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09-May-2021

Mystery animal

I thought at first this was a dog, but it’s described as a “griffin” on the restoration society website, which has a picture of it unmasked. It doesn’t have the face of a dog, but it doesn’t have any wings, either, so I really have no idea what it is.

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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.

G (Street) is for grasshopper, posted earlier:

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Julie Oldfield18-May-2021 12:44
The matching colors and lines are well captured. V
Nestor Derkach18-May-2021 11:49
Nice placement into the frame love the red tie in harmony with the entrance door..
Nice details,
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janescottcumming18-May-2021 11:09
Love the bowtie. Had to laugh at Don's comment! V
bill friedlander18-May-2021 01:28
The red bowtie is a showstopper. Wonderful find. V
Dennis Hoyne18-May-2021 00:50
A collar, red bow tie and a mask, Hmmm....I can't place him, still a cool find.
Don Mottershead18-May-2021 00:44
It's wearing a bow tie and appears to not like visitors, so I think it is a statue of the young Tucker Carlson.
Jeff Real18-May-2021 00:06
What a great find nd subject!
I would like to see what he looks like without the mask.
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Claude Gagnon17-May-2021 23:58
Nice and amusing :))
Hank Vander Velde17-May-2021 22:18
Too cute!
David Buzzeo17-May-2021 21:00
My guess is the griffin is there to protect the house. But I also see they have a security camera next to the door. V
hayl17-May-2021 20:49
The collar would make you think it was a dog. Another unusual addition to someone's home.
John Hamers17-May-2021 20:35
Original bow tie maybe for special occasional :)
Nick Paoni17-May-2021 19:22
Love the bow tie.
Philip P17-May-2021 18:24
Incognito?
joseantonio17-May-2021 17:40
love the face mask and the bow tie....V