Saturday in the Parks

 

My sister likes sunsets and she also likes to see things in the clouds. These three pictures should make her smile. Do you see the rat coming in to eat the cheese (sunset)?

This is a picture of Dunedin's first art project installed after the Public Art Master Plan was adopted in 2018. It's a bus stop located downtown at Main and Douglas. The work is called "Celebration" and was supported by the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority, of course. The artist is nationally known, Catherine Woods.

The elements in the art include metal discs that convey the feeling of celebration. The cut outs in the circles represent many of the things that Dunedin is known for: water, a sailboat, orange slices, bicycle wheels, a thistle, and a puppy.

This work joins the 20 existing public artworks, including small works, murals and sculptures.

We took a bike ride downtown last night to get a picture of the new artwork featured in this week's Dunedin Beacon. While we were on Main, we ventured east (away from the water) to see the new uses of parking spaces to accommodate social-distance dining. It looked fun. Lots of people and live music--not ready to pull up a chair yet. After looking around, we headed to the Weaver Park pier to catch the sunset pictures above.

We had a veggie burger, oven fries, left-over cauliflower frittata, and salad for dinner.

This morning, we road to South Beach on Honeymoon Island State Park and parked our bikes. Then walked back to the drawbridge and back. We fixed lunch, and then I worked on making some adjustments to my bike to make it more comfortable.

I met with a student in an on-line conference, and then John and I headed to Wall Springs Park to test my new bike adjustments. I think it's getting better. Still no neck pain.

Dee Dee is the same. She is eating normally, resting and sleeping comfortably, and walking and doing her duty normally. On the downside, she still looks enormously wide. Freakish. She's coughing occasionally, but not like she was when she was at her worst. And the edemas under her throat and chin have not returned. Maybe this is her new normal. We were hoping she would lose more of that fluid buildup. The new meds are just beginning to take effect, so maybe they will bring some positive changes.

We have walked 7.3 miles so far and biked 25 miles today.