The Farmers Market...and another pelican

Went to the Farmers Market this morning. Unusually warm I think...but nice. The market is growing and growing. Love it. Then ran a few errands and I remembered a "Pelican in Paradise" that I have been meaning to photograph. It was on my way, so I stopped there, also.

But, we'll start with our tree. I'm in love with it this year. We finally got a new one. Our last one was over 10 years old! This one is 9' tall, and a little more narrow than our old one. Fuller. This picture was actually the first shot with my new lens I bought. I was testing it last night.

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Took my new camera out for a little shopping trip. Stopped at a place that had a Pelican in Paradise on it's porch. I've been meaning to stop for a long time...finally did. It was on the corner of Airport Blvd. & N. 12th Ave. at the Harper-Morris Memorial Chapel.

The Pelican is the Community Spirit. Originally it was sponsored by the Northwest Florida Blood Center.

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Another addition to my Pelicans in Paradise series...PeliJoc Doc. He lives in the Andrews Institute in Gulf Breeze. He is adorable!

"Creativity is intelligence having fun."
¸.•*´¨`♥ Albert Einstein

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Another group of Pelicans in Paradise...

"Segrado Pelicano"

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In my travels about town, I have found a few more Pelicans in Paradise. Here they are!

In front of Sam's

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I've changed the look of Seaside Sharon. Just a little different. So, for a bit I will be tweaking and fine tuning the template until I hit that sweet spot!

As I start this new look, I'm posting a new series. Here in Pensacola we have something called Pelicans in Paradise. I think there may be 41 of these adorable pieces of art in the area...give or take a few. Some are MIA. I know the Navy Pelican is gone. Just gone.

And that leads me to my new series I was telling you about. The Pelicans in Paradise is a public art project organized by the Pensacola News Journal in which pelican statues of reinforced fiberglass are decorated by various artists, selected by the statues' sponsors, and placed at various outdoor locations around the downtown Pensacola area. A total of 41 pelicans have been commissioned for the project. Pelicans in Paradise was inspired by the Cow Parade Project in Portland, Oregon.

My mission is to photograph all of them. Here are what I have so far...I will post the remaining as I capture them.


Mac - the U.S. Marine

The natural function of the wing is to soar upwards and carry that which is heavy up to the place where dwells the race of gods.
¸.•*´¨`♥ Plato