Linda (and Paul) were here for several days and we worked hard, designing her next two quilts. And then, yesterday, we got to play! We went to the Dallas Arboretum to see the Dale Chihuly exhibit. We didn't exactly know what to expect but it was a beautiful day and we figured at the very least the fresh air would be great. We were both blown away – it was so lovely! I took lots of photos and you will want to see a lot of them so I'm going to spread them out over several posts.

This is not something you'll see elsewhere. It is site-specific and so amazing. The plantings were designed to work with the glass sculptures. Some of the pieces were small and intimate like these orange 'sprouts' and some where just huge and stunning – like that 30' spire in the distance.

One of my favorite photos is this one, with those yellow spikes against a clear blue sky… FYI – click on these photos to see them bigger.

Linda and I both loved the way the colors in the plants worked with the colors in the glass…

I want these in my front yard! I cannot afford them and I don't think they could handle a Texas hail storm but still, I want some. I'll share more tomorrow because in 12 minutes we have 12 folks joining us for dinner. Thank goodness Steve is the one of us in charge of the kitchen. I just made the house pretty.