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09-May-2021

The shy giraffe

I wasn’t able to get a better shot of this giraffe due to high bushes, but “shy” is actually what the restoration society called it (so I guess they had problems photographing it as well).

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The Capitol Hill Restoration Society has a "whimsical" scavenger hunt on their website in which you're given a large number of addresses on the Hill (along with pictures with no addresses), at which people have works of "art" in their front yards. Some of them are quite showy, some are small and rather ordinary, but we spent the afternoon tracking most of them down, and these are the resulting pictures. The society first introduced this tour last year but was again promoting it for their 2021 Mother's Day "Tour of Tours," so we thought we'd take them up on the challenge. Which it definitely was.

Best to view in "Original" because other versions resized by Pbase are decidedly
unsharp.

Just your average garden stegosaurus, posted earlier:

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Don Mottershead22-May-2021 22:39
>:o)
LynnH21-May-2021 01:42
Pretty flowers surrounding this masked guy. Love it!
Hank Vander Velde20-May-2021 23:58
Super image, well titled Helen.
hayl20-May-2021 17:34
It's lovely with the masses of flowers at its feet.
Nestor Derkach20-May-2021 14:37
Nice try Helen you are right shy is a perfect name for this animal.
After looking closely I picked up on him.
This was a challenge for sure.
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Marcia Rules20-May-2021 13:30
How fun! Someone has an imagination!
Nick Paoni20-May-2021 13:29
What a great description and shot to prove it.
Julie Oldfield20-May-2021 13:21
I like how the giraffe seems how it wraps around the tree. V
marie-jose wolff20-May-2021 12:06
The giraffe hiding behind the tree, she doesn't like to show herself with the mask ;-)
janescottcumming20-May-2021 11:00
Maybe they placed it this way so they would have the best view of it from inside the house. Great with his mask on! V
Don20-May-2021 10:59
The poor thing is obviously concerned it will catch COVID as a result of the attention.
Philip P20-May-2021 09:06
The true 'Art of welding'!
Industrial Heritage20-May-2021 09:03
Shy, but looking great with that mask.