BOK TOWER

 On Monday Lynda and I went to Bok Tower Gardens.

 Part of our admission was a tour of Pinewood Estate. The winter residence of Charles Buck, the vice President of Bethlehem Steel, from 1932 to 1945.

Two other families owned the property before Bok Tower Gardens purchased the property in 1970.

Each room had a different tile floor pattern and the tiles on the wall were different. The door was bigger then the opening because of  the height of the wall.

 All the doors were beautiful carved cypress wood.

 This side of the room had a Mediterranean decor and the other half of the room had an English decor. These are pocket doors that led out to the frog fountain and the Italian gardens. The pocket door slide into the wall, enabling the screen door to provide cross-ventilation.

 The Steinway piano, and it is signed by Steinway. The piano is on wheels because the house is occasional used for dinner parties and concerts.

 The winding stairway went up to his bedroom.

 All the bedrooms had their own bathrooms. The shower was in the middle of the tub.

 One of the previous owners painted all of the doors white, so all the doors have had to be refinished.

 Each step had a different tile design.

 Lynda sitting in the Italian garden.

 From the frog fountain looking back to the house with the room with the sliding glass door.

 This is the back of the house with the English gardens. It is quite a unique home and we enjoyed the tours by the docents.

 Lynda and I then strolled through the grounds and over to the Bok Tower to hear a carillon concert.

 There are 60 bells in the tower and you can watch the live performance on a screen in an area in the gardens.

 After the performance we met Alex Johnson.  He is in college at University of Rochester for physics. He played percussion instruments and fell in love with the carillon. He is here for 6 month program offered by the resident carillonneur. Alex will be playing the carillons this summer at Longwood and Valley Forge.

 Beautiful gold doors on the tower tell the story of creation.

 We enjoyed looking at all the beautiful and unique flowers.

 Bok's grandmother saying that became his motto to live by. He definitely did it.

The weather was perfect and it was a beautiful day to enjoy this special place.