Our Trip to Philadelphia

       

                                                               We traveled to Philadelphia

                                                                  on a day trip and went to the

                                                                The Franklin Institute to see

                                                                     The Art of  the Brick

                                                                  designed by Nathan Sawaya .

                                                            This is all statues made completely  from 

                                                                                      LEGOS.

This is one of the most substantial pieces of  his work
It has approximately 75,450 bricks and is titled
Moai.

Adding up to around 4,573 bricks, the  Mona Lisa
''Lego painting'' truly appears to be the
real masterpiece 

The Great wave off Kanagawa
is practically rolling with motion as
would a real wave.
It holds 2,877 blocks

This monstrous cat, the Great Sphinx of Giza
is constructed of  2,604 Legos.

Swimming in a sea of blue Legos,
The Swimmer is a real eye catcher
made up of 10,980 bricks.

This gigantic pencil writing ''Fun''
was dedicated to school being just that.
It takes up 9,800 bricks and is just adorable:)

Labeled ''Disintegration,''
this 3D Lego man is being deconstructed by the winds of life
and slowly disintegrating into nothing.
It is built of 10,124 pieces.

This is probably the most well known
sculpture of Sawaya's artwork.
This man is tearing out his yellow heart and soul,
earning the name Yellow.
He has 11,014 bricks.

                                                 After our wonderful time at Art Of The Brick,
                                                            we went to Marrakesh for Moroccan food.

Doesn't this look delectable? Although this looks
like a kind of cake it really is
honey, almonds, and egg chunks encrusted
in flaky phyllo dough and dusted with powered sugar.
It is one of the many dishes served here.

Here we are, enjoying ourselves (sorry,K wasn't ready for the camera).

This is one of the rooms.  They all look similar to this one.
This picture looks much brighter than it really is as it is
very dark in the restaurant, lending to the atmosphere.

CAN

WE

 SAVE 

THE

   CAT ?

   

Lexi discovered a stray tabby cat amongst the bushes in our

backyard.

                       

 

In this picture, we are in the midst of trying to
''make friends'' with the cat in order to
capture it.  We were hoping to rescue it by taking it to the SPCA.

We named it Tusken, and although it was friendly, it didn't want anything to do with being captured and going into Dahlia's crate.  Finally, after a week of trying, we were successful!  

Wahooo!!!!!
We finally caught the cat!!

After a uneventful car ride to the SPCA, we bid it farewell and  dropped it off.
We hope Tusken was adopted and has an excellent home to live in.


BYE BYE,
Tusken!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Introducing ourselves and our pets

  

Introducing.....

We are Lexi and Karis 

and these are our pets.

DAHLIA
our cute, always tired, dog

                                                                 

HAZELNUT
a little puff of joy

                                      
                                               
                                                                      DOMINO
                                                                      a little black fluff ball of a hamster