Hope's Art Journey

St. Augustine is hugely historical.  The historical society is very vested in honoring and preserving this image.  One can go downtown where there is construction, remodeling or just repair on a sidewalk and see people (professional excavators) digging in the dirt to see what artifacts or historical data lies beneath.  It makes the paper on a regular basis and is one of the reasons tourists, school children and historical buffs come here.  Does it help us sell artwork?  I doubt it.  Maybe trinkets, T-shirts and reproductions of the street scenes.     That is beside the point I suppose since I chose to live [...]