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An Artful Visit

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Detroit Institute of Arts

From our home in Grand Rapids, it’s just over a two hour drive to Detroit. In the past, we were frequent visitors to the “motor city” however we haven’t traveled to Detroit for several years.

Yesterday four of us decided to take a day trip to visit the well-known Detroit Institute of Arts. DIA is located in the downtown area adjacent to Wayne State University

We arrived in the morning and walked through the many halls to view the collections from various geographic areas: Africa, Middle East, Korea, Japan, China.

Ezra and Eden are admiring this French Count and to the right is Kris communicating with a Hindu statue.

After a short lunch break in the museum’s cafeteria we continued viewing other collections for a few hours – modern, British, Dutch and Impressionist.

Below are some of my photos I took of the amazing works of art from our visit:

The museum is extremely well laid out and organized. It’s definitely a first class public attraction.

We very much enjoyed our one-day visit.

If you’re in the Detroit area, it’s worth your time to the stop at the Detroit Institute of Arts.

Written by:

Arnie Lee

Fine Art Photos

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Prints For Sale

Over the decades I’ve pressed my camera shutter many, many times and have amassed a large portfolio of photographs.

My favorites are now available for sale.

Browse through my collections to find one or more to decorate your home or office.

I’ve selected about 50 photos and arranged them into four categories. Prints are available in four sizes: 5×7, 8×10, 11×14 and 13×19 for immediate delivery in USA and Canada.

One of my photos decorating this living room
National Parks Collection
Nature Collection
Travel Collection
Scenic Collection

I hope you enjoy browsing through these collections from my portfolio.  And a big thank you for your interest.

Regards,

Arnie Lee

Spring Ski

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Warm Enough For the Patio

Out west there’s still lots of snow in March for an excursion to the slopes. The Lake Tahoe area is surrounded by lots of ski resorts. We took the hour drive from Reno, NV to Truckee, CA at the north end of the lake to visit Northstar.

I gave up skiing a few years ago, but my son and two of our grandkids are still active.

Here they are ready to hit the slopes
March is the tail end of the skiing season but all of the slopes were open.
You can see that with fewer skiers they had the slopes to themselves. They reported that the snow was a little wet but it didn’t stop them at all from enjoying their outing.
When they finally took their skis off, we went looking for a place to eat outdoors.
We found a nice dining area to enjoy the balmy weather
And the grandkids seemed to take to the pleasant temperatures.

Since our son lives in Reno, we’ve often had the chance to visit the areas around Lake Tahoe. The Northstar ski resort is one of them and I have a feeling that we’ll be back again.

Written by:

Arnie Lee