The Rocks
by terranovabay
For a brief moment in the golden light of sunrise these rocks at Sebastian Inlet State Park take on an otherworldly appearance.
Categories: Scenery • Tags: Florida, rock, Sebastian Inlet State Park
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Christmas 1944
by terranovabay
Pinewood Estate was built in 1932 in Lake Wales, Florida, as a winter retreat for Bethlehem Steel Vice-President Charles Austin Buck before being acquired by Bok Tower Gardens and opened to the public in 1970. The mansion is decorated for Christmas every year with a different theme. The theme for Christmas 2016 is Christmas 1944. Reminders of the World War II years are scattered throughout the rooms with the decorations being a little ostentatious as a reflection of the wartime […]
Categories: Scenery • Tags: Bethlehem Steel, Bok Tower Gardens, Charles Austin Buck, Christmas, Florida, Lake Wales, Pinewood Estate, World War 2
Bamboo Grotto
by terranovabay
Off one of the trails at Bok Tower Gardens is an inviting path through a clump of bamboo forming a dark grotto where one can sit on a bench to contemplate a lump of coquina rock.
Categories: Scenery • Tags: bamboo, Bok Tower Gardens, coquina rock, Florida, Lake Wales
Reflection Pool Vista
by terranovabay
While an unexpected bust for seeing any birds during one of this winter’s coldest days so far, a visit to Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales, Florida, led to a lot of other photo opportunities, like this view looking back at Bok Tower and its reflecting pond image. The brochure map says it best about this stop on the tour: “This iconic view of the Singing Tower is the perfect place for a photo with friends or family while visiting […]
Categories: Scenery • Tags: Bok Tower Gardens, Florida, Lake Wales, Singing Tower
Brick Attraction
by terranovabay
A photographic study of a brick building in downtown Mt. Dora located in a very hilly part of central Florida. According to the City of Mount Dora website, the city sits on a “plateau 184 feet above sea level” hence the Mount part of the name.
Categories: Scenery • Tags: brick, building, Florida, Lake Dora, Mount Dora
Illuminating the Nations
by terranovabay
A sampling of images from Disney World’s EPCOT IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth show held at 10:00 p.m. the night we were there. The extravaganza is a multi-media light show that includes fireworks, lasers, water fountains, searchlights, music and narration, a propane-filled barge that explodes balls of flame, and a giant LED-covered globe that can illuminate colors and moving images on the continents. The fireworks shoot from barges brought out into the middle of the World Showcase Lagoon that are all […]
Categories: Scenery • Tags: Disney World, EPCOT, fireworks, Florida, IllumiNations, laser, Morocco Pavilion, Orlando, Reflections of Earth, Spice Road Table
Perambulating EPCOT
by terranovabay
A sampling of photos from wandering around Disney World’s EPCOT for the day. Spaceship Earth, the futuristic ball looking thing by the entrance, contains a fun ride detailing major developments in communications history told with animatronic characters. More of this later. Scenes from the first Space Shuttle launch and possible futures for the program are highlighting in the Robert McCall painting, Reach for the Stars, on display in The American Adventure. The Voices of Liberty a cappella group perform in […]
Categories: Scenery • Tags: Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Animatronic, Benjamin Franklin, Canada Pavilion, Disney World, EPCOT, Florida, France Pavilion, Future World, International Food and Wine Festival, Islamic Golden Age, John Muir, Living with the Land, mainframe computer, Mark Twain, Matthew Brady, Mickey Mouse, Mission Space, Orlando, radio studio, Robert McCall, Samuel Clemens, Spaceship Earth, The American Adventure, The Seas, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, United Kingdom Pavilion, Universe of Energy, Voices of Liberty, World Showcase
Morocco Moments
by terranovabay
Scenes from the exotic Morocco Pavilion at Disney World’s EPCOT World Showcase are shown here without comment except to say that the fez-wearing camel has got to be a favorite.
Categories: Scenery • Tags: Camel, Disney World, EPCOT, Fez, Florida, Morocco, Morocco Pavilion, Orlando, World Showcase
Turning Japanese
by terranovabay
With apologies to The Vapors, a visit to the Japan Pavilion at Disney World’s EPCOT World Showcase. A replica of the famous red gate, or Torii in Japanese, leading to the Itsukushima Shinto Shrine. According to the official tourism site for the island of Miyajima where the Shrine stands, the Torii is the “. . . boundary between the spirit and the human worlds.” The red coloration is meant to ward off evil spirits. A replica of the pagoda at […]
Categories: Scenery • Tags: Buddhist Temple, Disney World, EPCOT, Florida, Itsukushima Shinto Shrine, Japan Pavilion, Kawaii, Miyajima, Nara, Orlando, Pagoda, Salaryman, Samurai, The Vapors, Torii, World Showcase
Teutonic Maelstrom
by terranovabay
The Norway and Germany Pavilions respectively at Disney World’s EPCOT World Showcase are heavy with Scandinavian and German architecture mixing different ages. Looking down the main concourse into the Norway Pavilion. This house looks like it would be cozily warm during a harsh Norwegian winter. In Florida, not so much. This is part of the Royal Sommerhus and is related to the Disney Frozen movie tie-in transforming the Norway Pavilion for better or for worse. Facades suggestive of the historical […]
Categories: Scenery • Tags: Bergen, Disney World, Dragon, EPCOT, Florida, Freiburg, Frozen, Germany Pavilion, Historical Merchants’ Hall, Historisches Kaufhaus, medieval, Norway Pavilion, Orlando, Royal Sommerhus, St. George, Stave Churce, Vikings
