Peace Arch Park 2012, Part 2 of 2

There is so much to see at this park. Below are 16 more photos, but we were too rushed to see the following sculptures:
        Rock Tree
        Aspiration Tears
        Breaking Wave
        Dance.
These all look very interesting in the brochure. You can see the small pictures that appear in the brochure along with descriptions at http://www.peacearchpark.org/sculpture.htm, but this page will change each year just as the sculptures do, so look soon if you are interested.

We did see "Steelhead," a fish on a tall stand, but it was nowhere near as good as many other steelhead sculptures I've seen in Bellingham over the years so I didn't photograph it.

You can click on any of the pictures to open a larger image in a separate tab. Note that when your cursor is over the larger image the cursor becomes a "magnifying glass." Click to see the image in full size, centered near the cursor position. Right click on the large image to bring up a menu from which you can save the image to your hard drive. I strongly suggest that you put your web browser into full screen (if you have a computer screen large enough that this makes a difference). Don't use F11 or the equivalent because you will need access to the window tabs.

Close the separate tab (or tabs) as you go along so you don't clutter up your browser with a lot of open tabs.

I love this park and its beauty.

Peace Arch as seen from the hill behind the park sign, which
Harry tells me is in Canada so he's afraid to climb up to see it.

Another view from Canadian Hill.

Close-up of arch slogan and flags -- the U.S. flag is beginning to shred as it flaps in the wind.

Two of the landscape gardeners. They told me they are part of a group of about eight who design new plant selections and layouts each year and do the planting and maintenance. I salute and thank them sincerely! I forgot to ask whether they were Canadian or American (or Mexican, for that matter!) -- I had just assumed they were Canadian and forgot to ask.

Benched No. 3. While I was climbing up Canadian Hill taking pictures, and chatting with the gardeners, the other three had gone on to other things, including to this inviting bench with Big Bird behind it.

Tighter grouping, to use in a large-screen close-up (click on the picture).

These pink and white fibrous begonias framed by an interesting plant (close-up follows)
are a complete change from the usual red and white used here in previous years.

"In Love With the Wind," fabricated aluminum.

"Persues," steel, rock, solar panels, LEDs, mirror. Symbolic of relation between heaven and earth.

Perseus questions the relationship between heaven and earth; it is always dynamic, and occasionally strained. Man has at many points tried to bring the two closer together, and this piece is a reference to that relationship. The legs nod to the tower of Babel, and the pendulum is symbolic of the man-made construct of time, which is infinite but still artificial, an allegory of our attempts to grasp heaven.

Close-up of "heaven."

This best shows the pendulum action and earth as a rock.
I liked this, Carol and Harry hated it and didn't stop for a close look.

Another new dahlia near the park entrance.

I took this for our South Yuba River State Park Board of Supervisors. The parking lot is empty because there is a $10 charge. People (including us) park their cars on the streets outside the park for free (next photo). We're having the same problem at our park, even at $5. Mary and I agreed we would pay $3 but Harry and Carol wouldn't pay at any price -- too used to the government providing everything for "nothing" (someone else pays).

A few of the cars parked in the street (not many on this work day). Our car is the farthest -- the street was full when we arrived and that was the closest we could get. Cars are on the side streets, too.