My Sweetie suggested I play hooky from work on Thursday and travel with her to nearby Gambier, Ohio. The plan was to enjoy the one-weekend-a-year-open-house at the fabulous
Schnormeier Gardens. As plans go, it was a pretty good one. The air was warm and the sky was blue. A perfect day for a pathless ramble. Water, rocks and sculpture abound. The oriental influence is immediately felt. The co-creators, (and owners/residents) of the property, Ted and Ann Schnormeier, mingled with the guests, taking time to share and explain. Nice people. A great experience. Put it on your calendar for next year.
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To celebrate their 50th anniversary in 2007, Ted and Ann had
Alan Cottrill create this scupture |
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The Japanese Garden House overlooks the five upper ponds
and the Serenity Garden |
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| About the only selfie you will ever see me take |
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Draco Terribilis, a 1996 steel sculpture by Lou Ferrario, guards
the Chinese Cup garden |
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"Beginnings", one of a series of bronze sculptures by Charles J. Reina
along the Stream Garden, represents emerging bulbs in the spring. |
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Looked for Monet, but didn't see him at any of the four lily pad
friendly ponds in the Meadow Garden |
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| A sedge of herons |
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"Affirmation of Rejection" by a 2002 steel sculpture by
Michael Kenneth Smith |
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"Fat Man Dancing" (hey, I didn't name these things) A 1999 steel
sculpture by Michael Kenneth Smith |
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"Reflections of a Past Tense" Michael Kenneth Smith's
steel sculpture influenced by Rodin's The Thinker |
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Jiku Silicone Bronze sculpture by Richard Mayer
designed by Ted Schnormeier |
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| The Quarry |
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| The Buddha |
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