Sunday at Belle Isle

Yesterday, my husband and I went to Belle Isle.  We've been there before, watching as volunteer organizations and now the state of Michigan (who have turned it into a state park this year since the city of Detroit went bankrupt) have been slowly restoring the place. 

We have gone through the awesomeness of the Aquarium and the Conservatory and listened to the koi in the koi pond gulp food from the water lilies.

But we have never gotten to see Scott Fountain running before. This was pretty marvelous in that it is nearly 100 years old and all levels of it haven't run in years.  Vandals have been at it, and the elements, and, of course, its antique pipes don't help.

So, here they are, the crappy phone photos my husband and I took.  I really need a new camera.  My camera kinda works, sometimes, when it wants to work properly, but, then, its 13 years old and I just need a new one.  But, the phone is passable, it just doesn't allow for a lot of fiddling and the zoom is only 4X instead of 12X which is what my camera will do when it decides to work correctly.

 

 

  I don't think I've ever seen that much marble in one place.  I really would have liked to have seen the City of Detroit in the late 20s.  It was quite a place.

Video of the Plumbing of the Fountain

 

Here are more photos of Belle Isle. 

  

Bell Tower, it sometimes plays automated bell sounds.

 

                                                    The Conservatory, I really want to live in there.

                                    The koi in the koi pond.  These are very, very large fish.

 And that's my finger. It would be a wonderful photo without it.

 

Fountain outside of the Conservatory. 

 

                               Just imagine if this was the grounds leading up to your house?

More Info on Belle Isle in Case a Visit Needs to be Planned