Ringling Museum - Sarasota

[Mike McCarty]

The Ringling museum is located on the bay here in Sarasota. It was built by John and Mable Ringling of the circus folk fame. Sarasota was the winter home of the Ringling circus. Mr. Ringling left quite a mark on this city.

This first photo is from the bay looking back through the courtyard to the museum. The next is looking from the back porch west toward Sarasota bay.

Most of the paintings in the museum, with some exceptions, are Italian. This one in particular really got my attention. It's an 8' x 5' pastel on parchment paper under glass of Marie Antoinette by Elizabeth Louis Vigee Le Brun.

This last one, located on the front grounds of the museum, seems perfectly reasonable to me. If your woman is not living up to your expectations, you just take all her clothes off, strap her to the back of a bull, and run her around the property. After a few laps you could ask if she would like to reevaluate. I suppose this would work just as well if you were having trouble with your bull.