Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Whimsical Art on the Ship

While some of the art on the Voyager of the Seas calmed me and some art was awesome, some just made me smile. The photo above was in the Promenade area. I wonder how many people were in that area and never even saw that sweet monk peaking out at them.
Or, the "painter" above their heads. When most people who have been on a cruise think of "art", they think of "art auctions." I am happy to say there were no art auctions on this cruise, but plenty of public art.
The sports/knight figures above were a little lower and easier to see for people strolling the promenade---there were at least three of them: a diver, basketball player and baseball player.
Although many might have seen these beautiful birds outside the Windjammer Buffet,
Chances are the buffet food distracted them from the beautiful mosaics behind the servers.

I was treated one day to a "flash mob" of swing dancers who had been at workshops all week while on board.
The food, itself, was often artfully presented (above is a dessert sampler from Portofino's restaurant).
Dave had Tiramisu in an edible bowl with my sampler size in a shot glass.
The beautiful bread at Portofino's made me smile and walking those long halls to the elevators, the scene below, while maybe not art, always put a smile on my face!

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Between Two Worlds

Most of my life, I've considered it fortunate that I was just ahead of the Baby-boom. Generally, the Baby-boomers were born between 1946 and 1964 after the fathers returned from World War II. It was a huge population explosion that has reverberated through American society.

This blog will be part history, part memories, part reflections of a retired teacher, but active "Senior". I have always felt like I straddled two generations forming a bridge. Sometimes I think like a baby-boomer, but sometimes I'm locked into my parents' Depression era thinking. I'm a dichotomy of two eras. But, I'm always ready to try something new---so here I am dipping my toes in the water of Blogworld.