Here are just a few more photos from the Meijer Gardens…starting with the conservatory, which is a giant glass structure holding a tropical garden as well as desert plants and a small room full of carnivorous plants.

The art glass was mingling among the tropical plants.

…sometimes hidden and sometimes displayed more obviously.

Sometimes the art glass was the plant…

…and sometimes it just enhanced the plants.

Outside we were treated to larger pieces…

…but the glass never competed with the sculptures that live at the garden permanently.

This is me when I was in grad school…

…and this will be me, balancing life, when I go back to underwriting next week!

We enjoyed some quiet time along a boardwalk edging around a lake filled with blue mini-icebergs.

…and a walk in a tiny garden at the front of the park that introduced us to the art glass in a more dramatic fashion.

For whatever reason I found this sculpture intriguing.

I liked all the textures…

…it had so much character, almost ominous…but somewhat reassuring in it’s solidness as well.

I have no idea what it meant, any more than I did this one, which is supposed to be two disparate lines…

…nor these sculptures, people sitting made out of letters of the alphabet, though I couldn’t find any actual words in the one I studied.

Maybe it’s not my job to understand the art.  Maybe it’s just my job to enjoy it.

I hope so, because I’m really good at enjoying it.

Hope you enjoyed it too!