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15-Apr-2017

The butterfly that finally gave up the ghost

This is an old picture of a garden decoration that was on the scavenger hunt. When we went to photograph it again in May, it was gone. The restoration society told me that it had finally fallen apart and that the organization in the building had had to remove it. I was sorry to see it gone.

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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.

Restaurant mural, posted earlier:

Nikon D810
1/125s f/10.0 at 70.0mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
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Don Mottershead10-Jun-2021 23:24
Looks like that butterfly has toes!
larose forest photos08-Jun-2021 18:24
What a remarkable design and decoration, love the words. V
victorswan08-Jun-2021 12:07
too bad it's gone it was something special with a certain symbolism I thought, a very nice image Helen BV
Dave Berry08-Jun-2021 03:58
Great shot, Helen. It's sad when great art falls apart or is painted over. V
Dan Greenberg08-Jun-2021 01:10
It is very attractive and you photographed it well, luckily. I can see why you miss it. ~BV~
Dennis Hoyne08-Jun-2021 01:05
It must be made stronger!
Julie Oldfield08-Jun-2021 00:48
Another thought provoking capture. If people had what is on the wings, everyone could blossom into a butterfly. V
Raymond08-Jun-2021 00:38
Wow, I'd love to have that here. Nice catch
hayl07-Jun-2021 23:29
It was a wonderful piece but sadly outdoor art suffers. Good thing it can live on in photos.
Pierre Martin07-Jun-2021 22:38
beautiful it was, like the way they used a human body!
Hank Vander Velde07-Jun-2021 20:40
Rather a unique ornament well captured Helen.
Mairéad07-Jun-2021 20:34
Good that you got a record of it.
Philip P07-Jun-2021 20:28
Too bad, but even real Monarchs only last about one year if they are lucky!
Nick Paoni07-Jun-2021 20:09
Too bad it is no longer there. So fascinating.
Claude Gagnon07-Jun-2021 19:37
Would have been nice to restore it :))
Ton T.07-Jun-2021 19:08
This magnificent butterfly is a very beautiful piece of art! V
John Hamers07-Jun-2021 19:08
Great capture of this colorful decoration , nicely framed by the fence and stairs. V!
joseantonio07-Jun-2021 18:30
love that huge butterfly as decoration.V.