02 Saturday Feb 2019
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finally had the time to take a photo of the February Chihuly calendar… the piece is called blue frog foot fiore… this installation was at the New York Botanical Garden in 2017…
was picked up by friends, went to the Nhu Quynh for a lovely lunch before we headed to PTE for this month’s show, which was excellent…
nice to spend time with friends…
01 Tuesday Jan 2019
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for the last four or five years one of my first acts of the New Year has been to change my Chihuly calendar from the last year to the coming one…
when I went to change it this morning and turned up the last page of the 2018 calendar it was a lovely photo of a Float Boat… I love the circular shapes and gorgeous colours and was sad that I wouldn’t see them…
when I opened up the 2019 calendar the first photo was of Mille Fiore… lovely blues and purples… the calendars have a few months before January and a few after December…
the January picture was all clear and didn’t make me at all excited…
so I changed it… cut the photo out and put it over the clear pic, lol..
I am pleased with the final product…
later in the afternoon I spent some time in the hot tub and thought of the various places I have seen Float Boats… the first place was at Chihuly Gardens and Glass in 2013 with my daughter and son-in-law when they were living on Vancouver Island…
I’ve also seen lots of photos in books on Chihuly…
and my favourite was from our visit to the Atlanta Botanical Garden in 2016…
lovely memories…
09 Friday Nov 2018
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really can’t believe how fast time is going by…
seems like it was just yesterday that I turned the page to November on my Chihuly calendar…
rather like this picture…
looking forward to getting a 2019 Chihuly calendar and wondering what spectacular photos will be included…
whenever I look at the calendar I remember the amazing places I have been to see Chihuly installations…
the mind blowing Chihuly Garden and Glass in Seattle…
the gorgeous installations at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens…
the chandeliers at the Hilton Lac-Leamy in Gatineau…
wonder where I might see some next;-)…
03 Wednesday Oct 2018
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turned the calendar over on Monday and found this lovely picture…
on Sunday the kids caught most of the fish;, emptied, cleaned and filled the tank; and later in the evening I poured them into their condo…
we think there are still a few in the pond, although I haven’t spotted any when coming or going through the garden…
made me think of the year that George brought them in the first week of December and had to break the ice on the pond;-)…
06 Sunday May 2018
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when I flipped my Chihuly calendar to May, I was reminded of our wonderful visit to the Atlanta Botanical Garden a few years ago to see the Chihuly Installations…
the picture is a tower and reminded me of the tall yellow one where we had a picture taken by some people walking by, lol… my daughter had taken a few pictures for them just before that… it was also one that lit up at night…
I dug through old photos and found a few of my favourites from that trip…
the goddess was the reason for the trip and we spent a fair bit of time at that installation…
of all of Chihuly’s pieces, I am always most drawn to the blues… from the very first ones I saw at Chihuly Garden and Glass… here is a blog I wrote about that amazing experience…
lovely memories… wondering what might be next…
03 Sunday Dec 2017
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this morning I turned my Chihuly calendar to the last page…
so happy to have next year’s all ready to go… and I know exactly where it is…
can’t hang it yet as my mother-in-law always said that it was bad luck to put up a new calendar before the actual start of the year, lol…
funny how some things stick with you…
23 Wednesday Aug 2017
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01 Saturday Jul 2017
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had planned to spend the day in the garden, but woke up to rain coming down…
left the patio door screen open overnight so it was rather chilly when I got downstairs…
eventually the rain stopped and the sun came out… but then it clouded over again… sun peaked out now and again for the remainder of the day…
although I never left the house I put on red and white to commemorate Canada Day… started with long pants but then moved to shorts when I thought I’d go outside, only to discover it was chilly out again… never did get outside…
was very happy to see the new picture when I flipped the page on my Chihuly calendar…
reminded me of our visit to the Atlanta Botanical Gardens last June… took these pictures of a similar tree which was stunning, during the day and at night…
thinking about where we might go next to see more Chihuly…
looking forward to a week in Ottawa towards the end of the summer… we will be going to Mosai Canada to see a version of the Goddess which we saw in Atlanta…
have seen a few teaser pics on Instagram of how she will look… here’s one…
can hardly wait to see all of the installations at the Jacques Cartier Park… gardens and water, two of my favourite things;-)…
08 Thursday Dec 2016
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had a tasty treat after dinner tonight…
this was in my Advent calendar on day 4, which was also George’s birthday… it is 65% dark chocolate with coconut, candied violets and gold flakes by ChocoMe…
and it tastes delicious…
had it with some almonds to be sure I got a portion of protein with it…
03 Sunday Jul 2016
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this morning I was thinking about our time in Atlanta just a few weeks ago…
very happy while I was there to pick up a 2017 calendar… also picked up some beautiful notecards and a Chihuly hat…
just a few days ago I turned over my 2016 calendar to this picture…
another beauty… makes checking the date a very pleasant experience… and a reminder of those wonderful visits to the Atlanta Botanical Garden and our amazing visit to Chihuly Garden and Glass in Seattle…
I had picked up a couple of novels before heading to Atlanta and started reading this one…
was blown away by her reference to Chihuly as I read on the flight to Ottawa on the way to Atlanta…
synchronicity…
memories…
