Today Barbara and I went to Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden (http://www.lewisginter.org/) for the day. As luck would have it the glass artist Hans Godo Frabel’s (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frable) exhibit was at the garden. This is the same exhibit we saw in February of 2009 and it was all we saw then and more. We just loved seeing it all again. I took over 250 pictures and had a very hard time choosing ones to put in this album.
In the children’s garden they had a field of pinwheels to represent all the children helped by Virginia’s Prevent Child Abuse program. When the wind blows and the pinwheels started to spin it really was impressive. i do not know if it is the new camera or the fact that I could get closer to the sculptures but I got some good pictures of the detail in the glass.
After leaving the garden we drove to Fredericksburg and went to the visitor center in town and Barbara picked up some brochures. Then it was time to go to the hotel. After a rest at the hotel we went to go to dinner. The place we had a coupon for was closed for a private event so we had to go back downtown Fredericksburg and find the Capital Ale House. When we got there we very lucky and found a parking spot just a few doors away from the restaurant. We were there during Firkin Friday, a firkin refers to a 1/4 barrel that are used to store beer in. Every Friday they open a firkin of beer at 5PM and serve the unfiltered and un-carbonated beer from it. Today’s was a porter which was excellent.
