More photos from The Greenfield Gallery. These Assemblages are by Tom O'Hara and are just two of the hundreds of art pieces hanging on the walls. There is also amazing jewelry, paintings in all mediums, and sculpture. Downtown Kissimmee is really moving up-town.

The Greenfield Gallery had a Grand Opening celebration on Saturday night. I missed it but had stopped by a few days earlier to visit with Carl Sheerin, who is the Director and one of the featured artists. He works with gourds. Not the crafty gourds that become bird houses or feeders but very funky artsy characters. The first photo (in case you can't tell) is Carl and the second is one of his jazzy creations.
Greenfield Gallery is at 106 Broadway in downtown Kissimmee, next to Lanier's Antique Store.

I often drive by the field where these three horses live. It is a large field surrounded on two sides by a walled subdivision, by trees to the south and a four lane road to the west. I have been wanting to stop and take photos for quite awhile and finally did yesterday.

They came to see what I was doing and since I had nothing of interest for them they walked away. They seem to be healthy and well fed but it bothers me that they have absolutely no shelter of any kind. This is Florida and we don't just have afternoon showers, we have raging, booming thunder and lightening storms. One is moving through as I write this and it was large and severe. I worry about these animals out all day and night with no shade from the sun or shelter from the rain.

I spotted this old Maytag wringer washing machine in Lanier's, my favorite antique emporium. There 's always something new to see or should I say something old? I like this because we had one of these when I was very young and I remember standing on a stool and putting the clothes through the wringer and into the large sink to rinse and then back again.
I don't think ours was a Maytag or was accented with the lovely aqua color but if I had a place to put it I'd be tempted to buy it. My kitchen is white and aqua and has a 50's feel to it and were there space, this would fit right in. These antique stores stay in business because so many of us are buying back our childhoods.

It's pumpkin time of year again. I started this blog last November and some of my first posts were of Halloween displays. While browsing in the local antique emporium this past week I came upon this display of terry cloth and fiber pumpkins. Halloween is still a month away but the stores shelves are filled with bags of candy and Halloween decorations.

There are also aisles of Christmas items on display. Way back when we didn't put them out until after Thanksgiving. Now we just have to get it out there early. By the time the actual holiday arrives, we're sick of it and pack it all up the next day.

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This old red metal chair was outside the antique store in downtown Kissimme. I remember having six or seven of them when I lived in the country. It was nice to sit on the porch and rock while reading a good book. You didn't want to sit in one if it had been out in the hot sun, especially if you were wearing shorts. Ouch.

I spotted this little anole sitting on the head of my bird bath statue. He stayed quite awhile so I could get a few photos. There are many of them this year and I've spotted a bunch of little babies around so it's been a good year for them. I love to watch them. They are so cute.

A friend called me last week to tell me about a French Bakery and Bistro she had found on the west side of town. Yesterday she and I and another friend went there for lunch. It is Jean Pierre's Signature French Bakery. They have the best baquettes this side of the Atlantic. All of the food and pastries are freshly made. Jean Pierre had made cassolet for the special du jour and it was delicious. After lunch we shared a large napoleon and had very good coffee.

A taste of France close to home. Now I know where to go when I return and feel homesick for Paris.

Above photo is the entrance and my friends, Cathy and Diane. Below is Jean Pierre at the bar of the Bistro. It is located in the Water Tower Plaza on Hwy 192 near the entrance to Celebration.

ps... it's me. Sharon will take over when I leave.

Since I am going to be Karen's guest photographer while she's in Paris, I am doing a trial run while she's still in town. Living on the Space Coast I have seen many shuttle launches but never got to see a Saturn V launch and from what I have heard, it was spectacular. The rocket is so big that it can only be safely displayed horizontally in the Rocket Garden at the Kennedy Space Center.