The French lilac are blooming in wide arcs in the gardens at The Mount, at the end of the lime walk. Standing in the circle of bushes, I watched two swallowtail butterflies touch down for a drink. In the woods yellow iris still show in marshy places, and around the grounds artwork has come in wood and stone, old iron, cast metal and even horsehair cello strings — SculptureNow opens in June (2017) at The Mount in Lenox.
Anabasis by Chris Plaisted gleams near the main house in SculptureNow's 2017 show at The Mount. Photo by Kate Abbott
The terrace at the Mount looks out over the lime walk and the gardens to Stockbridge Bowl.
French Lilac blooms in a wide arc in Edith Wharton's gardens at The Mount.
Vines crowd a collonade with a view over Stockbridge Bowl in Edith Wharton's gardens at The Mount in Lenox.
Swallowtail butterflies sip at the French Lilac in Edith Wharton's gardens at The Mount in Lenox.
Peter Barrett's Bench sits on old iron tools in SculptureNow's 2017 show at The Mount. Photo by Kate Abbott
Lydia Musco's Stack C tapers near the carriage house in SculptureNow's 2017 show at The Mount. Photo by Kate Abbott
The fountain plays in Edith Wharton's gardens at The Mount.
Harold D. Grinspoon's Beauty of Nature bends like giant stems or weathered twigs in SculptureNow's 2017 show at The Mount. Photo by Kate Abbott
James M. Burnes' Nine Piece Ring joins massive wooden links in in SculptureNow's 2017 show at The Mount. Photo by Kate Abbott
