Art and Inspiration

Gary has completed another painting - horses and the wagon at King's Landing. Here we have a close-up of that painting. It is being framed.

As our time in Florida is getting short, we left today for an overnight trip to St. Augustine. We spent the day as tourists, beginning with the exhibit of Picasso's work. All of this material is in the United States for the first time, and different aspects of his work were represented, from book illustrations to ceramics. Here is a picture of Gary standing outside the exhibit.

Advertising of the show. It is part of the celebration of 500 years of Florida history, and 450 years since the founding of St. Augustine, the oldest city in North America.
We enjoyed the architecture of the old buildings and inns along the quaint streets of the old city.

Hundreds of people had the same idea that we had today. There were busloads of tourists everywhere, and many school groups. This is just one school group we met along the way.

We settled into a nice hotel room with a jacuzzi tub and all the amenities. What a treat from the rather Spartan living conditions we are faced with this winter. The hotel recommended an interesting restaurant for dinner - a fishing shack in a marsh. We both had shrimp and the food was great. It is a rustic looking place for sure - called Salt Water Cowboys.

Here's Louise waiting on the porch for our table to be called.

Tomorrow we plan to continue our adventures in St. Augustine.