Art in the gardens

Thanks, everyone for your comments!  It was so great to find out that these artists who were featured in the Denver Botanic Gardens have pieces permanently displayed from Portland to Orlando.  How cool is that?

I feel fortunate to be able to see great works of art on occasion - it's always an awe-inspiring treat!

One word Wednesday

GLASS

Dale Chihuly artwork at the Denver Botanic Gardens.

Beauty in the garden...

A couple more photos from the Denver Botanic Gardens:

What a garden!

Over the 4th of July I was treated to visiting the Botanic Gardens in Denver.  The lily pads caught my eye, and I couldn't help but snap a few pictures into the dark water.  The blooms were eye candy.

The featured artist for the summer is Deborah Butterfield and her show, "The Nature of Horses."  These horses appear to be made of driftwood.  But the material is actually bronze. She did a marvelous job of making the metal look exactly like pieces of driftwood.  Phenomenal.

Horse'n around?

I taught another needle-felting class - a petroglyph wall hanging - in Thermopolis. 

Another petroglyph from the Ring Lake area.

BUT, on the way, my friend Leane and I saw the Budweiser Clydesdales (in the trucks) parked in Shoshoni.

Heads turned.  Mouths dropped.  Eyes widened.  Errrrchhhhh.  U-turn back to the parking lot.   2 semis. 12 horses.  And the handlers/crew seemed to be OK with a few of us travelers stopping and taking a look at these beautiful, well-trained Clydesdales. They had been in Cody, WY for the 4th of July parade, and they were now on their way to Ft. Collins, CO.

"What's Up?  Got a carrot??"

Leane with Archy.

Leane recognized the trainer - yes, the guy that trains the horses for the Budweiser commercials.  He actually lives in Dubois, WY, about an hour from me!  Here he is...I tried to be nonchalant about taking his picture.  But I don't think I probably appeared that way.  I believe his name is Robin Wiltshire.

Ancient drawings...

Petroglyphs near Ring Lake.

Just passin' through...

"Anythin' interestin' goin' on around these parts?  Oh, I see the garbage truck is passin' through..."

"I'll just mosey on over the hill."