We hung out with Will and Kerri for the day. Woo!
June 25th
Red Reeds on Logs (2016)
For some reason we couldn't get a flight out today that was reasonable. We went to the botanical garden, which had a Chihuly exhibit going on. Exploring commenced!
Float Boat (2014)
Balls in a boat!
Koda study #1 and #2 (2017)
Dragonfly (not made of glass).
Robin (also not made of glass).
Woodpecker (2017)
Just kidding!
Sapphire Star (2010)
Enhance.
Enhance.
The Lillian Goldman Fountain of Life by Charles E. Tefft (1905)
With butts!
Blue Polyvitro Crystals (2006)
They look like giant ice cubes.
Opaline and Rose Quarts Seaforms (201?)
It's almost a squid.
Big orange bowls!
Oyster Grey Seafoam Set (1981) and various drawings
Oh! I know this! If you hit the middle bit with an arrow three times it'll defeat the boss.
Macchia sets (1980s)
Soft Cylinders (1980s)
Macchia set (1980s)
Palazzo Ducale Tower (1996)
Reflections!
More reflections!
Nuutajarvi Drawing (1995)
All the types of rice!
First half of the Tree of Plant Life - Algae through Ginkos
Part 2 - Flowering plants.
It is a large lovely garden.
Big yellow spike ball in front of the conservatory.
I was not intending to catch this expression, but it's great.
A little hanging hibiscus flower.
Yucca and....other plants.
I like all the plants.
Beeeeeeee!
Oh right! Spiky ball!
Squiggles!
Cones!
Into the greenhouse.
Persian Pond and Fiori (2017)
They look like giant lotus leaves.
Fun with reflections.
I think they look like white/blue flamingos.
Dan in the gardens.
This cool flower thing.
I feel like this is sticking its tongue out at me.
This tree might have a problem. Apparently it's a type of cacao tree.
White Belugas (2017)
I don't know if this is a flower or a root or what, but it has an interesting texture.
Like...having poison ivy.
Neat little red lantern flowers.
Giant corn? Weird pinecone? Dinosaur flower?
Giant flower poof!
Hand for scale.
Macchia Forest (2017)
Bowls on sticks.
The outside bits are neat too.
Crazy star flower.
Outside into the gardens of the greenhouse.
Ducks in the art!
It was a little damp while we were here, but it was a nice day in general.
The water reflections were neat.
Art!
Ladies watching ducks.
Dan and Scarlet and Yellow Icicle Tower (2013)
Enhance.
Enhance.
A few storm clouds up there.
Neon 206 (2017)
I feel like this would look cooler at night.
Garden!
Staghorn fern. I think this might be related to that seeing eye blob in Big Trouble in Little China.
White Tower with Fiori (2017)
I like the spots.
Some iridescent spikes.
Tourists and the blue things.
Blue things!
Blue things now with green spikes!
And also purple spikes!
And whatever these blue things are!
These are more globular than the others.
Dan for scale.
Art imitating plants.
Enhance.
Enhance.
Back into the main room with the blue flamingos.
Ah! A smaller tree of life for plants.
And back to this guy - Sol del Citron (2014)
The entrance to the gardens.
A few more little Chihulys.
Cypress Green Chandelier (2005)
Mineral Blue Chandelier (2016)
Peridot Green Chandelier (2016)
I wonder why the first one was made so much earlier than the others.
Bye botanical garden! It was fun.
We went back to our hotel in Newark and flew out the next morning.
This concludes our adventures for today.
