entrance to Nott Memorial - 08Oct2015 If you're on the Union College campus a week from today (Thursday), you'll surely be climbing the steps to the main entrance of the Nott Memorial, as the students in the photo to the right did today. Unlike students who have already experienced the unique beauty of the Nott (see, for example, this posting), you're going to stop to take in the gorgeous tiled floor, and then look up at two levels of circular balconies, with dozens of stained glassed windows, and finally the grand dome that reaches 100 feet above you. Once reoriented, you're likely to check out the HNA 2015 Book Fair, before heading to the second level to enjoy Ion Codrescu's haiga exhibit at the Mandeville Gallery, which will whet your appetite for the Artist Lecture and Opening Reception, from 5 PM to 6:30 PM.
Because it's likely to be twilight by the time you're leaving the Nott Memorial for dinner, I'd like to suggest you pencil in a very short stroll with a friend or two to Jackson's Garden before your ample buffet lunch break ends and you head to one of the three Conference presentations scheduled for 2 P.M. I've praised the oldest cultivated college garden in the nation elsewhere, at this link, where you will find photos and can take a video walk through the Garden. For now, here's a slideshow with a half dozen photos taken just before 2 P.M. today, in a portion of the Garden nearest the entrance. Not seen are trails along a lovely creek, a large gazebo, a field for frisbee, and more. In a week, there will be more fall colors to make the 8 acres of formal gardens and woodland even more inviting.
Because it's likely to be twilight by the time you're leaving the Nott Memorial for dinner, I'd like to suggest you pencil in a very short stroll with a friend or two to Jackson's Garden before your ample buffet lunch break ends and you head to one of the three Conference presentations scheduled for 2 P.M. I've praised the oldest cultivated college garden in the nation elsewhere, at this link, where you will find photos and can take a video walk through the Garden. For now, here's a slideshow with a half dozen photos taken just before 2 P.M. today, in a portion of the Garden nearest the entrance. Not seen are trails along a lovely creek, a large gazebo, a field for frisbee, and more. In a week, there will be more fall colors to make the 8 acres of formal gardens and woodland even more inviting.
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