The Place of Discovery
The last photo, I think, that I’ll post from Edison’s Winter home in Fort Myers, Florida. This is a photo of his lab where he developed many products and conducted one experiment after another. It…
Edison’s Trees
I have chosen to post the photos of some of the trees on Thomas Edison’s estate in black and white. It seems like photographers do both when posting these types of photos. I guess it…
Friends Welcomed!
I loved the light on the top of these stairs in Henry Ford’s cottage (The Mangoes). And then below, most of you would know that I fell in love with the idea of Mina Edison…
Edison’s Little Office – Mina’s Moonlight Garden
I was really drawn to Edison’s little office—probably because I love dark, wood spaces and places where you can sit and comfortably talk. The brochure I picked up at the Edison and Ford Estates said…
Friendships That Matter
Several years ago, I visited the Winter Estates of Thomas Edison and Henry Ford and came away being touched not by the power and fame these two men represented in America but by something much…
Thomas Edison’s Pier
Thomas Edison (the man who invented the light bulb among many other things) purchased 13 acres of land along the Caloosahatchee River in Ft. Myers in 1885. How did he get this far south? Tour…
