Animal Tracks

 Animal tracks in the snow behind my Ridgefield house.

Deer tracks are the ones I usually see back there.  These look different, but perhaps that is because the snow is much deeper than in past winters.

Back to Florida tomorrow.

Hacienda Don Manuel

 

For the younger granddaughter's ninth birthday, we had dinner at Hacienda Don Manuel, which has some wonderful murals, including this one.

The dinner concluded with a mariachi band putting a sombrero on her head and singing Happy Birthday to her.  Very special.

Linked to Monday Murals.

White

 The March theme for City Daily Photo is "white."  So hard!  Not because I can't think of any, but because I can think of so many.

I visited China two years ago.  It seemed right to convert some of the images to black-and-white.  

This young woman in traditional dress and her non-traditional iPhone worked beautifully that way.

This is Sequoia, one of Susie's weimaraners.  Sequoia was a wonderful dog that passed over the rainbow bridge three years ago.  Her longtime companion Lola is 14 and still with us.

White ibises are as plentiful in Southwest Florida as squirrels in New England.

Here are other photographers' choices.

Snow White

 I have been in Ridgefield over the weekend for a granddaughter's birthday.  I haven't seen so much snow since the Blizzard of 1978!  White buildings on Main Street really stood out against the high snowbanks.

Lounsbury House was built in 1896 by a former Connecticut governor.  These days it is an event space.  I have shown it from the front several times.  This is the right side.

The Christian Science church has a small structure near the sidewalk to distribute literature.  It is designed to match the church building.

Keeler Tavern dates back to pre-Revolutionary days.  

This is a very nice Italianate residence across from Keeler's Tavern.  Today it is the home of Ridgefield's first selectman (equivalent to mayor in Connecticut cities with a different government structure).

Art Deco

The Edison Theater in Fort Myers no longer shows movies.  It now houses a couple of law firms.

Naples Pier Again

 A month ago I posted about the start of the work to demolish the Naples Pier in preparation for replacing it with a substantially bigger, stronger and more resilient pier.

I visited again a week ago.  The pilings and supports are still there, but most of the decking is now gone.

More from Naples National

 When I am at outdoor art shows in Southwest Florida, I sometimes photograph works and scenes that appeal to me, without speaking with the artists or even learning who the artists are.

I was walking down a different aisle when I turned and saw this brilliantly colored group of paintings.  (The one in the middle looks like the older granddaughter at the starting line of a swimming meet.)

Asian artists somehow have the secret for painting hyper-realistic botanical still lives.

I probably should have taken more time, but I noticed this triptych of lavender rows as I was leaving.

A Naples photographer had some large images of African animals.

This was by far the busiest tent.  I couldn't get close enough to see what drew them in.

I have seen this artist's work at many art shows.  This time I liked the opening that showed him sitting on a high chair under a blue umbrella.