Miamoramic
Sunrise Miami from my balcony. A series of 7 pictures, then used Windows Live Photo Gallery to create this panoramic scene.
Shirley Joanne Merth
In loving memory to my mother, Shirley Merth who passed away Thanksgiving day – 2011
An old friend and a glass of wine,
always make for a real good time!!
Dean Loconte in Orlando.
Terry McMaster
Miami Thanksgiving 2010
Thanksgiving, beautiful sunrise, I made my own flower arrangement. Happy turkey day Miami!.
Spanish Monastery
We Went to visit a Spanish Monastery on my Birthday in North Miami. This was part of the Monastery of St. Bernard de Clairvaux built in Spain around 1133. William Randolph Hearst purchased the Cloisters and out buildings in 1925, and had them dismantled and brought to the U.S. The structures were packed in some 11,000 wooden crates, packed in hay and shipped over. There was a hoof and mouth outbreak in Spain about that time, so the Department of Agriculture had the crates broke open upon its arrival and burned all the hay for fear it would carry the disease. It was about this time that Hearst ran into his financial problems, and the unassembled stones sat in New York for over 25 years. It was eventually bought and moved to Miami in the early 60’s. This was a great little place to stroll around and take some nice pictures.
Pagoda Painter
Kaohsiung, Taiwan – December 1974
In the park, this man was doing a water color painting of a pagoda.
I asked him how long he had been painting, and he said,
“美国水手长的时间愚蠢的人”
Which I thought was interesting….