Naples Botanical Garden IV - Mike

Mike is a retired high school principal.  For the past four years he has spent

 five days a week leading tours of

Naples Botanical Garden.

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Naples Botanical Garden III- LEGO Garden Worker

This Garden Worker is at the Children's Garden

at Naples Botanical Garden.

This sculpture was made from 37,497 LEGO bricks.

Naples Botanical Garden II - LEGO Butterfly

Yesterday you saw the real butterflies at Naples Botanical Garden.

Here is a large Eastern tiger butterfly made from 37,481 LEGO bricks.

Through mid-May, the Naples Botanical Garden is exhibiting 15 large

LEGO brick sculptures designed and constructed by

Sean Kenney, a LEGO certified professional.

Naples Botanical Garden I - Butterflies

Donna is a docent in the butterfly house at

Naples Botanical Garden.

She explained the lifecycle of the butterflies and pointed the different kinds out to us.

Monarch

Pipevine Swallowtail

Giant Swallowtail with a damaged wing

Zebra

The Race for the Cure

The Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure has raised about $2.2 billion so far.

The Komen foundation reports that about three-fourths of the proceeds from each

race stay in the local community to support breast health

communication and outreach activities.

One-fourth goes to the national organization to support breast cancer research.

I think this runner was the first female finisher.

This woman was the third place winner in the breast cancer survivor
category.  She was also the first finisher in her age category.

Some young kids -- like these two -- ran as hard as they could to the finish line.

Some of the runners were remarkably fit.

I can't remember why I took a photo of this runner.

Gathering for Susan G. Komen's "Race for the Cure"

 

There was a sea of pink as runners and walkers gathered yesterday

at the Coconut Point Mall for the 2014 Race for the Cure,
supporting breast cancer prevention, diagnosis, care and research.

 

Race pictures tomorrow.

Neighbors

The Christian Science church sits across Central Avenue from

the Naples Public Library.