Reading April's blog over the years I have come to "know" The Center. Now I finally saw it for myself. The peaceful hits you the minute you enter the grounds. Its a calm nurturing place and it seems to wash away your troubles. April spends a lot of time giving art classes and also taking art classes here. The Center is an amazing place. Here's what I found on their website:
The Center was conceived as a dream of the late Reverend Paul T. Sanders. That dream became a reality in 1932 and has prospered over the last seventy-five years. It is still in the process of fulfillment. The dream is more than a place—it is a facility, a program, and a philosophy. Most of all, The Center is about people.
There is art, pre-school, camps, retreats, a little chapel which holds regular services, and even a farm.
The Log Cabin Center for the Arts
The Wayside Chapel
Herb Cottage
inside The Lodge
The office of The Children's Farm
the barn on The Children's Farm
the vegetable garden
the barn is filled with animals
love
little porkers
even some horses
the rooster was checking me out to make sure I was behaving myself
check out the peeling paint
zooming in
at the pre-scahool
detail of the carvings over the mantle
this donkey was carved from April's drawing
sit a spell ... take a load off
a swim to end the day with April's daughter Julie
another new friend ... Missy
2 comments:
I'm glad you got to see it Uta! I feel so lucky that I get to go here regularly!
I was wondering if you would catch up to your sights and sounds...and I see you did..So great to see it Uta.
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