Every year, thousands upon thousands of art collectors, enthusiasts and casual shoppers flock to Matlacha Island to visit me at Lovegrove Gallery & Gardens. Once here, they enjoy the art, enjoy a cold bottled water luxuriate in the botanical gardens. Some come to participate in a Vino's Picasso painting class, where they make and take home [...]
Today is Throwback Thursday, and continuing my theme of celebrating the return of the sun – both in Southwest Florida and Southeast Texas, I’m recalling one of my all-0time favorite songs to wake up to in the morning - Good Day Sunshine by (who else?) The Beatles. Paul wrote it at John’s house in Kenwood on [...]
If you know me at all (or follow this blog), then you know I’m an avid Beatles fan, and the sun finally rising in a clear blue sky over Matlacha Island makes me think of Here Comes the Sun, which George Harrison wrote in Eric Clapton's garden using one of Clapton's acoustic guitars. George wrote the [...]
