Nick's Murals & Installation at the Bean Museum

 On the Brigham Young University campus is the Bean Life Science Museum, which houses a large collection of wildlife: birds, insects, elephants, etc. 

When Nick was a graduate student at BYU, he worked on a mural for the African exhibit, painting a good portion of it, and crafting and installing the displays for the animals as well. I knew that he'd done this work, but this is the first time I have gone up to see it. I was really impressed with the display, and thought I'd share some pictures of it:

Not only did Nick paint a large portion of the mural, he also worked on the trees, rocks and plants in the displays. 

The fake water needed a dusting, but Nick worked on this part of the exhibit as well. It was really cool seeing all the different aspects of his work.

Look at that lovely day-time moon.

I was really impressed by these murals that Nick painted, and all the work he did to install the animals in their display. I hope he gets a chance to paint murals in the future. 

I wrote a post about Nick's art last year, but I'll post a link to his website again with his more recent work: Nick Bontorno. 

Autumn Splendor in Provo Canyon

In the space of a few days, I've been able to drive up into the Provo Canyon to see the beautiful autumn colors, once with my mum and once with Nick. One of the perks of living in Provo is how close the mountains are. Within twenty minutes you can be away from the city and surrounded by clean air and the beauty of nature. 

When Nick and I went up yesterday, it was warm with a refreshing coolness in the air. There were a lot of people, also enjoying the colors in the mountains. We were impressed by how beautiful everyone looked, and that so many people were enjoying themselves. There were girls having picnics, couples walking through the woods, families taking pictures together. Both the natural world, and the people around us were dressed so beautifully.

I wore a skirt that I made a few years ago, and never wrote a post about. It was made with the same pattern as another 1910s skirt I made, which I wrote about in this post. There are more pictures of that skirt in my Armistice Blouse post as well. I've made 1910s skirts from three different patterns, but this pattern is my favorite, it is both elegant and practical. 

I didn't plan on wearing that particular skirt yesterday in order to do a photoshoot, it just ended up being a perfect setting for it.