ART ON THE BARANCO

This path borders the 800 unit complex (with only about 100 units occupied.  It was meant to be a resort not apartments.)  Most mornings we walk this path for an hour.  I goes past a beautiful golf course, which we rarely see anyone on, and down towards the ocean and a housing complex and shops with mostly people from England.  Notice the bougainvillea vines that cover the fences on the left.  There is a mile or two of them around the complex. We love it!  I always have flowers for a table centerpiece and they dry beautifully.

We were impressed from the beginning with the interesting "art" work, consisting of stacked rocks, tree limbs and junk.  The red stuff is a natural ice plant that grows around in patches...so beautiful.

Then one day we happened on the artist on the path with his dogs.  Everyone in the Canaries has a dog but us.  He is an older gentleman from England, who has lived here for 7 years and has created the structures over that time with stuff collected from the path.

The trees in the back border the golf course.  The artist has been fun to talk to.  He knows a lot about the history of the island and has given us a lot of interesting facts.

This might be the most interesting one with a garden hose and an old glove, among other things.  This is the worst place I have ever seen for littering.  We are planning to do a street clean up in our various areas with our JAS kids...or maybe we could do a few art pieces first. Notice the interesting shaped hills.