The day started at Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, http://www.cummer.org a must see when travelling Jacksonville. We went to the prize of the art, Georgia O’Keeffe’s, it is a small exhibit on loan. It has 45 paintings covering all phases of her painting life. It also had shots of her Ghost Ranch in New Mexico on a film of her life. The one we drove 70 miles out and back again on the same road. One of the aspects of her paintings is the softness of the colors and how they blend together.
As we toured the old art we picked up on a tour. The group was from Amelia Island newcomers group. Looked pretty healed. I picked up a brochure that was at the table they ate lunch at and it described the way one could contribute. The tour director gave a nice description of the Baroque, Renaissance and other periods of art. The art was described according to period; triangular aspect central figures of one versus the twisted form – movement of the work by placing a three dimensional view of the knee to the body of another art period. No, I am not an art reviewer just plain interesting. There was also a large room that held a large amount of German made, early period, Meissen porcelain. A generous gift of a family who stored the items boxed up on their porch. The beauty was seen it its thin look with minimal art work. Some beautiful dragons, butterflies and design graced the plates, cups and saucers. From here to a nice American art collection.
Time for lunch. We ate at the museum, a small area of seven tables looking to the large live oak in the front of museum. Shirleen had a strawberry, pecan salad with a light balsamic vinaigrette. I an espresso with a grilled ham and cheese Panini with some pasta in a parmesan cheese vinaigrette.
Now it is time to walk the gardens. These gardens were developed by many different landscapers, with many fountains, reflecting pools, arbors, antique ornaments and sculptures. There were a couple types of gardens; English and Italian with many small garden types within. This area is alongside the St. Johns river. The azaleas and camellias were in bloom. A must see Arts and Garden museum.
Off to St. Augustine. As we were 10 miles north we stopped at the Golf Hall of Fame. There was a large exhibit on Bob Hope. It showed his love of the sport and a nice exhibition of his work as an entertainer for the troops throughout the different wars. We then walked the exhibit and had a fun time using the old style putting club. It was made of wood and at the back of the club head was a slug of metal. The ball to hit was a little smaller and harder, the fake green was rough like the old times. Shirleen had fun putting away. I made the first putt and then a couple holes later made two in a row. We went down through the time of golf. If I better knew much about golf I would have had more interest and knew more about what they were exhibiting.
Off to St. Augustine for dinner. We went to the Hiltons Historic Bayfront Hotel at their Aviles restaurant for dinner. It is the smallest of their hotels, with valet parking rare off street parking close by so I took the easy place – valet. We opened the menu and walla the facing page lit up from behind the page. What a neat design. This way you retain the ambiance of the dim light. We had a good BR Cohn cabernet with a soft roll accompanied by a blend of garlic and rosemary simmered in a smooth olive oil. Shirleen ordered a Hamburger with mushrooms and onions with stripes of bacon; you could put what you want on it at no charge. I tried something different, it would take 25 minutes to prepare, meant it was fresh. It was the Hunan Whole Crispy Fish Aviles’ signature dish with crab enhanced whipped potatoes with Swiss chard greens. The crispy fish was lightly basted wit a sour chili glaze. Mine came out on a long – 18 inch plate with the fish looking at you, eyes and all. He asked which hand I cut with and pointed the head away from Shirleen. Actually the reason was so that I would cut the fish from left to right. The other way would cause the fish meat to mush and not flake off easily. What a pleasant tasting fish, potato and fresh Swiss chard meal. Shirleen left half of her giant hamburger, not made with hamburger, I suspect some of the sirloin and filet mignon was blended to taste.
We then retired to the Comfort Suites, stayed there 2 years ago so knew what to expect. Jerry – off to The Villages area tomorrow.
As we toured the old art we picked up on a tour. The group was from Amelia Island newcomers group. Looked pretty healed. I picked up a brochure that was at the table they ate lunch at and it described the way one could contribute. The tour director gave a nice description of the Baroque, Renaissance and other periods of art. The art was described according to period; triangular aspect central figures of one versus the twisted form – movement of the work by placing a three dimensional view of the knee to the body of another art period. No, I am not an art reviewer just plain interesting. There was also a large room that held a large amount of German made, early period, Meissen porcelain. A generous gift of a family who stored the items boxed up on their porch. The beauty was seen it its thin look with minimal art work. Some beautiful dragons, butterflies and design graced the plates, cups and saucers. From here to a nice American art collection.
Time for lunch. We ate at the museum, a small area of seven tables looking to the large live oak in the front of museum. Shirleen had a strawberry, pecan salad with a light balsamic vinaigrette. I an espresso with a grilled ham and cheese Panini with some pasta in a parmesan cheese vinaigrette.
Now it is time to walk the gardens. These gardens were developed by many different landscapers, with many fountains, reflecting pools, arbors, antique ornaments and sculptures. There were a couple types of gardens; English and Italian with many small garden types within. This area is alongside the St. Johns river. The azaleas and camellias were in bloom. A must see Arts and Garden museum.
Off to St. Augustine. As we were 10 miles north we stopped at the Golf Hall of Fame. There was a large exhibit on Bob Hope. It showed his love of the sport and a nice exhibition of his work as an entertainer for the troops throughout the different wars. We then walked the exhibit and had a fun time using the old style putting club. It was made of wood and at the back of the club head was a slug of metal. The ball to hit was a little smaller and harder, the fake green was rough like the old times. Shirleen had fun putting away. I made the first putt and then a couple holes later made two in a row. We went down through the time of golf. If I better knew much about golf I would have had more interest and knew more about what they were exhibiting.
Off to St. Augustine for dinner. We went to the Hiltons Historic Bayfront Hotel at their Aviles restaurant for dinner. It is the smallest of their hotels, with valet parking rare off street parking close by so I took the easy place – valet. We opened the menu and walla the facing page lit up from behind the page. What a neat design. This way you retain the ambiance of the dim light. We had a good BR Cohn cabernet with a soft roll accompanied by a blend of garlic and rosemary simmered in a smooth olive oil. Shirleen ordered a Hamburger with mushrooms and onions with stripes of bacon; you could put what you want on it at no charge. I tried something different, it would take 25 minutes to prepare, meant it was fresh. It was the Hunan Whole Crispy Fish Aviles’ signature dish with crab enhanced whipped potatoes with Swiss chard greens. The crispy fish was lightly basted wit a sour chili glaze. Mine came out on a long – 18 inch plate with the fish looking at you, eyes and all. He asked which hand I cut with and pointed the head away from Shirleen. Actually the reason was so that I would cut the fish from left to right. The other way would cause the fish meat to mush and not flake off easily. What a pleasant tasting fish, potato and fresh Swiss chard meal. Shirleen left half of her giant hamburger, not made with hamburger, I suspect some of the sirloin and filet mignon was blended to taste.
We then retired to the Comfort Suites, stayed there 2 years ago so knew what to expect. Jerry – off to The Villages area tomorrow.
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