There’s something so fun about getting bundled up and trekking to the upper east side (switching subways, walking briskly alongside tourists and afternoon strollers) on a cold and sunny saturday to get to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. With no particular exhibit to see, we wandered through the huge rooms, from one gallery to the next, looking, sketching, musing over whatever caught our eye.

Shawn (a page from his sketchbook below, left) came upon a painting called “Lady with her Pets”, and he’s become fascinated with the painter and the history behind it, while I spent quite a bit of time drawing sculptures.

And with camera in hand ~ I turned off the flash of course, I took a few pictures of my favorites (above): Winslow Homer’s Eagle Head, Manchester, Massachusetts (High Tide), …. by Vuillard’s Interior With Figure Sewing, and an early painting by Monet, Landscape Near Zanndam.

It was time for dinner when we left the museum, and we’d only explored a tiny fraction of it’s many exhibits. I’m looking forward to many more visits on wintery weekends, drawing, musing, and having afternoon tea beside Central Park.

November 11th, 2007