It's a Circus out there!

Joan is up early to play tennis & it's 51 out there-too cold to ride, at least for me, but the coffee's ready. A cookie & I'm good. Scan the lappy for e-mails, before KK gets up. Joan gets back and we have breakie before getting ready to go up to Sarasota to the Ringling Museum of Art. It's not just a circus place but some fabulous works of art. It's pretty crowded, but we get in and head for the BIG works of art.. Renaissance & Baroque works by Rubens, Titian & many more, and a special showing of Norman Rockwell prints. On to the Circus area, with actual wagons, railcars & history of the Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Circus. But in the next building was the BEST exhibit..for me anyway..a 3800 sq ft display of a circus, in miniature (3/4" =1 foot) and believe me, it is unreal! One man, Howard Tibbals has been working on this for 50 years & it is done in the most intricate detail-like 7,000 folding chairs that actually work. I bought the book if ya want to know more. He did meet an Okie, Harold Dunn, from Jet, that influenced him early on. Then a short walk up to the ocean and the Ringlings home,-Ca'd'Zan- and a tour at 3:00. A very lavish home for 1926 and a nice docent tour of this Venetian Gothic palace. Back to the condo to get ready for dinner at the Saltwater Cafe. Believe me, this is no cafe. It's a nice restaurant & great seafood..caught fresh daily. I get the fillet, with shrimp & scallops scampi & KK gets the crusted sea bass..GREAT! A family next to us gets the "all you can eat" crab legs & I think they're still eating them. The cafe even had a band (one-man) playing and we danced a little as we left. Back to watch some of the Olympics & book a KOA for Monday night in Tallahassee. A good day & our COWBOYS beat the boofers today! No biking today but a great day!