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Monday, June 6, 2011 at 6:57PM Well here it is - the final evening of our stay-cation. It has been - magical. We are rested, relaxed and renewed.
We didn't do much really. As stated before, the week was book-ended with activities; the highlight certainly was the graduation of one of The Oracle's nephews. That was yesterday and it was an amazing ceremony. The speeches were terrific - hard to believe they were delivered by 17 and 18 year olds. The graduate is a wonderful young man who is going to go very far in life. We are all so proud of him.
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By far the highlight of the entire vacation was our trip to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston to see the Dale Chihuly Exhibit. I could go on and on about it - and I may later this week.
In the meantime the image at left is from the exhibit - called a Persian Ceiling (the name chosen for no other reason than it sounded exotic and mysterious). Quite literally a ceiling of glass that filled a space approximately 24 feet by 12 feet. Clear glass panels with a wild arrangement of bowls, platters and smaller shapes arranged - well, arranged in a seeming chaos at first. Then as you explore it, it's like looking up from under the sea at a vast coral reef and garden.
At least - that's what I saw.
I have more pictures of the fantastical objects and scenes we saw, including a video of a room-sized installation that couldn't be captured in any other way.
The Oracle bought me a book on Chihuly which I promptly devoured sitting in the beautiful sun on our back deck 2 days later. As I suspected, the man is precisely how I imagined - unassuming, aware of his gifts with the appropriate amount of arrogance and ego for a man known all over the world yet with the right balance of humility.
More on Chihuly and his glass later this week.
In the meantime - w.o.r.k. tomorrow.
*sigh*
Chihuly, MFA Boston in Entertainment, Nesting, New England, Personal, Slothful, Wow Factor
Reader Comments (4)
"In the meantime - w.o.r.k. tomorrow." ...but a short week! Wish I could use some of my 620 hrs of vacation! I can take an hour or two along, but I have to be there every day. Most of the time I'm grateful to have a job, but sometimes I'd like a week or so off. ;-)
Miss B - that's disgraceful that you can't take the time you are owed!
Bein' rested and refreshed is priceless. We all need a re-charge every once in a while.
Kris, I kid my boss that that's my retirement plan... :-) We're a tiny dental lab (5 employees) & I'm the only one who knows the computer programs & what needs doing daily. The dental techs are too busy to learn & we can't really afford to hire me any help. I can pay the bills & do a few things from home, but the cases must be shipped out UPS daily & that's the real detriment to my taking off for more than a few hours. Most of the time I don't mind... ;-)