HUNTINGTON BEACH & BROOKGREEN (Day 3 - part 6)

We left the zoo and entered the garden section.

"Fighting Stallions" is the symbol of the park.

"Cascades" uses over 800 recycled waterbottles, each filled with its own light.

(left) "Playing Fillies"

(right) "Prismatic Passage" contains nearly 900 wine bottles.

"The Visionaries" by Anna Huntington, limestone

Archer and Anna Huntington

There are 20 types of dragonflies found in South Carolina. This is a male Blue Dasher.

Blue Dashers eat small flying insects such as mosquitoes, moths, flies and mayflies. They are one of the planet's most efficient predators, catching up to 95% of the prey they pursue. A single dragonfly can eat hundreds of insects per day. Their eyes are composed of 30,000 facets, allowing them to see in almost every direction. They have two independent sets of wings which enable them to change direction quickly.

Lanterns hang from trees around the Diana Pool.

"Diana of the Chase" - by Anna Huntington, bronze, 1922

Pair of bronze lions, by Anna Huntington, 1930

Me for scale in Live Oak Alley ... Spanish moss is a flowering epiphyte, meaning it is a plant that grows on other plants (often large trees) for support and to reach sunlight. They do not damage their host.

Anna was the first sculptor in America to cast in aluminum. Part of a drinking fountain, 1953

Indeed! A small alligator rested on a floating platform.

Since alligators are cold-blooded, they often bask in the sun to warm themselves.

Quite the smile!

"American St. Francis" - by Charles Cropper Parks, 1969. A raccoon sits in safety from the hounds below.

"Raphell" by Bruno Lucchesi, bronze, 1982. The statue was comissioned by the parents of a young woman after her untimely death.

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