Dale Chihuly, the exuberant glass sculptor designed and made this ornate glass ceiling featured at the Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas. The title is “Fiori Di Como”
This post is for the Weekly Photo Challenge: Ornate
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This was taken at Greenway which is a National Trust property in Devon. Greenway was once the home of the famous mystery writer, Agatha Christie. I would love to think she sat here and was inspired by the view through the window.
The house of Agatha Christie
“ice contains no future , just the past, sealed away. As if they’re alive, everything in the world is sealed up inside, clear and distinct. Ice can preserve all kinds of things that way- cleanly, clearly. That’s the essence of ice, the role it plays.”
Haruki Murakami: Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
Apart from the glitz and glam of Las Vegas, there is a side to the city which is more serious. I liked the amount of glass windows in some of the buildings and the reflections within them.
I really like the abstract qualities of them as well
And especially the flash of orange on this last one
Just back from holiday, so a last chance at getting an image for the Weekly Challenge…the masterpiece I have chosen is the chandeliers at the Municipal House Cafe in Prague. It is worth an expensive cup of coffee just to sit and marvel at this place.
Despair! Neglect!
What did you expect?
In a room long left vacant, he sits at the window looking out, cobwebs adorn the room like Christmas decorations. The window glass dirty from neglect.
Inspired by Empty Spaces.. Go to post here
