The Cummer is ranked #2 on Tripadvisor among attractions in Jacksonville, and it offers free admission on Tuesday evenings. We always enjoy both art and gardens, so we made plans to visit the Cummer with Beth. Both she and Iris had been there some years ago, and Beth was happy to return. Aunt Iris preferred to stay home and rest. The injury to her foot is healing, but her hip replacement and spinal surgery still have her recuperating.
Beth braved Jacksonville traffic to drive us to the museum, which is located directly on the St. John's River, which winds its way northward through Jacksonville. We started in the gardens, since they close at dark and we wanted to take advantage of a lull in the rain showers. There are three gardens, Italian, English, and Olmsted, terraced down to the river. The blooms are not as fresh and numerous as usual because of the hard rain showers here recently, but the gardens were still quite attractive.
Indoors we started at the temporary exhibit of classic car design:
We enjoyed the cars and the concept drawings, and we sat down to watch some vintage automotive television advertisements.
We walked through several rooms of exhibits, all of which seemed rather eclectic. Another temporary exhibit features Florida art in all different media and time periods. After a while I just hit a wall and had to sit down. Ken and Beth were still happily examining the offerings in the gift
When we got back to Iris's, we all packed up and went to Beth's, where she had prepared a delicious pork chop dinner. By the time we left, it was quite late, and I was looking forward to my usual opportunity to rest my eyes a bit on the way home, but Ken had forgotten his wallet somehow (suspicious if you ask me), and I had to drive home.
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