Chihuly Night

 We went back to the Chihuly Garden and Glass Museum at dusk to see the garden lit up!

 So dramatic - and colorful.

 Portico of colored chandeliers...

 It only got more beautiful and dramatic the darker it got outside.

If you are ever in Seattle, it is worth seeing. 

(Come visit!)

Chihuly Day -

A couple of weeks ago my brother and family came to visit, and to sight-see a bit in Seattle.

One of the places we visited was the Chihuly Garden and Glass Museum -

The interior is full of dynamic, organic well-lit shapes of glass...

Sculptural pieces...

Framed two-dimensional designs...

A ceiling of glass!

(this was maybe my favorite exhibit in the entire place).

Room-sized arrangements of sinuous forms.

The reflections almost as vibrant as the actual forms.

Lots of 'chandeliers' hanging from the ceiling.

An enormous glass house filled with looping floral shapes...

And, oh the gardens! 

Sadly, my camera can't get close to capturing how amazing the glass was outside amongst the plants. You may have to come see for yourself.

It was an awful lot to take in!...

Succulent Saturday - Seattle Center. :-)

It was a perfect, gorgeous day at Seattle Center yesterday...

The Space Needle is always an impressive sight...

But there are lots of other fun things to see....

There's quite a bit of statuary (the pigeons are making good use of these turtles :-) 

(Some of the statuary is more dangerous than other....)

The biggest piece of 'statuary' is actually the EMP museum... A most bizarrely fascinating piece of architecture you are ever likely to see...

(it does cast pretty reflections. :-)

And then there are all the interesting people - from the street musicians -

- to the balloon guy!

To the resident robots. :-) 

You never know what you might be walking into....

Succulent (late) Saturday, ie. the Harry Potter Exhibit

Got to spend a lovely evening in Seattle with friends...

Seattle is a beautiful town, especially at dusk. Glass windows and sculptures are figured prominently...

We took a stroll across the Seattle Center - pass the EMP/SFM (Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum - which has the best logo evAR) - which is sporting signage for the current Battlestar Galactica Exhibit -

- and the Space Needle is always an impressive sight at night...

But it was the Pacific Science Center - specifically, The Harry Potter Exhibit that we were there to see.

Sadly they wouldn't let us take any photos at the exhibit (which was pretty spectacular) - so I had to buy various swag, including an exhibition book to commemorate... (Even the bags were cool.)

You can see a bit of the exhibit on the video at this link, or I can give you a glimpse of the exhibit book -

(The photos are not as clear as I wish in the book, nor as close-up in most cases - but it it pretty darn comprehensive...)

It was incredibly fun to see. Wish I could have lived there! :-)

Lovely night, great company,and fabulous exhibit. Yay.