Seaside horse in St. Joe, Mich! by kimariehere
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O)Taken in St Joe, Michigan .
When my Grandparents first met in the 1930's.,. they met at a dance Hall at a beach carnival place -adorned with rides- rollecoasters and ferris wheels (over looking the great lake of Michagan That looks to me like the ocean with its waves...)- and dancing..dance halls were the big thing of the time.. I belive the park was built in the early 1900's ..
Then there was a beautiful carosal.
My Grandparentsmet near it and danced together there..and fell in love!
The place was magical place to my Mother when she was a child. She could go on rides for a few pennies. I have seen pictures ... and even seen the old ticket stubs...LOL hanging on the wall at this hamberger joint in town ( oh mann they have these great burgers they put green olives on them there got me addicted to eating burgers with green olives now I have to go buy them and stick them on LOL)...
It was such a grand place,
full of excitement
and summertime beachside fun!.
Years passed. IT got old. ...and, they tore it down in the 60's .. the beach and pier remained but the days of seaside
rides and dancing were gone ..
A few years back the town got together and decided to build a brand new carosal .
THe real one the old fashion kind. IT would takelotdsa money. A real pipe organ.
SO they came up with a plan.
50 horses to be painted and deocrated in differant syles with themes.
All the artists from all over did thier best to paint and be creative . They were not real carosal horses but to be sold so that one could be bought and built.
They adorned the town for the last year and people traveled for miles to see them. and I shot all 50 . I won't show you all the pict s of these horses and bore you -just a few I like .
But for now, here is the head of an Ariel Little mermaid horse that was my daughter's -Janels personal favorite. it had a treasure chest dumping out jewles on the bottom of it and even red fins on its feet. Then sabastion the crab ..hehe.
I have the bigger picture , I might show that another time.
Taken late at night..this artistically painted whimsical horse was in downtown St Joe and is titled "under the sea horse". !
I liked the colors painted on it. it sparkeled.!! .Some of you probally already know my style by now~ I like bold colors that stand out and are usually opposites on the color wheel.
I did a bit of postwork on this one for the frame. I made up the dagger protuding out of the frame that wasn't there -I added it for an effect..and did jus' a small tad of my smudging LOL~!
Thanks for all your time and comments...
Big hugs to you all~!
♥
~ Kimmers~!
Comments (60)
very cool I like it alot.
Very beautiful and elegant work!! I love this!
Wow sis This is such a wonderful image....and I love the story you told with it too Vote n hugs Your sis Susan~
Very nice Kimmer. Sounds like your folks had a great time at a great place. Wish we had things like that around today that was around back then.
What a fabulous story! I love to hear love stories like that! Great image! What wonderful art those old rides were! Excellent!!!
Beautiful image and excellent postwork Kimi V
Beautiful horse!!!Xlent postwork!!!
This caught my eye right off! Love it! 8-)
another super story and your capture brings out the good qualities
OMG Kimarie!! This is awesome!! Such a beautiful horse and this photo looks just like a painting!! Excellent and such a romantic story to go along with it!! I just love your stories. :-))) I hope to see the whole horse with those red fins sometime... :-) Vote
Stunning composition!!
Wow,girl, you went way out of frame..way to go Kimmers...You make everything very artistic and I love that about you,,A plain ole photo won't cut it with you...follow your heart( i think I've said that to you already,,but it's true)...t. 16..hmmmmm
I love the photograph ... great story and fantastic carousal horse. V
A loely story to go along with an excellent image. I guess everything once old is becoming new again. Have a wonderful weekend. -egmont
Kim..this is just beautiful and I love the story and all of it's magic. Excellent!!
OK well this is a horse then.....Yes vibrant colours and fitting for your style.
colorful whimsey
Looking very nice indeedy :]
As always Kimmers a wonderful story, and I can quickly see why your daughter liked this one, What personnality! :) Wonderful capture, and let me assure you, you would not bore me if you were to post all 50! Bravo!
Excellent postwork..wonderful Kim! Nice colors and presentation v :)
I have missed your smudging KM.
Oh this is beautiful! What a find Kim!! U have a knack for finding amazing things!!
impressive colored and composed capture full of energy! Looking excellent!!!
Excellent and very talented work - gorgeous image
Beautiful image and story........Excellent Job. Aloha
This is beautiful work kim, excellent as always. Personally you could post the whole 50 here, and I for one wouldn't get bored. I love old fashioned carousel horses. Excellent Work. ((squish))
Such a beautiful composition this is Kimmie. Very impressive postwork on this one. Hope you get to have a wonderful weekend!!!!!!!!! #:O)
Another master piece... I'll become a fan ! It's like a paint. Very perfect Kim's job, as usual.
Is it a painting? Lovley work!
A wonderful photo and a wonderful story... thanks for sharing this story. :)