The World According To Carl

Located on a town park along Water Street across from the Grady Market is this hand-carved wooden statue of a fisherman in his yellow slicker holding a rather large redfish. This statue is located on the right side of the small park. Those are real, not wooden, shrimpboats in the background.

This is a nice closer view of the fisherman carving. Incidentally, the body of water you see in the background is the Apalachicola River very near its mouth where it flows into the Gulf of Mexico. As you can imagine, sport fishing is quite popular there all through the year.

On the left side of this park on Water Street is a wooden carving of a mother manatee with her baby and an admiring dolphin. There’s a lot going on with this carving so here’s another view…

Please pardon the shadows, but it’s the best picture I took from this angle. However you can make out the baby manatee a bit better as well as the admiring dolphin. The pink thing is supposed to be coral but it looks more like a mutant dish sponge.

As I mentioned before, Apalachicola has many unique and quaint shops, one of which is the Old Time Soda Fountain which, as the name implies, has an old-fashioned soda counter where you can get delicious ice cream floats which really come in handy on a hut, humid Florida summer day. They also have a plethora of seashells that you can purchase to take home. However it’s not wooden, it’s brick. But this is wooden…

This handcarved whimsical wizard stands vigil in front of The Old Time Soda Fountain shop. I asked about it while I was there, but unfortunately I no longer remember the specifics. I do believe I remember being told it was carved by a regional artist who’s done other carvings for Apalachicola businesses and residents. I also seem to remember being told that the carvings at the Water Street park were by a different artist. Anyway, the wizard is owned by the folks who own the soda fountain and they told me then that they roll it inside when they close to keep it secure.

Thank you for perusing this week’s PhotoHunt entry of mine. Please click on the links herein to find out more about Apalachicola and some of the places there. The next time my wife and I take a day trip there, I plan on taking many more pictures and probably include them on the online photo gallery of mine and perhaps also on my Panoramio photo gallery (which hopefully those end up being used on Google Earth — I’ve already gotten several pictures I’ve taken placed on Google Earth).

And if you’re vacationing in this part of Florida, I firmly believe you’d do well to visit Apalachicola and St. George Island.

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