A couple of things to clear up from previous posts. The
gaggle of fishing craft speeding directly
at us and throwing nets yesterday on
our entrance to the marina are fishing for mullet this time of year they go for
fish eggs and the fish meat as well. I understand it is quite profitable, they
are not allowed to net on the north side of the pier near the beach, so when
the school of fish swim under the pier the fishermen go after them in a mad
chase.
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| A swarm of mullet fishermen |
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| Really beautiful in real life |
Secondly, here is my Christmas present i.e. a “picture” of
this beautiful green and purple glass sculpture.
We visited the Chihuly Collection here in St. Petersburg the
only permanent display of his work outside of Tacoma. He worked hard with an architect
to design the space, his work is all about the space rather than a specific
item. He has a 40 person staff with 12 people on a team that works on the glass
during any firing. They produce thousands of large pieces of glass each year. I
will let the pictures tell the rest of the story.
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| The Roof at Birchwood |
This evening Alex and Andre from Allison Leigh one of the
trawlers that cross the gulf with us drove up from Gulfport, what a great
treat. We had drinks on the roof at the Birchwood and tacos at Red Mesa Restaurant
two places we would not have found on our own. It was a beautiful sunny day
here in St. Petersburg with a high temperature of 81o. We heard
today the longest streak of sunny days was 768, gotta love Florida weather.
Absolutely stunning glass art! Almost as good as the ornament I made in Racine :-)
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