Brass Bowl

Okay, I’m being charitable in calling this an artsy shot.  But given I had the new Tampa Museum of Art literally hanging over my head, I feel a certain leeway is acceptable. The Poetic License on stuff-that-doesn’t-rhyme sort of thing.

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The name I gave this is just a working title, something for the search engines to chew on.  What about you?  Got an title for this picture?

Located on the grounds of the University of Tampa, this old school house sits like a grandmother among her descendants.   It’s fitting that the grounds of the University have gone from schoolhouse, to hotel and then back to an institution of learning.

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OLD SCHOOLHOUSE

Built circa 1855 by Gen. Jesse Carter for his daughter Josephine.  He employed Mrs. Louisa Porter as teacher.  The first class included Josephine Carter, Janie Givens, Mary Lesley, Mary Kelly, Eugenia Spencer, Lizze Spencer and Hayden Porter.  Jesse J. Hayden purchased the property in 1865.  His granddaughter Marion A. McKay was born in the school Oct. 8, 1875.  In 1886 Henry B. Plant bought the property for his hotel.  He saved the School and it was used as an apothecary shop by Dr. J.M. Grantham.  In 1905 the Hotel was sold to the City of Tampa.  The School was presented to the Desoto Chapter DAR in 1931 by Mayor D.B. McKay and City Representatives.

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Riverhills Park is one of Hillsborough County’s gem parks.  Located in Temple Terrace, this park lies along the north side of the Hillsborough River.  There a historical marker commemorates the Spanish exploration of the immediate area.

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SPANISH EXPLORATION OF TEMPLE TERRACE

April 25 & 26, 1757

On April 25, 1757, as they explored the Hillsborough River (Rio De San Julian Y Artiaga) and searched for pine trees for ship masts, Don Francisco Maria Celi, Captain of the Spanish Royal Fleet, and 19 armed members of the expedition camped in this vicinity.

Here the Spaniards found “pine trees of great magnitude” and the river water “very delicate in taste”.  They reveled in it for it was “aqua buena  y clara”.  They erected a cross naming the forest “El Pinal De La Cruz De Santa Teresa”.

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This is a beautiful location, perfect for canoeing and kayaking.

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This adorns the center of the ground floor of Rivergate Tower, AKA the Beercan Building.  The Brass Bowl has been negligent in pointing out this wonderful marble statute.

The image is slightly grainy due to me shooting this in ambient light.  Seems my batteries were not up to the chore of powering up the flash.

However, I think the image came out rather well.  But you should visit the image in person, and see for yourself.

Domain moved and name servers updated; check
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Batteries charged and camera lens cleaned: check

Due to the incompetence of HostGator, the primary domain for Brass Bowl (brassbowl.net) has been rendered non-functioning.  They want the hosting fee for another year ahead of time before they will fix their screw up.

Fortunately, I have been down this road before.  I have the domain I started with, brassbowl.org, and I did an import of the .net site.   Some of the links back to old posts may not work for awhile, nor do the post counts (they are there, just not indexed) until I can get the .net domain up and running on BlueHost. The estimated timeline for this is five to seven days.

I’m sorry to say that I won’t be putting up any new pictures until I can get the .net domain operational.  I will however, vent about Host Gator and it’s underhanded practices.

Hope you all find the Brass Bowl here at BrassBowl.Org.