About this blog:
We love traveling. We always capture tons of pictures from wherever we've been and we like sharing our traveling experiences with our friends. So, this is how this blog began - as short stories with pictures in an attempt to share where we've been and what we've seen. Even not stories , but just notes. Nothing serious and big. Mostly I'm writing these stories on a rush and sometimes even don't have time to re-read them. So, I apologize in advance for possible typos here and there. There can be some factual errors or inaccuracies and they even might be corrected one day. Don't hesitate to contact me if you find something that needs to be fixed and don't expect these notes to be a perfect novels ;) The stories in this blog are not in chronological order, but I will try to remember to put the date of the trip. So... welcome to this blog and, hopefully, you will find something interesting and have the same feeling we had when we were there. Let's go...
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Sunday, April 25, 2021

Chihuly in Botanic garden

Botanic garden is a great place to spend some time looking at the flowers and plants. But what if we combine nature and man made stuff? I am thinking about glass...

 
Not any glass, actually, but very special glass. Dale Ghihuly's glass.




He learned how to melt and fuse glass when he was young and he was bored with his studies. So he dropped out of the university and studied art in Florence. He began experimenting with glassblowing in 1965 and... soon enough he became famous. You can find his work as part of decor of many fancy buildings and as a part of museum expositions. But... what can be better than to enjoy this art mixed with real plants and flowers? Probably enjoying it in the dark with lightning making everything looking so mysterious...
 




























Click here to see the same artwork but covered with snow - Chihuly Glass under the snow in the Botanic Garden
Click here to see the same place under bright November sun - Chihuly glass in Botanic Garden

Pictures were taken on September 26, 2014.

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