We left Nova Scotia for the warmth and
sunshine of Florida for the month of April, renting a house in Lakeland, a
community about 45 minutes inland from Tampa Bay. We “got out of Dodge” just in
time, sandwiched between a snowstorm the day before our exit and another a few
days after we left. Now settled in Lakeland we have pretty consistent hot,
sunny weather, and I must admit, I am enjoying the heat.
After a week of driving south and visiting
friends and relatives along the way, I am trying to get back into my daily
walks. Today I looked at Google Maps and decided I could walk from the house to
downtown Lakeland. It was a pleasant walk with convenient sidewalks and lovely
lakeside walks – obviously where the name “Lakeland” comes from.
I have been to Lakeland previously,
actually visiting with the good friends who we are renting the house from, and
on the last visit, I was taken downtown to see the Lemon Street Sculpture
garden. On this trip I wanted to go back and see it once more, and managed to
find my way back easily. The Sculpture Garden is a three-block long street side
display of sculpture installed on concrete pads under trees. I enjoyed wandering
among the interesting sculptures in such a pleasant setting last time and was
pleased to note that all the sculptures had been changed and were all new. The
natives of Lakeland obviously just take this interesting exhibition for granted
as I was alone in wandering among the artworks, and people seemed to find it odd
that I was so interested in them and taking photos. The one street person
sleeping on a bench in the area actually got up and left as my interest in the
sculpture was disturbing his resting place.
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