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It’s Wednesday, Hump Day, as they call it. I arrived home last night from recurrent training and I’m employed for another year as a flight attendant. Our training this year had a lot more inflight scenarios for us to work through, which we all liked. Hope everyone has a good day and enjoys the rest of the week.
I met this beautiful woman while on a walk around the Loveland Benson Sculpture Park. I started up a conversation with her but found her to be a little on the quiet side, possibly some shyness. I loved the way the wind blew through her hair and the intensity in her eyes. Don’t think she is my Sugar-mama but I’m always open to new relationships. Hope everyone has a wonderful Aprils Fools Day.
I have posted images taken from the park previously so some of the sculptures you’ve already seen. The park is located on the north side of Lake Loveland and showcases, at the present time, 131 sculptures. You can follow the walking path and meander through the sculptures. If you feel a bit tired you can relax on the many benches along the pathway There are a couple of ponds in the park where youngsters can try their luck at fishing, and a gazebo with enough room to seat 50 people.
Now I know where I’m suppose to put all the mistakes. 🙂
The subject matter is so much more important than the photographer. – Gordon Parks
The Ringling Museum of Art, built by John Ringling, Â housed his personal collection of masterpieces and features paintings and sculptures by the great Old Masters. It is located in Sarasota, Florida and is only a hop-skip and a jump from our hotel. this image is taken along the side of the court yard where statues line the hallways. If you ever get a chance to see this, I recommend it. If you’re there on Mondays, it’s free admission. If you’re into good images of architecture then I also recommend heading over to Chris Klug’s blog and check out his images from his trip to Portugal. Awesome!
We had an early show time yesterday morning, 4:45 am (O-dark-thirty). This is not the best time for flight attendants to face grumpy passengers. It must be done tactfully and gracefully or all hell can break lose. We kept the lights down low and let them sleep. The sounds of a few snorts here and there confirms they are sleeping, danger is averted. And, believe it or not, we have another early show time today at 4:55 am. And people think this is a glamorous job.
Anyway, as I mentioned in yesterdays post the snow was on it’s way into the Ohio Valley while we were heading south. Charlotte was the first stop, arriving there before most of you were out of bed, maybe a few of you were even snoring. We then flew down to Key West, sat there for an hour and half before making our way back to Charlotte. Man was that hard to do. It was cruel, I tell ya.
The skies down there were clear and bright. Temperature were edging up to 70 degrees and it was only 10:30 in the morning. I walked around the aircraft in an effort to stretch my legs and just enjoy the warmth. That’s where this image was taken. It is the tail of the aircraft aligned with the tip of wing against that blue sky. I’m now in my cozy hotel room in Baltimore, shoes are off, the bed looks inviting and I’m glad to have gotten out of Columbus just in time.