Ringling Bridge

Went shooting the other night to capture more shots of my new home...

Sanibel Island

My mom and step dad spent their anniversary in Sanibel Island this year.   Since Sanibel is only two hours south of me, I decided to visit them.  I really enjoyed experiencing a place I've never been before.  Sanibel doesn't have beaches that you're used to seeing in Florida, more like coves almost.  What Sanibel is known for is shelling.  We spent half a day just looking for shells and I have to say I found quite a few keepers.  One of the shells had an octopus in it which I made my step dad put back in the ocean.  The only down side to Sanibel in my opinion was the food.  Maybe it was where we ate or what I ordered but I was not impressed.  Overall I had a great time but I don't really care to visit again.  One and done.  Here are the images...

Orange Cat

Everyday I pass this gorgeous face and I wanted to share her with the rest of the internet.  She's a stray cat that has lived in the apartment complex for about five years according to my neighbor who feeds her.  She doesn't have a name but she is the nicest stray you'll ever come across.  She brightens my day and is very photogenic...

The Ringling Museum Part 2

The Circus section of the museum was way more exciting.  Getting to see all the acts, how things worked and even how the performers lived on trains while traveling.  This was definitely worth the five dollars I paid to get in.  Normally the museum is 25 for the day but if you have a student ID, you save 20 bucks!  If you're in the Sarasota area, I really recommend this spot especially for students.  Here are some photos....

The Ringling Museum

I've been in Sarasota, FL for about seven months now so it was about time I visited the Ringling Museum.  Half of the museum is the history of the Ringling Brothers and their circus acts.  And the other half was Mr. Ringling's personal art collection and or favorite pieces to my knowledge.  The location of this museum is one of the best parts in my opinion because it sits right on the Sarasota Bay.  After a long day of learning about the circus, you can relax right by the water for amazing views.  The art museum section was very basic to me, as in I've seen this before and looks like every other art museum so I wasn't much impressed.  The section that I was most interested in was the modern art collection which of course was the only section you couldn't photograph.  Sadly I don't have any images from that collection.  I did manage however to get a few good shots of the rest of the museum...

Birthday Trip - Key West

This year for my birthday, I decided to check out Key West.  My friend Anna and I took a boat shuttle from Fort Myers down to Key West.  I had an amazing time but there were some odd things that I wasn't expecting such as the rooster population.  There are a ton of them everywhere and yes they really do wake you up at 6am.  Also the iguana population was a little disturbing.  I learned that Key West is a very anti credit card island.  Most places only take cash including the boat that took us there.  This would have been nice to know before hand.  Even one of our cab rides we couldn't pay for because we did not have cash.  Another cab ride did accept card but the driver got all bent out of shape when we did not pay cash.  Very odd.  More importantly, I had the best time getting to explore a place I had never been before and having my camera to capture everything I wanted to remember. Thanks to my friend Anna for joining me!  Here are the photos!