and no this isn’t a dinosaur—-But he is one of my Cuties of the day (taken in Sanford recently
My other cutie is shown below and he was with his mom at Cody’s (at their outside seating on 4th Ave in Mt. Dora)
It took awhile but he finally decided to give us a smile…..
Do you know what the Florida State Official Song is? You might be surprised just click below for a musical answer:
https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/florida/songs-about-fl/
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Walt Disney World TENCENNIAL PARTY
$47.48
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- First in my wandering this session we head back to Sanford (Check the First picture at the beginning of this particular effort)–this is The Breezeway ( https://www.breezewayrestaurantandbar.com/ )—one of my favs about town which is a great place for a drinak and/or a meal—with live music.
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The picture above shows another feature of downtown Sanford—the weekly (Sat) Farmer’s Market https://www.sanfordfl.gov/about-sanford/sanford-farmers-market carries everything from fresh food to all manner of prepared items and even home crafted jewelry and other items. Oh and they have live music too.
and finally below something I glimpsed as I walked along the main street—this great car was a point of interest with many passersby, but not part of a special event…just something you might see out and about in the town that started out as a citrus site and a river boat port on the St. Johns River. Its a great town with lots of lovely people and I enjoy walking along the byways and swinging on one of the many swings along the river.
For humans the normal pulse is 70 heartbeats per minute. Elephants have a slower pulse of 27 and for a canary it is 1000!
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Fenton Ware Handled Carnival Type Glass Beer Mug With Liberty Bell 1775-1975
$90.15
For lunch we stopped at the Sullivan (new since last October)
, an Irish Pub also on Main street
We had bangers and mash—-yes that’s
Sausage and mash potatoes in Ameri-speak and it was delicious
the place is beautifully laid out and have live music on the weekends too—-a great fun place to go.
Try the Bailey’s Cheese Cake—I don’t like cheese cake and I loved it.
Oh and they have a supply (see below) that would make the Green wearers proud. The pretty bar tender, who was also our waitress—we came in early and the crowd was just starting to file in when we left—was friendly and informative and we even met the cook who like me use to live in Chi town. It made for an interesting adventure.
Monarch caterpillars shed their skin four times before they become a chrysalis, growing over 2700 times their original size.
Spaulding Gold Medal Accurate Wooden Golf Club
$15.80
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Our next stop was Jeannie Taylors Folk Art https://www.jtfolkart.com/ with our emphasis this week at The Gallery on First St
https://www.galleryonfirst.com/
Both are in the same building in downtown Sanford—-While the middle of the shop has a show room and check out purchases area in the front and a gallery directly behind in the back where they hold various shows—–the perimeter of the shop—-on both sides of the two show rooms—-holds individual rooms where individual artist display their own art from paintings to sculptures, whatever their talent encompass. in these rooms and you can view and/or purchase art from. On some days, like this particular Saturday, some of the artists are in their areas, painting, talking to visitors or just hanging out.
On this particular day I was able to meet with two of the artists first
Stewart Jones
(pictured in the last picture above)
Stewart does water colors and his gallery is the first on the left side as you enter the shop. We had a great time watching him work and looking at his paintings of all manner of subjects including architecture, beaches, flora, landscapes, nautical, still life and wildlife.
Going to the back on the same side we ended up at
Amy Lizzi’s Gallery
407-715-8765
“I am an abstract artist based in Sanford, Florida. I love to paint the world as I see it.” Amy Lizzi
Though she wasn’t in that day I was captivated by her art and thought I’d include it here as well.
Jeannie (who is a dear who always has a smile for everyone and whose dog Louie is THE BEST—we saw him this time as well) says she’s the newest addition to the private gallery so guess this is my welcome to her.
Finally midway down the right side we met
Charles N. Ramos
a water color artists
407-716-7966
Charles was meeting and greeting visitors and agreed to talk to me about his art. His painting are watercolor scenes of moody bogs and tropical beaches, and his fluid scenes of rural landscapes are brought to life by a scattered flocks of birds in flight or a meandering path into a forest. He does sell original as well as a limited number of prints of his art. He does many smaller size painting like those pictured below or smaller and we discussed how this is often difficult due to putting detail in such a small space.
A small amount of stress helps you to remember things better but a large amount may hinder your memory.
ART DECO Matching Metal Book Ends
$65.30
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Now to Mount Dora—seems like they are loosing another train hook up—the newest is ceasing in late April
I had heard that it was because of tract maintenance costs: Which is confirmed by Channel 9: “The final day for Mount Dora’s passenger service is April 22. Excursion trains between Tavares and Eustis will still run because the tracks are newer, CFR said. “
and the Daily Commercial reported:
“Bagaus said the railroad will continue transporting people to and from Eustis, derailing rumors that it was ceasing all operations.
“We are not going out of business, but the loss of Mount Dora is huge,” Bagaus said. “We’re estimating that 50-60 percent of our traffic is from the Tavares-Mount Dora route.”
The train should still be running next weekend 3/16 and 17 for pick up and drop offs for the https://www.thefloridatrain.com/golden-train.php
22nd annual Mount Dora Spring Festival
Experience the charm of historic Mount Dora, FL while perusing the collections and craftsmanship of more than 250 exhibitors at the 22nd annual Spring Festival in the historic walking district
The average person spends 6 months of their lifetime waiting on a red light to turn green.
EYE MAGAZINE August 1968 Vol 1 #6
$89.06
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one more Mt. Dora pictured below—my favorite coffee shop
on 5th street
Serendipity
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g34461-d15674140-Reviews-Serendipity-Mount_Dora_Lake_County_Florida.html
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