Showing posts with label Ormond Memorial Garden and Museum. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ormond Memorial Garden and Museum. Show all posts

Friday, February 03, 2012

Ormond Memorial Gardens...


This little blue house sits at the edge of the
gardens next to the parking lot.
They use it for story-time for kids and sometimes
to sell local artist crafts.


I love the greenery that thrives in shade.
(under and behind the moss)


Peacock sculpture in the pond was donated
by the widow of the museum founder, an artist
in her own right.



The turtles were skittish, watching us behind them,
and diving into the pond if we moved in front of them.


I see a frowning face above the dark spot on the tree.
The gazebo is a favorite place for weddings, but
I'd advise against holding them in the summer
unless you especially like public steam baths.
(hot and no breeze.)


There are flowers blooming all year long.


And you folks seem to like flowers, so there ya go.


A waterfall not far from the museum building.
Benches provided here and throughout the garden
for peaceful contemplation.

I played with the color a bit and thought this version
turned out kinda Japanese-y.


And this version could be LSD-y.

Thus endeth our tour...

Thursday, February 02, 2012

Race time in Daytona, again...


A lovely place to spend some time.
Opened in the late 1940s because of
a WWI veteran and artist.







This is the 50-year anniversary of the
24-hour race in Daytona.
That was last weekend, I think.







Even the art museums celebrate this
area's claim to racing fame.








The original NASCAR track was the beach and A1A.

Bill France started it all.
The Daytona 500 is February 26 this year.













Smokey Yunick always did it his way.


The good old boys always
made sure there were pretty
girls to decorate the events.







I'll do a separate post with pics
from the gardens.