Frank Lloyd Wright's home and studio

 Frank Lloyd Wright - Home & Studio (1889- 1909)

Oak Park IL

This Complex served as Wright's primary residence, studio and laboratory during the first 20 years of his career from 1889 to 1909.

The Home and Studio is the Birthplace of the Prairie Style of Architecture and a Historic House Museum.

Most of the sculptures on the exterior of the Home and studio were designed by Wright's friend and collaborator, Richard Bock.

These include the two boulder figures flanking the entrance of the studio, which features a man crouching and breaking free from the ground beneath him (above the column on the right in this photo)

Wright raised six Children with his first wife, Catherine Tobin and designed such famous buildings as The Robie House, Larkin Building and Unity Temple.

Many of his Trademark designs can be seen in their Infancy, as he experimented with concepts before sharing them with Clients.

Or take a tour...

Sharing with Tuesday's Treasures

Today's quote:

Sometimes we need to be alone, to simply do nothing but enjoy the sound of silence.

Today's art:

Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (American painter) 1876 - 1958

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And while you are enjoying the beautiful construction by Frank Lloyd Wright, or Miss Smith's cranes, here is a bit of trivial world facts. Not politics though!!

I subscribe to Keith Kron's Substack, -Weekly Prayer. February 16, 2025

Just one paragraph gave me some world statistics that I wanted to share, thanks to Transparency International.

We pray for an end to corruption worldwide. Transparency International released its 2024 list of levels of corruption of countries around the world. 

• The least corrupt countries in order are Denmark, Finland, Singapore, New Zealand. Luxembourg, Norway, Switzerland, Sweden, the Netherlands, Australia, Ireland, and Iceland (the latter three were tied) are in the top 10. 

• The countries with the most corruption were South Sudan, Somalia, Venezuela, Syria, Yemen, Libya, Eritrea, Equatorial Guinea, Nicaragua, and the Sudan and North Korea (the latter two tied).

• Russia ranks 154^th.

• The United States is tied with the Bahamas in 28^th.

• Canada is ranked as the 15^th least corrupt country.

• Mexico is ranked 140^th.

• Italy ranked 54^th continues its policing in the Palermo area to end organized crime. Over 150 people suspected of mafia connections were arrested.  

We pray for justice and fairness worldwide. (bullet points mine)

This is the order which Keith published the information in. And he gave many other interesting things associated with Feb. 16. (Sorry I didn't have room to include this on that day's post)

If you’re looking to celebrate today is also National Almond Day, National Tartar Sauce Day, World Whale Day, Do a Grouch a Favor Day, Innovation Day, Library Lovers Day, and No One Eats Alone Day—even if all you eat is almonds with tartar sauce. We say a prayer of remembrance for these observations. 

And finally, a prayer for perpetual kindness, attention, and giving. A father in Fort Worth, Texas, this week out at breakfast with his family of five, learned from his server that the bill had been paid for by another customer. The server brought the $85 dollar receipt to show the note written on it that read, “Thank you for being a great dad.” The father also saw the note on the back of the receipt that read. “Thank you for being the dad they need you to be regardless of who’s watching. We need more men like you, Thank you for letting us see your love for them all.” The note was ended with, “from a retired army medic.”

 

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Politics here...kind of.

And I also enjoyed on Sunday last...an interview by Jen Rubin with Heather Cox Richardson on the Integrity of the President. If the link doesn't work, it may be because I'm a subscribed member of The Contrarian, bu the free version also has a lot of information to keep up with our wild times.