{"id":55,"date":"2008-03-26T14:26:49","date_gmt":"2008-03-26T18:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/?p=55"},"modified":"2015-12-27T22:58:57","modified_gmt":"2015-12-28T03:58:57","slug":"river-farm-american-horticultural-headquarters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2008\/03\/river-farm-american-horticultural-headquarters\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Break"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While on spring break, my boys and I took an outing to one of my favorite spots to view nature and get inspiration for drawing, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ahs.org\/river_farm\/index.htm\" title=\"River Farm\">River Farm<\/a> Park, which is also the headquarters to the American Horticultural Society.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/river-farm0203b.JPG\" title=\"River Farm, American Horticultural Headquarters by Piers Spencer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/river-farm0203b.JPG\" alt=\"River Farm, American Horticultural Headquarters by Piers Spencer\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I drew an invitation to one of their galas, which can be seen here on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/fineart.html\" title=\"American Horticultural Gala Invitation\">my website<\/a>. Anyway, we had been coming here for years so I thought it would be a good break from being indoors. It was a beautiful day, and although the weather was generally still cold, this was an exceptional summer-like, warm day in March. As we all branched out to do our thing, my 15 year old went exploring, I went to draw and little did I know that my oldest was spying on me, taking some beautiful photos for this blog:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/new-bridge0204b.JPG\" title=\"New Woodrow Wilson Bridge, photo by Piers Spencer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/new-bridge0204b.thumbnail.JPG\" alt=\"New Woodrow Wilson Bridge, photo by Piers Spencer\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/the-haha-wall0208b.JPG\" title=\"River Farm, HaHa Wall. Photo by Piers Spencer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/the-haha-wall0208b.thumbnail.JPG\" alt=\"River Farm, HaHa Wall. Photo by Piers Spencer\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/rf-big-tree0209b.JPG\" title=\"River Farm Big Tree. Photo by Piers Spencer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/rf-big-tree0209b.thumbnail.JPG\" alt=\"River Farm Big Tree. Photo by Piers Spencer\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/rf-sleeping-under-tree0211b.JPG\" title=\"Sleeping Under Big Tree, River Farm. Photo by Piers Spencer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/rf-sleeping-under-tree0211b.thumbnail.JPG\" alt=\"Sleeping Under Big Tree, River Farm. Photo by Piers Spencer\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/rf-tree-branchclouds0213b.JPG\" title=\"Tree Branch\/Clouds @ River Farm. Photo by Piers Spencer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/rf-tree-branchclouds0213b.thumbnail.JPG\" alt=\"Tree Branch\/Clouds @ River Farm. Photo by Piers Spencer\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/rf-drawing-place0207_1b.JPG\" title=\"River Farm, Drawing Place. Photo by Piers Spencer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/rf-drawing-place0207_1b.JPG\" alt=\"River Farm, Drawing Place. Photo by Piers Spencer\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And this is what I was drawing:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/river-farm-sketch-ref5922b.JPG\" title=\"River Farm Sketch Reference. Photo by C. Ashley Spencer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/river-farm-sketch-ref5922b.JPG\" alt=\"River Farm Sketch Reference. Photo by C. Ashley Spencer\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/river-farm-sketch5939b.JPG\" title=\"River Farm Sketch. Sketch and Photo by C. Ashley Spencer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/river-farm-sketch5939b.JPG\" alt=\"River Farm Sketch. Sketch and Photo by C. Ashley Spencer\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While on spring break, my boys and I took an outing to one of my favorite spots to view nature and get inspiration for drawing, River Farm Park, which is also the headquarters to the American Horticultural Society. I drew an invitation to one of their galas, which can be seen here on my website. Anyway, we had been coming here for years so I thought it would be a good break from being indoors. It was a beautiful day, and although the weather was generally still cold, this was an exceptional summer-like, warm day in March. As we all branched out to do our thing, my 15 year old went exploring, I went to draw and little did I know that my oldest was spying on me, taking some beautiful photos for this blog: And this is what I was 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