For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Fountains, we chose this whimsical fountain from Coroico, Bolivia. After driving down “death road”, it was enjoyable to go to this little village and see the fountain in the main square. The happy nature of the main square was quite a contrast to the foggy drive down through the rain forest.
We also considered this fountain from Cochabamba, but decided on the fun parrot.
Here is another photo for the urban fountain photo challenge. This is a photo of the Swann Memorial Fountain in Logan Square Philadelphia. Designed by Alexander Calder in 1924, the figures are of Native Americans meant to symbolize the three major waterways around Philadelphia. The Delaware River is represented as a man, the Schuykill River by a woman, and the Wissahickon Creek as a girl.
A fellow blogger, Polianthus, has asked us to participate in their monthly fountain challenge and this month it is urban fountains. In looking through our pictures of fountains, we found this fountain from Granada, Spain. It is a monument depicting Christopher Columbus getting approval from Queen Isabella to try to sail around the world.
