Liz and I are visiting Helen in San Diego, and today we explored a little of Balboa Park. Our friend David Miles, trainee docent for the Museum of Art, took us on a visit through three sections of the museum that he has studied, explaining in wonderful detail about the background and history of an art piece and the period of the artist, known and unknown. He is in the first semester of a four-semester long docent training, and I can see why learning to be a docent is so intensive at this wonderful museum! It was quite informative and enjoyable. Afterwards, we lunched at the nearby little plaza restaurant, then David had to hurry back to his afternoon docent training session.
We wandered back to our car via the small sculpture garden--in which the piece below is featured:
The small garden reminds a little of the much larger sculpture garden at MaryHill Museum on the Columbia Gorge, another "must see" for anyone interested in art and which is shown in this blog from a few years past--I should talk to David about MaryHill if he has never been there. I would like to re-visit MaryHill after the recent Museum expansion there.
Yesterday, we hiked along a nature trail on the strand going to Coronado--the bird/wildlife preserve protected by the Navy is along the entire length of the trail, and fenced off to protect from human intrusion. It was lovely day, and we saw plenty of birds, jack rabbits, and other critters.
After the hike, we lunched at the Coronado Hotel--lovely and the food was great! It was a nice break after helping Helen do a little more packing and sorting of household items as she prepares for the last of her new carpet installation.
