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Title
Spalding Footbridge - 1
Artist
Mary Deal
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
The footbridge on the property known as the Spalding Estate. Spalding House, also known as the Cooke-Spalding House, is also known as Nuumealani. The Hawaiian name translates to Heavenly Terrace. Anna Rice Cooke gave it that name and commissioned it. The house, together with its gardens and art museum, covers three and one half acres in Makiki Heights, Honolulu, Hawaii.
This property was recently put up for sale. I am happy that I had taken a couple tours there and have some stunning images. This property contained the gardens and footpaths of ancient Hawaiians. They have been kept the same as they always were when in use. The property boasts rare trees, plants and flowers. The art museum changed motifs and displays constantly. It was such a fantastic tour both times. More of my images will son grace this collection.
Many others have labored to keep this property maintained. From 1928 to 1941, the Rev. K. H. Inagaki landscaped the gardens, incorporating the design related Zen principle of shizen, which is naturalness and absence of artificiality. Inagaki carefully selected the rocks and their placement to emphasize the property’s steep natural terrain, transforming a barren ravine into a classical Japanese garden stroll. Local landscape architect Leland Miyano updated the garden in the late 1990s, making it less formal and planting it with native and non invasive alien flora. In 2000, his work earning the gardens the prestigious American Society of Landscape Architects Millennium Medallion for garden preservation.
Spalding House itself was maintained and operated by the Honolulu Museum of Art. They offer ever changing exhibits, a restaurant with the most amazing coffee, deserts and simple meals, in addition to art around the grounds and the views! What views! You can look out over the top of Honolulu to Diamond Head and to the Ocean.
SPECIAL FEATURE:
Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery - Best of the Best - 1-20-23
FEATURED:
Hawaii - 10-10-23
Just Perfect - 6-02-23
Hawaiiana - 3-01-21
No Place Like Home - 2-28-21`
The artist, Mary Deal, is an Amazon best-selling, award-winning, multi-genre author of mystery/thrillers, romance, a short story collection, a writers' reference book, and self-help. Read about her here: http://tinyurl.com/3z8pm3f
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July 16th, 2020
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CA, CA - United States
Beautiful. Congratulations on Best of the Best in WFS! FL
Mary Deal replied:
Thank you. These old gardens are a place I will visit again on my next trip back to Hawaii.
Iola, WI - United States
Congratulations on your Best of the Best feature in WF&S! Excellent work! L&F
Mary Deal replied:
Thank you. These gardens were an exceptional place where so much history can be felt.
Punta Gorda, FL - United States
Spectacular Spalding Estate Footbridge composition, lighting, shading, excellent colors and artwork! Congratulations on your well deserved Special Feature of the Week! F/L
Wyoming, MN - United States
Congratulations on your "Best of the Best" feature in Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery
Bowling Green, KY - United States
Congratulations on your "Best of the Best" feature in Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery! Beautiful work!
Cedar City, UT - United States
Congratulations on your Best of the Best homepage feature in Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery!...L
Iola, WI - United States
Dear Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery Group Member, You are to be congratulated on your achievement of getting your beautiful piece of artwork chosen to be featured in our “Best of the Best” section of our homepage. This is truly an honor to be selected for this special feature. If your works are featured, it is always an honor, but this honor is above and beyond what one sees most of the time. It is excellently done and presented and deserves a special place on our homepage. Happy sales to you till we meet again.
South Shields, Ty - United Kingdom
Beautifully captured! It looks as if Mother Nature has got the upper hand here!
Pahrump, NV - United States
What a beautiful, lush setting. This is gorgeous. L/F Featured in Hawaiiana. Aloha nui.
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