Marita goes Walkabout

So Philadelphia... I was going to see what it is all about without any expectations. (Well, I was expecting to have a lovely Philly Cheese Steak at least... :) And I had one.... but I had a better one in Memphis for sure.) I had a good time in Philly though. Visited the first US penitentiary where they tried solitary confinement so the inmates would have time to think about what they had done. Until they realised they all went batty. Went to a Magic Garden... Basically an artist who illegally started building walls and paths and sticking all sorts of stuff (tiles, crockery, parts of bicycles etc, etc, etc) to these walls and paths in a mosaic-way on someone's vacant section. When the owner who lived elsewhere realised, he demanded it all be taken down but by then the towns-folk had fallen in love with it, so they petitioned for it to be kept as is. Somehow they formed a community trust and bought the land. On the whole Philly is interesting, has lots of history around the const...

So I went a bit snap-happy at the Museum of Fine Art. Saw so many of the pictures I love. Not everyone's cup of tea, I know. But it is my cup of tea. Looking Glass with embroidered frame (and me in the looking glass)