October 4, 2010

Today we went to see Linc and Donna Fisch, our son-in-law Karl’s parents. We went out for a nice lunch and then Linc drove us around Lexington so we could see some of the painted horse statues. There are 82 at various locations throughout the downtown area. We used to live in Lexington but Char and I felt like we were in some other town. We had a difficult time recognizing where we were. This town has grown much larger and greatly changed since we lived here. And now with lots of people from around the world in town to see the World Equestrian Games, it is difficult to get around the area. But with Linc the master driver and Donna the expert navigator, we negotiated the many crowded streets and detours and saw most of the horse statues.

Here are a few pictures of the beautiful statues we saw today.

Here left to right: Linc, Donna, Char and I.  This stature is in front of the Tates Creek Library. It is “Pride of the Bluegrass” designed and painted by Tates Creek High School Students.

The next two pictures are statues of foals designed and painted by Elementary Students.

This one is “Life Cycles” by Tates Creek Elementary.

This one is “Holding Hands” by Southern Elementary.

The painted horses will be auctioned off at Keeneland Race Track in December to support local charities. Thank you, Linc and Donna for a terrific afternoon. We really appreciated the tour of Lexington and seeing the many horse statues.