Southwest Daily Images
A snowbird shows photos from southwest Florida (Naples) and southwest Connecticut (Ridgefield) and New England and other places he goes.
Saturday, December 9, 2023
Friday, December 8, 2023
Thursday, December 7, 2023
Christmas Cow and Flamingo
My favorite ice cream place in SWFL is Royal Scoop.
They have dressed up a cow and a flamingo for the Christmas season. The cow has an ear tag identifying her as Anita Milkshake.
Wednesday, December 6, 2023
Tomaso Albertini
This year's resident artist at Naples Art is Tomaso Albertini, a young Italian-born artist who usually works out of New York City.
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
Vasarely
Naples Art's current show exhibits many works by the Hungarian-French artist Victor Vasarely, who is known today as a founder of the Op Art movement. Vasarely had a strong interest in science before shifting to graphic arts.
Monday, December 4, 2023
Baker Senior Center
A big, new building for Naples' senior center opened a year ago.
I recently attended an event at the senior center and got a tour.
It is very impressive.
The name on the senior center is "Baker," because of a leadership gift from Jay and Patty Baker, generous local philanthropists who have supported Naples nonprofits like the hospital, a museum, a park and now this senior center.
Sunday, December 3, 2023
Mooring Park Communities
Naples has a big population of affluent, aging retirees. Moorings Park Communities operates three campuses of "life plan communities" -- previously called continuing care retirement communities. They are proudly luxurious. The newest, Moorings Park Grande Lake, is still under construction.
I recently attended a lecture at Moorings Park Grande Lake and took a photograph down one side of the property. There is a similar number of units under construction out of the photograph on the left side. I won't mention how expensive each unit is, but Google will give you the answer.