Cleveland art, Tampa art.

Tampa is wanting to get in the game as a major player in the art world, the 1st steps are underway a new museum, the difference is not the new bldg. It will take a community of art lovers, places to eat, and events in the park, world class art ! In Cleveland you had 500 K. house and two doors down there is a 60 k house, free events, Cleveland had a vast amount of diverse art lovers, Communities included all income levels that were involved in art

My fear is that the new TMA will be a big hit once it opens, but will it last ? walk downtown on a Sat. or Sun. and you will see a ghost town. In order to get some quality art supplies I have to go out of town !!! Crazy eh ? being a photographer there should be a photo super center here also, North Tampa Photo is good, but it's in North Tampa, 30-45 min away. Good Luck Tampa ! We need it !!!! But just look at this pix, Cleveland is Grand, we have a watermelon ! C'mon Tampa, and the planning !!!!!! Let's get it done AFTER the super bowl is gone, Cowboy up Tampa, Cleveland is re-doing there place also I will keep you up to date on that.

Art Night !

Hello All. It's Sat. Night and I am feeling great after a long crazy day at work, I come home to a great lady and went on the back porch with some great Domaine De Gournier Merlot and some Eidth and the kingpin. Look both of them up you can't go wrong !!!! Tonight's work is a piece I call ART ! Monet would be proud of this Photo I did w/ no photo shop or Adj. A photo of Water w/ clouds reflecting. Have a great night we are having eggplant ravioli , Steve C. Will be down from Cleveland this week and Jen's folks will be down the week after that, To all of our Cleveland friends come on down, I must warn you however the temp. will be in the high 80's all week and is only going up from there.

Gator Vision

Hello all, As the Gators are getting bold and hungry I wanted to see what a Gator see in the 1st photo. I thought I pulled it off OK just in color. The 2nd photo is for Jenny-Sue. You are my bridge over troubled water.

The Word !

Hello Everybody !
Tampa, Florida is back in the house. I hope that everyone is doing OK Jenny-Sue and I are doing GREAT ! I just happen to have my camera out one day and low and behold I had this Idea of the most beautiful girl in the world reading the WORD and came up with this. A rare look into our casa with the LAST LADY I WILL EVER LOVE !!! In church we are doing a series on TXT. and we get a text message everyday from GOD. Too cool, I just wanted to let everyone know I am in LOVE ! Cheers.

Bivens, the tree of life !

Hello All,I have been so busy that I can't even think ! I am getting into the art world in the deepest level ! will post a reg blog tomorrow but this is for my friend who request more photos. Hope you like it.

These boots are made for walking !

Here is the famous Jenny-Sue boots and the Biv boots and we are not in them. I did this one day outside in the yard thinking about my love and wanted to produce a photo of My love without my love being here with me. Love is a funny thing Eh ?

Oaklawn Cemetery.

This activity surrounds a decrepit cemetery with cracked markers and moss-draped oaks, a graveyard that appears to have been left behind by the city that grew up around it. As many people who know me, know I am a History buff, and this place is sad !!! The graves are broken due to the type of cemetery it is......... Let's say every 2 to 3 steps you see the Stars and bars.

Perhaps one of the more touching epitaphs appears on a marker with a weeping willow tree etched in its stone.

"Here lies William Ashley and Nancy Ashley, Master and Servant. Faithful to each other in that relation in life, in death they are not separated.
"Stranger, consider and be wiser, in the grave all human distinction, of race or caste, mingle together in one common dust.
"To commemorate their fidelity to each other, this stone was erected by their Executor, John Jackson (1873)."
William Ashley, a clerk in Mayor John Jackson's office, never married because he could not legally marry Nancy, his slave. After he died, she died of a broken heart, Patrick said.
"Here they are," she said. "The beautiful inscription speaks volumes not only about the abstract principle of love, but how the courage of one person can stand up to the conventions of age."

More on this story later. Here are some pix of a grave yard gone bad. Lake view (Cleveland) never let my fav. place look like this ! I will drum up a group to go and clean up the place, even if it's a site for Johnny Reb.

How would MLK vote ?

Hello all, today I was at the barber shop and the topic of convo. was the 2008 election. It was getting heated in there about Hillary and Obama. A group was for O because he know what it is to be a black man and the issues that go on today. The other group was for H because she has been there and knows what it takes to run the country, low and behold this one lone guy stood up and shouted you all forgot about John, he is running too. The room got silent it was too funny and the barber who was cutting my hair shouted !!! "No black man should ever vote Republican." ( He never been in the military where...) I won't get into that ! I won't kick it up too much. So I stated that MLK was a Republican .The room got silent once again and one guy said that MLK was a friend of Clinton so he can never be a Rep. Huh ????? So as the time gets near it is so great to see people talking about the 2008 Election, but if you are going to talk about it please know what you are talking about. So the question that no one can answer I pose to you is How would MLK vote ?