Birthday month giveaway 2010 - and the winner is ........

Aren't these just the most gorgeous looking water features? There's a number of them in the formal reflecting pool on the upper terrace at Cheekwood. The Dale Chihuly exhibition runs through the end of this month (extended through the first week of November). We have one more visit planned to see some of the sculptures lit up at night.

So the winner of 10 fat quarters of the color of your choice (blue) is ............ Marga from the Netherlands. Congratulations. She has a lovely blog so I hope you all take some time to visit her at http://www.marpie.web-log.nl/. Give her some cyber hugs her mother-in-law died unexpectedly last Friday.
(Himself is heading off to the Netherlands tomorrow for a few days. How ironic is that.)

Thanks to those of you who did some fun guessing and descriptions. They all made me smile greatly :)

Local Life - Chihuly

The Chihuly "takeover" of Nashville is unfolding. The exhibit and talks at the Frist are already set up, Bluebeard at TPAC is this weekend and Cheekwood opens their part later this month.
I am sooo excited  that this multi location event has finally arrived. I'm holding off on the Frist so I can take the kids. Hubbie and I are going to see Bluebeard :)
Head on over to http://chihulyinnashville.com/ to see some of the stunning works of art.
(photograph taken from the Frist site.)

Local Life - Out and About

Sometimes you can see the oddest looking things when you are out and about. I went to Cheekwood Botanic Gardens on Tuesday and look what I parked behind. I did not know what to make of it to begin with ...... then I took a look around and realised the the Outdoor Scarecrow Exhibition has started (well almost). Some of the posts are still vacant and at least one was being put together while I was there.

The main theme is related to Mark Twain. Nashville, it would appear, is having city wide celebrations and this is Cheekwood's contribution. The Twain scarecrow is just down the pathway from this one and there was another one doing a head stand right in front of whatever this charming creature is supposed to be.

This outdoor event of fun and frolicsomninity runs till November 1st. I think I'll take my kids :) We probably should pack a lunch since they are all over the estate.

Oh and next year - I can hardly contain myself - the outdoor exhibit is going to be by the amazing glass artist Dale Chihuly (May 25 thru Oct.31). In conjunction with that the Frist Center for the Visual Arts will be having an exhibition of his work May 14 2010 thru Jan 2011 and the Symphony will be presenting Bluebeard's Castle May 20-22, 2010 with DC's stage set.

http://www.chihuly.com/

Cheekwood by, the way, is about 10 minutes from my house.