The company that Mark works for gives all of their employees one Friday afternoon off per month so that they can schedule doctor's appointments, repairmen, etc. Since Mark has been here in Denver he hasn't done much with his afternoon off but now that I'm around things are a-changin'!
This past Friday we took advantage of the beautiful fall weather we have been having and we decided to go to the Denver Botanic Gardens to see the Chihuly exhibit before it left. It's only scheduled to be here through the end of November and we wanted to go before it got too cold.
I really didn't know much about this artist before we saw his work, other than he was a "glass blower". Well, he is a glass blower but on a really HUGE scale. Both Mark and I were very impressed by the size and scale of his works. And placing his art in amongst the gardens really made for a beautiful display.
There are glass balls that float in the water, delicate translucent flowers and neon glass towers that are over 50 feet tall
It's really hard to take pictures that show just how big these pieces are and how detailed they are. For instance, the red spears were at least 6-7 feet tall. The blue ones were 4-5 feet tall. The white flowers were about 3 feet across. Although they look fragile, they have withstood several baseball sized hailstorms this summer and they didn't break. There were several pieces that looked like they came off the pages of a Dr. Seuss book.
Some of the pieces are HUGE! This one was probably 12 feet tall. 
This one was even bigger.
These balls were 42"
The grounds themselves were so beautiful. They had formal English gardens, Oriental gardens, desert-scapes, a Monet inspired pool, and much much more.
We walked past this gentleman when we first got to the park and he was still sitting there an hour later. He was snoring both times we passed him! I guess he wasn't as interested in the Gardens as most.
We both agreed that we need to come back in the spring and summer to see the gardens in their full splendor.
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