Another Gem Found in Town: A Photo Essay

We moved here a little over six months ago from what I considered paradise. We were ocean front on an eight mile span of untarnished shore. Now we are on a six lane highway in the middle of the city!  

Having accepted my fate, if some what reluctantly, that we are here for the duration, I decided that I should get to know my new home a little better. So, I grabbed my camera and decided to go do a little exploring and see what I could find around town.

Just a mile down the road there is Historic Downtown Kissimmee. An area reminscent of many cities and town across America that have slowly died away at the hand of super stores and stripe malls. Mom and Pop stores are becoming a thing of the past. But here they are still hanging on and there is even signs of revitalization!

I found a lot of unique surprises. I hope you enjoy my little stroll down old Broadway!

The first thing I was to discover was that Iwas lucky enough to be there while they were having a display of sculptures by local artists along the streets. Here is a sample of some of the unique artwork I found.  There are said to be 11, but I didn't find them all. Just another reason to go back and search some more!

They didn't have any placards or descriptions. Allow your imagination to give them a name. I called this one the running man.

I nicknamed this one Joyful Expectations.

This is next one is prehaps my favorite and I've dubbed it Wind in My Mane.

As I sauntered along I also did a little window shoppping and found some pretty neat treasures.

Olde time barber shoppe and Wishing Well Boutique.

Beautiful mosaic and....

Antique carosel horse to awaken  memories of days long gone by and a butlering monkey to bring a smile for new memories being created.

There were great old murals...

And a sign of the present with our local Polic Department.

Prehaps the best little find of them all...a simple preal in day where simplicity is lost to technology.

 Joanies...

"Where the locals go..."

Sadly, I got there just as they were about to close, but they did let me go in and take pictures. They watched as I strolled about looking for the best light and shadows. They seemed to get a chuckle over the whole thing and thought it was pretty funny that  I wanted pictures of their empty diner.

It was a nice find and I look forward to returning to Joanie's for one of her famous bugers in Old Histroic Kissimmee and of all the future discoveries I've yet to find in my new home town!