ART IN THE PARK

Today we went to see the art exhibit at Rainbow Springs St, Park. What a lovely day it turned out to be. The exhibit was small but the quality was huge. Each of these artist were so generous with their time explaining and demonstrating.

 Demonstrating origami

 Showing a watercolor technique

Finishing a colored pencil drawing

 After the exhibit we spent a couple of hours strolling through the  park enjoying the perfect Florida weather. Not too hot and not too cold...

just right!....

There were..........

 Flowers

 Waterfalls

 Reflections

 Shapes 

and 

designs

and more

 ...waterfalls...

 deeper reflections

 more flowers

and lovely textures

Remnants of an old zoo

And to top it all off we had this lovely lady serenading us as we left the park

to go have a bite to eat at the Blue Gator with this interesting and fun group of strangers who generously invited  us to share their table.

where we were again entertained with a fair rendition of  country music.

And a good time was had by all!

CHANGING SEASONS

Here in Florida the late winter and early spring weather changes by the day and sometimes by the hour or minute. Sunday we went to my cousin's and I took these photos under overcast, gloomy skies.

A few days ago we had a killing frost and some of the plants suffered from it but I am reasonably sure they will all come back in the spring.

After the cloudy skies for the last couple of days the beautiful cloud filled skies were welcome when I trekked over to the fresh market and the grocery store. I always park as far away as possible in order to get a few more steps into my day's walking.

After returning from my shopping and while the sun was shining so beautifully I took a walk around my garden to see what was happening. Lots of new growth promises an abundance of flowers and butterflies this summer..I got  a fleeting  glance of a black and white striped butterfly but not quick enough with the camera

And of course there is the ever present designs and textures by mother nature...sometimes with a bit of help from us.

And of course there are the pesky 'tent caterpillar' we are constantly on the look out for...This is the second one we have found so far this year.They seem to pop up overnight

TRASH TO ART

Photos of  the New Port Richey  high school's yearly art project. 

This year students were to make art out of trash and then the art is posted at the government building for viewing and voting. 

This is only a fraction of the art on display.