A tile mural depicting the Kentuck symbol on the side of the Kentuck Museum in downtown Northport. The area around the mural is called the "Courtyard of Wonders," and features many unique art pieces and working artists' studios. Kentuck, which is a non-profit organization dedicated to the arts, also hosts a Festival of Arts each October.
A robot made out of cement blocks.
A big red dog -- let's call him Clifford, shall we? -- on top of one of the buildings surrounding the Courtyard of Wonders. Clifford kind of looks like he's made out of paper mache, but I don't think that holds up to the elements, so he's probably made out of something else.
The world's largest fire ant, who sits atop a pole in the courtyard. I wouldn't want that ant in my pants.
The bag door of a barn-like structure in the courtyard.
I walked behind another building and found this peaceful scene of storage space. I'm sure all of this has some sort of use or function in the Courtyard of Wonders.
Northport has its own old-fashioned barber shop, complete with a genuine barber's pole. The inside of the shop is just as quaint as the outside, and there was a man inside getting a cut.
Although it's located behind downtown's main street, signs lead to Mary's Cakes. It was very hot, and since one of their signs also advertised gelato, we had to find it. The bakery had a large selection of extremely cute cupcakes, cookies, petite fours, and other treats. They make all of the gelato, and there were only three kinds to choose from that day -- peach, lemon and cantaloupe! I had never had, seen or heard of cantaloupe gelato, ice cream or anything else similar to those, so I was intrigued. The girl who was helping me said they had recently bought a really good, ripe cantaloupe and decided to make gelato with it. She let me try it and the lemon, and when I couldn't decide which one to get, she gave me a scoop of each. I ate every bite, before it melted. Robert doesn't like gelato (or cantaloupe), so he missed out.
No all day parking.
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