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st. francis in the garden

no, this is not a self portrait -- though i do realize that this is what my head is beginning to look like from above. its a statue of saint francis that i found in the botanical gardens yesterday afternoon. we spent most of the afternoon wandering the gardens, looking at the glass work by chihuly on display there. my expectations weren't particularly high, but this artist's work is really quite amazing if for no other reason than its intricacy. a number of the more statuesque pieces had hundreds of pieces of blown glass and must have taken months to complete and assemble. he also does an incredible job of integrating his work into the natural environment. the installation of some of his pieces is so seamless with its organic surroundings you almost don't notice it. you can see some of his work on his website here and the garden site here.

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everyone is out looking at houses with tim and ari this afternoon while i get caught up on a little work. tonight we're eating at the harvest restaurant where ari recently started serving.

friday-mp3-of-the-week: this week's mp3 is an old one by Sigur Ros. my buddy mike from gainesville mentioned to me that he picked up their first album von (1997) recently and i noticed that their website has some tracks from it: 1 2. they're beautiful...