Thirst came upon us following our walk back from Hemingway’s Home, so we stopped at the Parrot Bar for a refresher.
Hemingway’s Wedding Area March 19, 2013
The Hemingway grounds include a wedding area, including a white arch very similar to the one in our Texas backyard, installed for Brett and Leanna’s backyard wedding. We had to take advantage of a photo opportunity!
Hemingways Cats and “Cat Houses”!
Elizabeth Taylor wears a gem around her neck and poses on a chunk of wood, whenever people approach the home. Olivia protects Hemingway’s photographs in the book store, and many other leading ladies and men roam Hemingway’s grounds.
The legacy of Hemingway’s love for his cats carries on and the generation of cats remaining have a permanent home here in Key West. Their accommodations visible throughout the estate are built with obvious love and respect for their independent mentality.
Hemingway’s Writing Studio–my personal favorite!
A Farewell to Arms; The Old Man and the Sea; For Whom the Bell Tolls and The Sun Also Rises are amongst his better-known creations.
His writing studio was unique and tropical–an upper room adorned with natural light from windows in every direction. His black typewriter still sits on a round table at the center of his room. Guides repeatedly emphasized “his life as he lived it” and not his untimely death.
Earnest Hemingway’s Home in Key West
A view of Hemingway’s Tropical Hideaway
A view of Hemingway’s home-a tropical hideaway
Day #1: Key West
Key West was a quaint, “touristy” count, containing a few rare gems, such as Ernest Hemingway’s house and the Truman White House. A majority of the houses were two-story with quaint southern porches and white picket or wrought iron fences. All of the homes were engulfed in lush, tropical vegetation.
BG being goofy with “Sponge Man”
Keith & Mary pose in the jaws of a Great White
Mallory Square in Key West
The Three Pirates!
Key West Museum of Art & History
A Young Earnest Hemingway-the fisherman
The Shopper!
I rarely hold out when it comes to shopping (in my weaker moments)
Taking advantage of our only chance to make a phone call the next 9 days
The beautiful Westin in Key West!
Roosters rule the streets
Bougenvilla hedges-aaah!
Fountain Leading to Truman’s White House
Street Strollers
Picture for Anderson:
BG to wondering folks: “I own this company”
The Kapok Tree
Keith stops to view an old church on the way to Hemingway’s home
Sweet Mary in her Panema Hat
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