Sunnyslope Rock Garden
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While I was putting together this web page, it struck me that building a web site and building a rock garden share a certain kind of long-term obsession. As a photographer, almost every day something catches my eye, and I add another image to my collection. Over the years, the vast, original and unplanned thing known asJoe Orman's Photo Pages has been created. Looking back, I can only guess at the cumulative amount of effort I've invested, and can only hope that others find joy and beauty in the result. In the same way, Grover Cleveland Thompson spent 22 years adding concrete arches and statues in his front yard, and decorating them with "found" items -- pieces of rock, broken glass and ceramic. Thompson died in 1976, but his work is not forgotten. The house's current owner has preserved the folk art collection, and has made it accessible to the public as the Grover Cleveland Thompson Museum. Behold, and gaze in wonder upon his labors.
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Directions: 10023 N. 13th Place (From the intersection of Dunlap Avenue and 7th Street, northeast on Cave Creek Road for 3/4 mile, right on Cinnabar Avenue, in two blocks left on 13th Place). As of this writing, the rock garden is open from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on the first Friday of each month.
Last visited: March 2011.
Standard disclaimer: Sites are described for entertainment purposes only, as they were at the time of my last visit. I can not vouch for the current condition of the site or its accessibility.