Philosophizing in Pennsylvania, Friday, April 4
This morning we woke up near Pittsburgh, where the prediction was rainy and 70. After this winter, a rainy 70 sounded fabulous! I don’t think we got anywhere near 70, but the mid-50s were pleasant enough. And the rain held off while we visited Fallingwater. Fallingwater is a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home about 70 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, and it was designed as a summer home for a wealthy family from that city. They originally envisioned a cottage with a view of the lovely waterfall on the property they owned, but ended up with something very different. Wright designed a home in harmony with the environment, cantilevering the house built on/around huge boulders. The colors, lines and materials of the home reflect the natural surroundings, and that was the guiding principle. The wishes of the homeowners were a distant second. Their adult son was an architect who studied Wright’s work, and he talked them into going along with Wright’s plans. It’s an amazing work...