Evening riverwalk

Last night Ryan and I took a trip downtown to see the Dolphins & Whales IMAX, eat at Tony's and walk around. While we were walking, so many good memories came back to me...

One year ago about now we were all jumping in our cars headed up to Asheville for Tara & Erik's wedding. Then plus a week or so, Ryan and I went downtown for supper at Tony's and came back engaged. Plus a few more days, Ryan and Carrie took a walk downtown too while Ryan and I went to the symphony and then they were engaged too. It seems like time has just flown by since then. Nothing like a bunch of weddings and graduations to make it go. And here we are - all married and Tara and Erik about to celebrate their first year together!

We also enjoyed looking at all the sculptures downtown. Although, I must say, half of it leaves you thinking - is this really art? A five year old could design this! Here are a few examples:


This one I affectionately call the FRENCH FRIES

An oil can with wings???


The white blob at the top of the picture below is another one of those I don't understand. It's like a whale with three colored balls stacked up over it. Where did that artistic inspiration come from?

But now lets show you a few of our favorites:
We liked the grandpa talking to his granddaughter by Rembrandts and the great dane by the Walnut Street Bridge but here are our top 3.

3rd place - the baseball game

Ryan stands in front of the pitcher to throw a strike

2nd place - the driftwood horse
This is really bronze but it looks so much like driftwood. A man riding around on a bike told us that a smaller horse done by this artist recently sold for $385,000.

1st place - the hang glider

I'd never seen this one before but we thought it was really neat because of where it sits on a steep slope overlooking the river. There must be some counter balance to hold it up since there is only one TOE touching the ground but you can't see it from our vantage points.