Bok Tower, Lake Wales

I took my friend Suki away for a short road trip.  We went to Kissimmee and Celebration.  On our second day we went to Bok Tower Gardens.  The tower is famous for having a carillon and for being built on what passes for a mountain in Florida.  The 'hill' is less than 300 feet high.

Walking through the gardens to the tower

The infinity pool

 

The Genesis Door

The view from the top of the 'mountain'.

 

Through the gardens

  The Pinewood Estate 

 

 

 Back into the Bok Tower gardens and down to the Window by the Pond

Sadly we didn't see any wildlife!

 The tower from the other side of the garden

Orchards of orange trees as we drove home.

Thanks for joining me today
Bernice

Frank Lloyd Wright

Mary and I spent our second day strolling around Oak Park looking at all the houses built by Frank Lloyd Wright or other architects influenced by him.  We also had a guided tour of his home and studio.

The gates to Austin Park

Houses along Forest Avenue, Oak Park

Frank Lloyd Wright's home and studio, Oak Park

Openings high up in the walls to view other rooms

The family bathroom - ensuite with the master bedroom

Lots of patterned glass in the windows and on the ceiling.

Inside the Studio

Other houses in the area

The Unity Temple, Oak Park 

 

 

 I really enjoyed seeing all the architecture in Chicago, especially the Frank Lloyd Wright houses.

Thanks for joining me today.
Bernice

Chicago

I recently spent two weeks in the United States.  I began my trip by meeting my friend Mary in Chicago.   Today I am going to tell you about Day 1 and Day 3.  There will be a separate post for Day 2 which was Frank Lloyd Wright day!

We started our first day by driving downtown to visit the Hull House.  There was a great view of the Chicago skyline from outside the house.

Chicago is on Lake Michigan  and we were able to get some great photos of the lake.

And this was the view back into the city.

The Airbnb we stayed in was very close to the Blue Line.  In fact it was just beyond the back yard!

On our third day together we took the Blue Line downtown.

We went to the Flower Show at Macys.  It wasn't a flower show in the sense that we think of them in the UK.  There were just amazing displays of flowers in the store.

 

Some parts of the building was amazing especially the ceiling in this atrium.

 

We had a wander downtown and went to the Chicago Architectural Center.

There was a model of Chicago and an exhibition about the tallest buildings in the world.

The river in Chicago.

I didn't take as many photos as I would usually do, because I had visited Chicago with Roger in 2017 when I took an enormous amount of photos.  If you haven't already seen them they are here, here, here and here.  A lot - I know!

Thanks for joining me today.
Bernice