Happy Birthday, Abe

I like to post photographs of President Abraham Lincoln on his birthday, February 12.  This unusual painting of Lincoln by the Spanish artist Salvador Dali is in Dali's museum in Figueres, Spain.
Seen one way, we have Lincoln's face.  Seen another way, we have a nude woman.
Dali was not normal.

We Buy Junk Cars

Immokalee.

Art Deco

South Beach in Miami Beach is home to a great many Art Deco buildings.

Wolfsonian Museum

On Tuesday I took a tour of the Wolfsonian Museum in Miami Beach.

The museum is in a converted 1927 warehouse.  The collection was gathered by Mickey Wolfson, a wealthy Miami Beach resident who is captivated by physical objects, machinery and artwork.
An approximate time period of interest is mid-19th century through the 1950s.

Wolfson salvaged a ceiling from a Miami auto dealer and had it refitted into a gallery at the Wolfsonian.  The ceiling and the chandeliers have suggestions of automobile parts. 

This painting is an imagined landscape of all of the high-rise buildings and towers designed by a prominent Miami architectural firm, with Manhattan's Waldorf Astoria in the center.

Birds of Lake Trafford

 I went to Lake Trafford in Immokalee last week.  There were some fine birds.

An osprey.

A double-crested cormorant.

A heron, perhaps a try-colored heron.
(Update:  More likely a little blue heron.)

A black vulture.

The Olympics

The opening ceremony is tomorrow.  I went to a party with an Olympics theme recently.

Loved the cookies!

Naples United F C

Yesterday near the Naples Pier I saw a group of fit and handsome young men in black shirts
and two pretty young women.  So, I did what I do.  I took a photograph.

The Naples United F C is a semi-pro soccer team.  They were taking a break from 

tryouts and pre-season practice.  Their coach lined them up for a group photo.

Junior is one of the players.  His left arm is covered by beautiful tattoos.  They include 

a tribute to his deceased brother, the word "Faith" and a portrait of Christ.  

Leona on the left and Christina on the right are the team's models.

I don't know what soccer team models are supposed to do, but they are pretty and nice.

While I explained to Christina and Leona that I wander around with my camera and take pictures of people -- young and old -- places and things, Joan overheard me and volunteered to be the old person for me to photograph.  Joan is (undisclosed) years old and was an educator in Cleveland.