Thursday Challenge—"colorful"

Among the many colorful pieces I saw
in the Dale Chihuly Collection at the Morean
Arts Center, in St. Pete, Fla., earlier
this year was this ceiling installation—a much
smaller version of the one at the
Bellagio in Las Vegas. 

[To see more of the Thursday Photo Challenge, visit Dale's meme.]

ABC Wednesday—P is for "painted"

. . . also "piano" and "Pollock"

Saw this in front of a restaurant with
outdoor seating.  Entertainment for the dinner
crowd, I assume.  Don't know what kind of
music is played, but on this instrument
it should be jazz, I think.

[To see more ABC posts, go here.]

Sakura Matsuri *

* that's the Cherry Blossom Festival held every

year at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

The trees weren't yet in full bloom this past

weekend, but the weather was good

and lots of people came out to enjoy the

ambience and the entertainment.

[Linking back to Ruby Tuesday and Our World Tuesday.]

Daffodil Hill

That's the aptly named part of the
Brooklyn Botanic Garden that's carpeted
for a while every April with hundreds
of these bright yellow blooms.

[Linking back to Monday Mellow Yellows.
To see more, go here.]

inSPIREd Sunday

This is the early-18th-century organ in the
church of St.-Nicolas du Chardonnet.
You can hear it here.

[To see more churches from around the world, go here.]

The Weekend in Black and White

I saw these men in the Nyugati Railway Station,
in Budapest.  It could be a dramatic story, 
I suppose—or maybe (and I hope this is the case)
they were just two tired workers waiting
to catch their train and go home after a long day.

[To see more monochromes, visit Dragonstar's meme.]

Weekend Reflections

I love the passages of Paris—wonderful
glass-roofed shopping arcades that date mostly
to the 19th century—and Galerie Vivienne 
is one of the most elegant of all.

[To see more Weekend Reflections, visit James's meme.]