I left at 8 AM - I have a lot I want to get done, starting with a quick trip into The Villages. They sure like to take care of their landscaping:
Hanging-Moss in McIntosh, Florida:
On my journey for Post Offices, I sometimes get "off the beaten track":
A very nice bed-and-breakfast in Micanopy, Florida:
I reached the Harn Museum of Art (Univ. of Florida, Gainesville) at 10:45
An artist I like is Hermann Herzog. I did not know of him before my February 2015 trip to this part of Florida, when I saw his paintings in Orlando and here in Gainesville. I have since encountered his paintings in smaller museums around the country (The Long Island Museum, Stony Brook, NY; Reading Public Museum, Reading, PA; Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK; Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH), plus the Saint Louis Art Museum. He has 5 paintings on display today, and his best work here in Gainesville is "Scene on Snake Key, Gulf Coast", c. 1896-1910 oil:
I think Herzog draws a lot from Thomas Moran, who has 2 paintings on display - "Fort George Island", 1880 oil:
"Old Watchtower at St. Augustine", 1881 oil:
A lovely space for the display of two Monets (center one from their collection, right one from Lowe Art Museum [so that's why I didn't see it 2 days ago]):
Claude Monet - "Champ d'avoine (Oat Field)", 1890 oil:
Claude Monet - "Waterloo Bridge", 1903 oil (Lowe Art Museum, Univ. of Miami):
other pieces I like include Childe Hassam - "Northeast Gorge at Appledore", 1912 oil:
Pierre-Auguste Renoir - "The Vineyards at Cagnes", 1908 oil (visiting from the Brooklyn Museum):
Martin Johnson Heade - "Tropical Sunset: Florida Marsh", c. 1885-1890 oil:
Louis Comfort Tiffany - "Castillo de San Marcos", 1885 oil - I have enjoyed seeing his paintings here and there:
Time to head up the road to Jacksonville:
Arriving at The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens at 1:30
Fun spaces, especially for someone wearing "grown-up shoes":
Katsushika Hokusai - "36 Views of Mount Fuji: Pilgrims at the Summit of Mount Fuji", 1830s woodblock print:
Thomas Moran - "Venice, The Grand Canal and the Chiesa • Della Salute", 1890-1906 oil:
Edmund Darch Lewis - "Mount Washington, New Hampshire", 1865 oil:
Thomas Moran - "Ponce de León in Florida", 1877-1878 oil:
I took 4 pictures of paintings by Eugène Louis Charvot - I like his work with texture and atmosphere:
Their gardens look out on the St. John's River, and are lovely:
Straight up 95 North??? I'm REALLY TEMPTED:
At 2:46 it was bye-bye Florida, and HELLO Georgia:
The Sidney Lanier Bridge over the Turtle River, going into Brunswick, Georgia:
It is now 3:45, and it will take 1:19 to get to SCAD Museum of Art in Savannah, GA. Since it closes at 5, that is a no-go for today. And since it is 3-and-1/2 hours to my hotel, I better just keep going. Just north of Riceboro, Georgia, I crossed a branch of Peacock Creek - they have a very nice roadside area:
Georgia Sunsets aren't too bad, either:
At 9 PM, I checked into the Days Inn, Augusta, Georgia (photo from the next morning) - 13 hours on the road is a BIT MUCH:
437 miles today (and 32 Post Offices) - This is what they looked like:
Most-Rustic today goes to 32633 - Evinston, FL (too bad about the leaning flag pole):
I really like the white-paint-job for the Post Office in 31568 - White Oak, GA - ha ha, see what I did there?
WOW - Thank you God for another Great Adventure Day!
Music for today:
Graham Parker - Ultimate Collection - Graham Parker, 2001 compilation album, last heard (on a Road Trip) 9/08/2018 - I saw him in Boston in the past couple of years - young angry man becomes bitter old man. He REALLY NEEDS HIS BAND.
The Waterboys - The Live Adventures Of The Waterboys (2 cds), 1998 live double-album, last heard (on a Road Trip) 9/26/2018:
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Hard Promises, 1981 album, last heard (on a Road Trip) 9/23/2023 - Petty is from Gainesville, Florida, plus I really like this album:
Florida Georgia Line - Here's To The Good Times, 2012 debut album, last heard (on a Road Trip) 7/10/2024 - twice, to get me over The Florida/Georgia Line!
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