From my friend and blog follower in Gainesville. Florida, Kristin F.
Thirteen Years ago my friend Shuey sent a photo of a Barred owl from Niceville Florida and was guest blogger click to see
In trying to identify what type owl this was I found this poster sold at Redbubble.
Have you seen a “ghost bike” in your neighborhood? Here’s one in ours.
A list of 630 ghost bikes in 210 locations at the website linked in the following quotation.
I’ve driven by it many times but this morning I turned the corner and photographed it. Read the plaque. A ghost bike is a visible reminder to share the road with cyclists and drive more carefully.
William Theisen, a cyclist killed when struck by a car at Stanton Avenue and North St. Clair Street in Highland Park, is memorialized with this ghost bike.
In February 2020, I had seen a ghost bike in Gainesville, Florida while visiting friends. I was a passenger in the car so was able to take the photo as we drive by. Unfortunately I don’t know the name of the cyclist who is memorialized.
Meet Anda Chance. Colored Pencil and Watercolor Artist.
(Click on her name to see her gallery at her website.)
My friend J and I met her at the Artisan’s Guild Gallery in downtown Gainesville, Florida.
“She has earned signature status from the Colored Pencil Society of America in colored pencil and mixed media art.”
Here she is with a piece she was bringing into the gallery on Sunday.
This airplane, Warbird, had just been a show near Washington D.C.
Warbird
This Navy plane was used by the US Navy from WWII to the end of the Vietnam War to train pilots and ground crews. When my husband join the Navy in 1970, he was in the last class of ground crew mechanics taught to maintain this engine. Today, she resides in Douglas Georgia with other retired War Birds.
This drawing was a challenge and it really pushed my skills.
“Warbird” has been accepted for the 2017 Colored Pencil International Show in Bethesda Md.
I bought notecards titled Night Riders, with these amazing bicycles on them.
My hosts drove us to the University of Florida Bat Houses to wait for the bats to fly out at dusk. WOW! They were something to see. Hard to focus as it was getting dark and they were flitting and flying.
And then as we stood there, a strong aroma filled the air. P- ewwww!
We watched the murmuration of bats in the sky. Thousands and thousands of bats. Creating dark clouds of undulating patterns. Off to eat insects until dawn.
People waiting to see the bats emerge at dusk.
The Bat Houses at the University of Florida
Bats from the Bathouses at the University of Florida.
Joanne filmed the bats on my phone
A nice lady took our photo in front of the Bat Houses.
We talked about expressions with BAT(not baseball) in them
Like a Bat out of Hell
Blind as a Bat
Gone Batty
Batsh*t Crazy
Don’t Bat an Eye
Bats in the Belfry
from the Free Dictionary- “have bats in the belfry (old-fashioned)
Who knew? Gatorade has a birthplace!
Sunday afternoon at the University of Florida in Gainesville.
Guest blog today from friend Kristin in Gainesville, Florida.
Here’s her photo of One Love Cafe, within walking distance to their home.
She saw the theme for the weekly challenge –One Love
Thanks for the photo today! Perfect for the challenge.
