Calibration

For the 8th year, Dogwood Arts' Art in Public Places Knoxville presents its show in and around Krutch Park.  I've been privileged to see several of these sculpture exhibits.  Walking around the little city park is a delight with its sculptures, water features, gardens, and benches.

Calibration by Luke Achterberg won first place in this year's show.

This is really a "bad" photo, but I edited it every so slightly and decided I liked it for its ethereal, dreamlike quality.  It also gives a small idea of what the park looks like.  Calibration seems to be floating. 


PS: These photos were taken one week ago in Knoxville.  See how filled out the trees are?  The leaves are just beginning to appear where I live 270 miles north.

LINKS: 
● Art in Public Places  --see all the sculptures.  The show runs through March 20, 2015
● Luke Achterberg  website
● biography and artist's statement
● Krutch Park

my past posts on Knoxville, Krutch Park, and sculptures:
● the heart of Knoxville
● orange
● Krutch Park
● Scavenger Hunt Sunday

Wordless Wednesday--where I linked up: 

  The Art and Tree Chatter of Aquariann

Create With Joy

  

photos by me © 2014  all rights reserved

Spring tulip

photo by me  © 2014  all rights reserved

water

Water in its myriad forms, colors, strengths, and settings is such a compelling substance.  Below are just a few of these.

Waterfowl Lake along the Icefields Parkway in Banff National Park, Canada

Athabasca River, Jasper National Park, Canada

Takakkaw Falls, Yoho National Park, Canada

The water, which is fed by the Daly Glacier of the Waputik Icefield, falls about 1260 ft (384 m) making it one of the highest falls in Canada.  Takakkaw means "magnificent" in Cree.

detail of water below Takakkaw Falls

LINKS:
more photos of Waterfowl Lake--my POST
couple photos of Athabasca River--my POST
past POST on water

Alphabe-Thursday, hosted by Ms Jenny, is so much fun!  This week our letter is "W." Come visit others' submissions HERE and join in the fun!  



photos by me  © 2013  all rights reserved

beautiful view: Happy Bay

Last week I posted a photo of umbrellas behind a rock on Happy Bay.  This week I'm showing you more views of this beautiful beach.

To get to Happy Bay (Anse Heureuse) on the French side of St. Martin, one must first go to Friars' Bay.  At the far end of this beach, there is a path through the trees and over a few rocks.  It's about a 10 minute fairly easy hike.  

almost there.  But first go through this gate:

Say hello to the cow and bull.

(See the horns?!)


arrived!

Look closely at the middle of the far right and you will see the blue and white striped umbrellas.  The rock cairns are in front of them.
I believe that people simply enjoy stacking rocks, so when they come to the beach and see them available they begin.  Someone else sees a cairn and makes one, too.    
             

Piles of rocks are exposed on the beach and in the water at one end of this crescent of golden white sand.

LINKS:
Uncommon Caribbean 
a few photos
Rum Therapy more photos showing the beautiful beach as well as parts of the path 

Alphabe-Thursday, hosted by Ms Jenny, is so much fun!  This week our letter is "V." Come visit others' submissions HERE and join in the fun!  









photos by me  © 2014  all rights reserved  (Some are iPhone.)

an uncommon occurrence

snow in mid-April in SW Ohio?!

Light snow fell overnight crusting the earth with white sugar crystals.  chilly yet pretty

Wordless Wednesday--where I linked up: 

  The Art and Tree Chatter of Aquariann

Create With Joy

  

photos by me © 2014  all rights reserved

umbrellas

There are people sandwiched between the umbrellas and the rocks sporting numerous cairns at beautiful Happy Bay on St. Martin.

Alphabe-Thursday, hosted by Ms Jenny, is so much fun!  This week our letter is "U." Come visit others' submissions HERE and join in the fun! 



PS:  The big rocks were put there on the beach by nature.  For fun, people have come to the beach and built little rock cairns on top of them.  Sometime in the near future, I'll post other photos of Happy Bay.  There are more large rocks in the water and on the sand on one end of this lovely bay.    

photos by me  © 2014  all rights reserved

FLOWERS!

at  l-o-n-g  last! 

beautiful blooms in a little corner of my garden sprayed with early morning light

Wordless Wednesday--where I linked up: 

  The Art and Tree Chatter of Aquariann

Create With Joy

  

photo by me © 2014  all rights reserved

Textures

To celebrate our wedding anniversary and to escape the cold and snow, my hubby and I traveled by plane

(de-icing the plane as seen through the airplane window)

(The scrubby gray and lime green plants covering the "mountain" contrast with the deep blue sky dotted with floating white puffy clouds.) 

to the lovely, warm, semi-arid tropical Caribbean island of Sint Maarten/Saint Martin. 

We "discovered" a most gorgeous beach, Happy Bay.  Rocks emerge in various configurations at one end of this lovely crescent of sand.  

Time to return home.  Our flight out has been significantly delayed.  We miss our connector.  The airline puts us up for the night and we get about 2½ hours of sleep.  The upside of this is we get to watch a beautiful sunrise from the window of the plane.  ( I will confess to you that it's rare for me to ever see the sun rise.)  Here we are on top of the clouds!

LINK:
past POST on textures

Alphabe-Thursday, hosted by Ms Jenny, is so much fun!  This week our letter is "T." Come visit others' submissions HERE and join in the fun! 

Come join this awesome meme SkyWatch Friday and link up! Meet folks from all over the globe!  SkyWatch Friday is hosted by Yogi, Sylvia, and Sandy.

photos by me  © 2014  all rights reserved  (all iPhone except photo #2)