And where oh where have I been in the last year or so?

While I was impressed with the twenty Chihuly installations during the day, they were spectacular at night!

Another little secret about me is that I am a Dale Chihuly glass artist nut. Consequently, I was dying to see his temporary exhibition at the St. Louis Botanical Garden.

After going to Powell Gardens east of Kansas City on Sunday afternoon, I spent the evening in Boonville, Missouri. Why Boonville?

Sometimes you just want to “get out of Dodge!” (American idiom for leave town). And that’s what I have done.