I think I mentioned that we planned on ~ and went ~ to the Denver Botanical Gardens. In the distance I see this colorful object....and as we approached it, I said "that's a Chihuly"! Who else would construct this colorful and crazy plant bloom/spike/weirdness? It was really beautiful. I love his work.
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The gardens are huge. The Japanese section was beautiful and I took a ton of photos.
This one turned out strange looking....I don't know why the lily pads washed out, I guess because the sky was so blue. The reflection of the clouds was disturbed by the ripples in the water. The water was very dark, and I read that they put a food-safe black dye into the water to reduce algae ~ and as a side benefit, it made the reflection of the sky really pop.
I have to say, it was really hot that day, at 97. I was hot and sweaty after that, and a bit dehydrated until I found a few water fountains. It was fun though! It's worth seeing if you're traveling through.
The Denver Orthodox Cathedral. It's beautiful, and we had a great time at the enthronement! I saw a few people I knew! That was a surprise.
Our new Metropolitan Constantine....AXIOS!!
The ceiling of a smaller chapel in the cathedral. So beautiful!
I'll leave ya with this photo I took a few days ago. These are lenticular clouds....it was early in the morning, which is why it's so dark.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
Love, 365
That's an impressive Cathedral. The painting on the ceiling is impressive too.
ReplyDeleteThat was a hot day you chose to see the gardens but I suppose my St days are like that now. So worth it, beautiful flowers
I do have photos of the ceiling in the Cathedral, but the one I posted was in a smaller chapel, probably used for baptisms (since there was a baptismal font in it) and other small events. I will have to post the ones in the Cathedral itself ~ which is really overwhelming but very beautiful. I would say if you want to spend some time viewing it properly, they would need to install recliners (haha that would be nice).
DeleteOooh those clouds are awesome!! Great photo. I love Dale Chiluys work. When the Balogio was built in Vegas years ago I was in town for a conferece. it's the hotel all were talking about so we walked over there. The lobby ceiling is all his glass work and I saw, Oh this is a Dale Chihuly piece and this lady stranger standing next to me said, "well aren't you a smarty pants" I laughed I wasn't sure how she meant that so I went with her being funny....still not sure. But you just know his work if you've seen it.
ReplyDeleteI was in Vegas for a dental conference and saw an exhibit. I first saw him on TV, installing some monstrosity which was just gorgeous. He like the large installments ~ I watched as he made those frilly plate type things, so colorful! And the display was gorgeous. He also did an exhibit here in Albuquerque at one of the art museums.
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