See today's post on my On the Pavement blog for another bird mosaic at Los Quetzales.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Woodpecker Mosaic
Guadalupe, Panama ~ January 11, 2010See today's post on my Animal Art Along the Way blog for another bird mosaic at Los Quetzales.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Nirvana in Raymond
Raymond, Washington ~ August 28, 2010
You just never know. Yesterday evening, as we were driving back to Astoria from visiting the Point Defiance Zoo in Tacoma, we turned off the narrow highway to have a look at the town of Raymond (population 2,975 in the year 2000). We hadn't expected to see this charming theatre, which has clearly been restored with loving care. You can see its web site here. Too bad about the modern marquee, but overall, it makes a striking impression. It seems that the grunge band Nirvana played its first gig here in 1987. Who knew?
Snake Terrace Extraordinaire
Playground, Tours AillaudNanterre, Paris, July 2010
This wonderful photo is thanks to my blogging friend VP of Livorno, Italy. Check out his Daily Photo Stream and Livorno Daily Photo blogs. If you want some additional fun, see VP's A Bunch of Benches blog. You will be amazed :) That blog started out as a joke and was later discovered. I have no idea what the inside joke was about, but it now has a following of folks who like seeing a daily morph of the bench theme. Back to the photo above: I have not seen this gargantuan snake myself, but I can imagine how excited I'd be to find it while walking through the city. I also love the treatment of the buildings in the background. Thanks, VP!
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Sea Lion and Salmon Bench, Tacoma
The sea lions and salmon seem to get along pretty well on the bench outside the entrance to the Point Defiance Zoo in Tacoma, Washington, but don't expect the salmon to be smiling when the two species meet in local waters.
Camouflage
Tacoma, Washington ~ August 28, 2010Can you find the fire hydrant? Of course you can, but I didn't see it when I took this photo of the interesting rock formation near the entrance to the Point Defiance Zoo. I only noticed it on the way back around after visiting the tapirs, tigers, lowland anoa, and some other critters.
Friday, August 27, 2010
Giant Panda and Thylacine (Tasmanian Wolf) on a Carousel in Paris
We still have giant pandas in the world, but only about 1,600 to 3,000 of them, which is not many, especially when they are so hard to breed in captivity and they are not breeding well in the wild. We no longer have the fascinating marsupial - a thylacine, Tasmanian wolf, or Tassie tiger. We can thank modern humans in our egocentric stupidity for eradicating this unique animal (considered to be a pest) in the 1930s. Unsubstantiated reports of their possible existence persisted until the 1960s, but the thylacine was offically listed as extinct in 1982; the rule is that extinction is declared 50 years after the last definitively-living animal has died.
Here's Lee studying the sign near the carousel. I thought the artwork and explanations were terrific, allowing this entertaining carousel to educate and enrich those who cared to take a look. I also thought the drawings were quite nice. I've left the bottom photo very large in case you want to click on it and see the text and the drawings. For other animals on the carousel, click on the "dodo carousel" keyword below.Buzz Up, Catch Down
Francisca wrote, "These were all taken on the Metro Train route from LA Airport to downtown . . . each stop has wonderful urban art."
I have no idea where the words and phrases come from in this uniquely thought-provoking staircase. Like a collage, the random juxtapositions cause an interesting cascade of images to form. Is the building at the top a psych center? Holistic healing and therapists' offices? Day Trading Central? Maybe Francisca can help us out here. I love the shadow in the first photo. Later: Francisca helped answer the question. She wrote, "Sheryl, this is what the architects said about the words: 'Walking up the station's stairs, passengers will discover words and phrases which have entered our 1990's vocabulary; will they remain in our lexicon or become obsolete?' Source: http://www.metro.net/about/art/locations/el-segundo-sta/#1" Thanks, Francisca!
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Another Greeter
Paris ~ October 14, 2008Outside the Museum of Natural History (Paleontologgy)
in the Jardin des Plantes
Besides the little creatures all over the facade of the museum, there were three greeters standing at the ready. This proto-something-or-other, perhaps from the Eocene, Oligocene, or Miocene, was much friedlier than he appears. You can see the other two greeters here and here.
