🚗2017 May 30, Tuesday, "A sportsman paradise" & Pink Palace Museum Memphis, TN

Hubby and I rode to Memphis, Tennessee, which took about three hours.
I had a runny nose, and I sneezed the whole trip.
We stopped at Walgreens in Corinth, MS, and bought some Flonase Nasal Spray recommended by the Pharmacist.

Bass Pro Shop 

Bass Pro Shop at the Pyramid on Bass Pro Drive in Memphis was our first stop.
Once inside, we saw a sign that said, "Welcome to Paradise"! A sportsman's paradise!
Swimming in the water below us, we could see schools of a variety of fish and swamp-covered trees everywhere.
We stopped to see the alligators, which were behind glass walls and staring at us.

Swamp Covered Trees & Elevator

We saw a 27-foot elevator that was lit up with red, green, and blue lights.
We paid ten dollars to ride the elevator to the top, where we listened to a pre-recording about the store and caught a big fish.
We exited the elevator into a restaurant, where we were greeted by a hostess. She asked us if we wanted to eat at the restaurant or just take in the breathtaking view of Memphis.
We said we just wanted to walk out onto the balcony and see the view below.

View from Balcony 

Once outside, we could see downtown Memphis, the roaring Mississippi River, Mud Island, the Memphis & Arkansas Bridge, and the train bridge. There was another balcony with a view of the Mississippi River, houses, apartments, and piers.

View from Balcony 

We visited the Ducks Limited Museum, where we saw a variety of guns, ducks, and trophies, among other things.
We saw the Big Cedar Lodge, wildlife creations, taxidermy, & aquarium full of fish.
The smell of cinnamon-glazed roasting pecans, cashews, and almonds filled the air.

Our next stop was the Pink Palace Museum.
You can visit the Museum on Tuesdays at 1 P.M. for free.

Hubby and I walked up the grand staircase to the third floor to see the animatronic dinosaur exhibit.
This was an excellent area for children to touch models of dinosaurs' claws, bones, and teeth, play with rubbing stamps, and watch a video.

Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs

We saw the first Americans, the History of Memphis, log Cabins, slavery, the Civil War, the first automated grocery store (Piggly Wiggly), Yellow Fever, the evolution from saddlebags to science, Clyde Parke's Miniature Circus, cotton, and Thomas Harwell's mummy casket.

It was after 2 P.M., and we were hungry, so we rode to Joe's Crab Shack.
Hubby ordered the Crab Legs bucket, and I ordered fish and chips. We both ordered water with lemon.

Fish & Chips at Joe's Crab Shack, Memphis 

In Memphis, we also rode past several old historic homes, & the Liberty Stadium.
Around 3 P.M., we started for home and arrived around 6:30 P.M.

1992 ~Camargue lines, bold colors, movement! Art

I did this piece in College at Faulkner University in Huntsville, Alabama
I chose this piece of art for its lines, movement, and bold colors!

This piece of art is a powerful use of illusions of energy and grace.
The unique line style is a precise, elegant topography of motion.
This piece expresses life and motion.
The subject is not the piece's primary focus, but the artist is trying to bring it to life through the vertical placement of lines in the horse's hair.

The artist uses contour hatching on the horse's body and cross-hatching in the surrounding spaces.
The artist used bold colors that give the horse movement.
He uses blue/green on his body, pink/black on his mane, and purple/pink on his legs.

The horse's body stands out in contrast to its surroundings, which show motion.

Why do I like this piece?
The use of bold colors and the way the artist brings life to each line he draws.
The horse represents life, the struggle for survival. This picture would bring life and color to a very dull room.
Even a child would enjoy this colorful piece.

The Camargue horse is an ancient breed indigenous to the Camargue region of southern France.

By artist Guillaume Azoulay