The little adobe seen in this image is actually our Arizona home rendered in sepia. I was out front this afternoon taking some photos and I liked the way this one resembled a territorial Santa Fe style house, so I had Bob make it look like an old photo. If you want to see the original full color version, click on the link.
In addition to the bronze sculpture I posted last month, Double D Western World, a mercantile here in Wickenburg, had another sculpture in front of their store. I don’t know the title of this one, but it appears to be a couple of kids watering their horse. The plumbing at the bottom suggests that this one, like the other, is set up for water flowing from the pump into the bucket. Click on the image to enlarge.
A couple of weeks ago, a couple of life-sized bronze statues appeared in front of our local cowboy-oriented variety store. I have been trying to get a photo of this statue from a moving vehicle, so today we pulled into the store’s parking lot and I got this image of “Friends Drink First,” a bronze statue that is for sale. Click on the image to enlarge.
We went to the Desert Caballeros Western Museum today. The museum is currently showing their “Best of the West” exhibition, featuring the finest western collection of saddles and saddlebags, spurs and chaps, western memorabilia and plenty of western history. We actually saw a .45 caliber single action Colt Revolver that was used by Wyatt Earp.
The current exhibit isn’t the only show, however, since there are dioramas of the local history of Wickenburg, Arizona, including artifacts from the mining days and a mineral display. There were plenty of samples of exotic and rare crystals with a black light display of fluorescent minerals, all beautiful.
My favorite part, was the western art section where this colorful rendition of a Native American woman tending the flocks of goats and sheep. There were so many beautiful paintings and sculptures, many by very well known artists. Click on the image to enlarge.
If you happen to come to Wickenburg, don’t miss this great opportunity to take in the many beautiful art works and history of the region. You won’t regret it.
When you see the Arizona Flag, there’s really no need to wonder how the artistic inspiration for the Arizona Sunburst came to the designer . . .
We woke up to this beautiful sunburst in Ehrenberg, AZ, this morning. Click on the image to enlarge.
We visited the South Coast Botanic Gardens today to view the exhibits of the annual bonsai show and sale. This Foemina Juniper is one of the many interesting and creative exhibits. Click on the image to enlarge.
Today, we went to the South Bay Orchid Society‘s show and sale at the South Coast Botanic Gardens. I took about 128 images of the beautiful orchids but I can’t show them all. It was very difficult to pick the 15 images for this slide show, so these were randomly picked.
