Consider this blog entry a recommendation for a jaunt with friends to Northwest AR, Bentonville in particular. Just feast your eyes. Tomorrow you can visually & metaphorically feast your taste buds.
BTW, it helps to have a friend house you in her lovely home---tho 21C museum hotel is always a good choice for those with deeper pockets than mine.
Springtime is a beautiful time of year to visit. Dogwoods, redbuds, and snowballs are all popping out in greeting.
Mildred B. Cooper Memorial Chapel, built by same designer as
Thorncrown Chapel in Eureka Springs, AR.
But this one......was just right up the road in Bella Vista, AR.
Just go through the doorway to see our "Father's World."
Even on an overcast day the outside peeks in and gives light.
Purple pathway.....
For the physically fit, the footpath from Compton Gardens can take you to the
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
Man's tree in the forefront of God's trees.
Beauty inside and out awaits each Crystal Bridges visitor.
In AR even Tom the Haymaker brings a unique form of beauty in the middle of a field. He rolls his hay into people.
Bentonville is 345 miles from Memphis. It's worth the drive---especially when you make it with friends!