925 Front Street
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Evening Tide
Kona Coast, Hawaii ~ September 23, 2007This is just how the photo came out of the camera, except for cropping and a teeny bit of contrast. It was evening, and the camera faced the hazy setting sun across tide pools on the rocky shore.
Monday, August 23, 2010
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Blue Horse in Portland
Portland, Oregon ~ April 18, 2010Northwest 23rd Street
This just goes to show that all spotted ponies are not Appaloosas.
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Alive and Well
Bend, Oregon ~ May 31, 2010In case any of us were worried about it, this just goes to show that flamingo lawn sculpture is still alive and well.
Inside the Bodleian Quadrangle
Oxford, England ~ February 18, 2010
Check out today's post on my On the Pavement blog to see what was at my feet.
Oxford Water
Oxford, England ~ February 18, 2010Bodleian Library
Under the circumstances, the text on the metal cover is perfect. Check out today's post on Tapirgal's Daily Image to see the building reflected here.
Friday, August 20, 2010
Magic Lantern or a Samovar of Coffee?
Los Angeles ~ 2003From the series "Los Angeles Urban Art 2003"
by Francisca
Francisca wrote, "These were all taken on the Metro Train route from LA Airport to downtown . . . each stop has wonderful urban art."
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Bent Bolt
Astoria, Oregon ~ March 17, 2010This industrial-sized bolt is clearly something not to trip on. I don't remember exactly where I found it, but it's in the vicinity of the old Englund Marine along the River Walk in Astoria.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Frog and Shoe
Naples, Italy ~ April 18, 2004It would be nice if I had recorded any information about this stone frog and what culture produced it, but I didn't. As I so often say, I will have to go back.
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Friday, August 13, 2010
Lions and Unicorn on The High Street, Oxford
Oxford, England ~ February 18, 2010Brasenose College, The High Street entrance
How many lions can you find?
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Sunburst
These were all taken on the Metro Train route from LA Airport to downtown . . . each stop has wonderful urban art."
Elephant over Greensboro
In the air near Greensboro, North Carolina ~
August 6, 2008
Some people think they see images in the clouds, but I'm convinced there was a gigantic elephant high in the sky over Greensboro. It looks like it could be a baby pachyderm.
Before my eyes, the elephant grew to an adult or perhaps took on the form of an ancient mammoth. Then it trumpeted and faded into the evening sky.
Amazing Face
Newport, Oregon ~ March 11, 2006I think this may be a frogfish cast in bronze and integrated with the rock in the gardens of the Oregon Coast Aquarium.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Nothing Fancy . . .
Astoria, Oregon ~ February 7, 2010. . . and yet I felt compelled to take its portrait long before I had serious thoughts of starting this blog.
Deco Delight
Portland, Oregon ~ August 7, 2010SW Broadway near Pioneer Square
First, please excuse the crazy angles. I didn't take enough photos to find a straight one, and I didn't want to lose anything in the cropping. I think one crazy angle is fine, but these two going in opposite directions . . . not so much. I love the jungle theme in the dark areas. I also left the photo below at a large size so you can check out the details when you click on it. The inside seems to be worth looking at as well. Hopefully next time I'll go in.
I posted a close-up of some of the detail on my Animal Art Along the Way blog today. To enlarge the photo above, click it once, then click the photo again when it pops up in a window.Peacocks in Portland
Portland, Oregon ~ August 7, 2010On an Art Deco building near Pioneer Square
See today's Tapirgal's Daily Image for a full view of this delightful building.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Compass Rose: Belém, western Lisbon, Portugal
Oeiras, Portugal ~ July 24, 2009Photo by JM
Many thanks to JM of Oeiras and environs daily photo for the use of this magnificent piece of pavement! You MUST enlarge it. Those are actually people down there! For the full story and comments check out JM's original post of the rose.
I also learned from JM that this type of pavement pattern (the black and white wavy lines) originated in Portugal. Having not been to Portugal (yet), I first encountered similar patterns in Brazil. In fact, I posted one of the sidewalks from Sao Paulo during the first week of Tapirgal's Daily Image.
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