We visited with Christine and Bob. The weather was sunny and warm. Saturday, we drove up to Ridgefield to visit The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum.
Edward Tufte had a solo show of outdoor as well as indoor sculptures: Seeing Around. We were fortunate to arrive at the museum just before his afternoon tour. Skewed Machine was in front of the museum.
Mr. Tufte, with one of his dogs, explaining Porta the Dog, series of 5. 
The stainless steel series Escaping Flatland 1-10 illustrate reflections and shadows. 
Rocket Science #2 (Lunar Lander). Mr. Tufte is very interested in the change of the shadows that his sculptures form throughout the day. 
The base of Millstone I , which weighs 14,000 pounds, rotates freely when given a push. Mr. Tufte demonstrates. 
Magritte's Smile, an aluminum casting, was placed to appear to be in an aquarium.
Inside the museum, Bike Rides: The Exhibition explored the increasing relevance of bicycles in contemporary art and culture. Cannondale Bicycles, Seven Cycles, Lance Armstrong, Mexican Pride, Puerto Rico Schwinn Club and others had bicycles on display. 
Seven Cycles is the largest custom bike manufacturer in the world and is recognized internationally in the cycling industry as one of the most innovative designers in titanium frames. I was asked, politely, to please put my camera away...
The Bamboo Bike Studio runs weekend workshops in which a participant walks in on Saturday morning and rides away Sunday afternoon with a fully functional, sturdy, single-speed bike with the main frame components made out of bamboo harvested in New Jersey.
The Bike Crab is a radial bike rack that is based on the form of the common blue crab. Artist and fabricator David Gelfman created the Bike Crab to animate space with or without any bicycles. The steel "shell" top provides a flat, table-like surface where cyclists can place their personal items while securing their bikes to the rack.
Sunday's temperatures were in the low 60's and sunny. After a nice breakfast at the Darian Diner, we relaxed with the Sunday paper, the Suduko and the New York Times crossword puzzle. And with Shadow, the lap kitty.
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