Ward and I recently went to Reading, PA, on a genealogy expedition for his family. The beginning of the trip was described in this post. Since I'm sure you found that post riveting, I will continue with our travels.
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| After piecing together a few more bits of information, we started our morning in the cemetery looking for a marker we hadn't found during our first visit. With some good map skills, we found what we were looking for. (BTW, the cemetery is older than 1944. We're guessing that is when a new wall was built around it.) |
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| We hoped to learn some local history by a visit to the Reading Public Museum. Unfortunately, it didn't open until later in the day. However, we did enjoy the park and arboretum around the museum. The park contains many sculptures including the one of the guitar player you see in front of the museum. |
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| The group was fascinated by this sculpture as we tried to figure out the physics of how it was balanced. |
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| There was also much discussion as to why deer hadn't eaten all of these hostas. |
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| The paths through the arboretum followed along the Wyomissing Creek. |
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| The ducks in the creek liked this protected area to search for food in the mud. |
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| This statue was titled, Efflorescence II. In my simple mind, it looked like a giraffe. |
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This was also a subject for discussion. The conclusion was that it had
something to do with a dam that used to go across the creek. |
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| I understood the name of this sculpture. It was simply titled, Bronze Root. |
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| But I didn't quite get the meaning of the title for this work-Troy. |
Soon we were on our way home. Next time, I'll show you some of the sights we saw along the way.
