It has been over a week since I've posted on my blog..but, I have a good reason. I was in Miami! One of my favorite places while there (besides visiting family and sunbathing, ofcourse) was the Coral Castle.
"The Coral Castle was built by one man, working alone. It took him 20 years to build-from 1920-1940. His name is Edward Leedskalnin. Ed was born in Latvia in 1887 and died in Miami in 1951. He was 64. When Ed was 26, he was engaged to marry Agnes Scuffs who was 10 years younger than he was. He always referred to her as "Sweet Sixteen". On the day before the wedding, she told Ed she did not want to marry him because he was too old for her...
For reasons unknown to us, Ed chose to carve a castle of coral in dedication to "Sweet Sixteen". What makes Ed's work remarkable is the fact that he was five feet tall and weighed 100 pounds. The remarkable feat was in cutting and moving huge coral blocks single-handedly using hand tools..." (taken from Coral Castle tour guide pamphlet).
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