Wanderlust Wednesday

Angel Falls, Venezuela

Have you seen the animated Pixar film Up?

If you have, you've probably watched the mysterious landscape depicted with absolute wonder... And wondered if it was even real... Well, my friends, it is.

I googled it. Right after watching the movie at home one day. Holy moly, it's fantastically real!

It looks like you'd need a helicopter to get around but if that's ever in your budget (and good for you!) then I'd go for it! I really would.

Just check out that amazing waterfall!

There's some pretty awesome geologic forces at work down in Venezuela!

Kisses,

K

(Image via Pinterest.)

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Wanderlust Wednesday

Havasu Falls

Somewhere in the Grand Canyon in Arizona lies Havasu Falls. I've yet to have the opportunity to go to the Grand Canyon but if I ever get to, I want to go here. It's a place that just seems steeped in mystery and history to me. The history of the earth and it's peoples. The stunning vista it provides fuels my desire for adventure.

I've always dreamed of rafting through the canyon and stopping along the way to make camp near places like Havasu Falls. That being said, I have no clue where in the canyon it lies so I'm not sure that's even possible... Lol.

A girl can dream though, right?

Kisses,

K

(Image via Pinterest.)

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Wanderlust Wednesday: Falling Waters

I was born in Pennsylvania and remember studying Frank Lloyd Wright's Falling Water in elementary school but being too young to go.. :/ You had to be at least nine years old.*

But ever since then I've always wanted to go some day.

(How gorgeous is this shot of it in the full thralls of Autumn by Robert Ruschak?)

"Home Facts:

• Description: A mountain retreat for the Edgar J. Kaufmann family of Pittsburgh, owners of Kaufmann's Department Store:
• Residents: Edgar Kaufmann Sr. (1885-1955), Liliane S. Kaufmann (1889-1952), and their son, Edgar Kaufmann jr. (1910-1989). The home was owned and used by the Kaufmann family until 1963, when it was entrusted by Edgar Kaufmann, jr., to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy.
• Design and construction:Designed in 1935 by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) The main house constructed 1936-38, followed by the guest house construction in 1939
• Final cost: $155,000 (Included $8,000 architect’s fees, and $4,500 for installed walnut furnishings)
• Square footage: The main house uses 5,330 square feet. (2885 sq. ft. interior; 2445 sq. ft. terraces) while the guest house uses 1,700 square. feet.
• Paint Colors: Wright's desire to create a unified and organic composition limited the color palette at Fallingwater. Only two colors were used throughout: a light ochre for the concrete and his signature Cherokee red for the steel. PPG Pittsburgh Paints has worked with Fallingwater to develop eco-friendly paints that withstand the environmental challenges of the site. They have also created a series of colors inspired by the building and its surroundings. For more information click here.
• Visitation: 4.5 million people since opening our doors in 1964, with 160,950 in 2011.
• Preservation: The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy has preserved Fallingwater since 1963, with a major structural repair in 2002 strengthening Fallingwater’s cantilevers to prevent collapse and future deflection.
• Surroundings: Surrounded by the WPC’s 5,000 acre Bear Run Nature Reserve.

Notable Facts:

• Fallingwater was featured on the cover of Time Magazine, January 1938
• Fallingwater is the only major Wright-designed house to open to the public with its furnishings, artwork, and setting intact
• Frank Lloyd Wright once suggested that the house’s concrete surfaces be coated in gold leaf."

Frank Lloyd Wright is both mine and many others favorite architect for a reason... His work is simply amazing and speaks to the eyes and the soul.

If I ever get a chance to get up near there again I'm definitely going! Would you?

Kisses,

K

(Photo via Archdaily.com and © Robert Ruschak – Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, Facts verbatim via fallingwater.org)

*I know, I know, I've always had a nerdy and artistic bent to me but I love that.

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Follow the Sound of the Water...

"Falling the sound of the water,

Beating down like a drum.

Follow the sound of the water,

A twinkling, constant, hum.

Follow along the waterfall trail,

To wonders you've yet to behold.

Follow them down to the river's sweet edge,

Where time never ever grows old.

Follow the water ever changing anew,

Let its sound cleanse your soul.

Follow the water,

It's waiting for you.

Waiting to make you feel whole."

Krista Carson Shankara

It's Friday! So I thought I'd share some pics of the last time I was in the Olympic National Park in the Valley of the Waterfalls. Whenever given the option this is what I love to do with my weekend! (Hopefully our parks and government won't stay shut down for long!)

I hope they calm you and inspire you the way these magical national treasures inspire me...

 

 

 

 

 

Hope you have a great weekend! Don't forget to support our National Parks System!

Kisses,

K

(Photos and poem all by Krista Carson.)

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