the American South.


The sky on Saturday was awesome all day, and I took a stupid number of pictures. I won’t bore you with the lot, but here’s ONE additional one.


Today, my phone rang at 7:45 am, and mom reported that we were leaving for Phipps Conservatory and the Dale Chihuly exhibit at 9 am.


It’s pretty cool. If you’re in the area, I recommend it. It’s at Phipps until Nov. 1. I’ll certainly be dragging the Hubster over for the evening viewing some time between now and then.


I had previously seen a Chihuly exhibit at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art.


Some of this stuff was familiar from that


But I was really impressed by how seamlessly this installation works with the Phipps. It was very cool and it was quite an enjoyable morning.

I’m almost through with my first pair of Cat Bordhi baby socks (“test socks”). A very quick knit. I’ll take some pictures of those, plus my Fleece Artist socks on their kick-ass Turtle Daddy sock blockers around the FLW trip tomorrow.

Hope you enjoyed the pictures of our field trips! Back to “normal” hopefully by the end of the week. Including Hurricane Knitters on Wednesday night. Be there or be square!