Monday 26 September 2022
Summer 2022 Inwood Re-blooming Daylily, As A Flowering Plant, In The Monster Raised Garden, Eugene, Oregon
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A pair of Inwood Reblooming Daylily flowers overlapped each other as they both duked it out to face the sun. Many Inwood Reblooming Daylily flowers bloomed facing upward toward the sun. Many buds insured many more weeks of flowers to follow. A closer view of one of the Inwood Reblooming Daylily flowers with its red wine colored inside, with cream petals.
Related stories: Spring 2022 Inwood Reblooming Daylily

Sunday 25 September 2022
2022 Hapet Blue Eyes Dahlia, As A Flower of the Americas, In The Monster Raised Garden, Eugene, Oregon
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Our currently lone Dahlia plant grew on the side of our Monster raised garden bed between the second level and the hedge. Unlike last year, this year it had many blooms. The wind had toppled two of the Hapet Blue Eyes Dahlia flowers. They still appeared pretty, despite hanging upside down. One of our Hapet Blue Eyes Dahlia flowers faced the morning sunlight and almost appeared to glow. A closer view of two of our Hapet Blue Eyes Dahlia flowers revealed their complex arrangement of petals. The several flowers of our Hapet Blue Eyes Dahlia plant grew atop long stems. They were all back-lit by the sun, which made their colors pop against the green background.
Related stories: 2021 Hapet Blue Eyes Dahlia

Saturday 24 September 2022
Ludwig Van Beethoven Statue, Artist: Unknown, Bronze On Granite, On Base "Music Holding A Lyre," Golden Gate Park, By Music Concourse, San Francisco, California
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The name "Beethoven" was left behind when granite had been cut away. The lower statue was the depiction of "Music Holding A Lyre." Where Music was personified by a woman who held a lyre in her left hand. The front face of the statue stood on concrete with trees beyond it. The Beethoven statue was two statues in one. Atop a granite column was the bust of Beethoven. On a step below the bust, was a statue of Music. Atop the granite column was a bust of Beethoven. The face of Beethoven gazed down with a fiercely serious continence.
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Friday 23 September 2022
Fast And Easy Mart, Artificial People, 140 B Street, Davis, California
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An artificial man played an artificial trumpet atop the Fast And Easy Mart. A group of three artificial musicians played music atop the Fast And Easy Mart at 140 B Street in Davis, California. A somewhat closer view of the three artificial men atop the Fast And Easy Mart who played horns. Two more artificial men also played horns. The man on the left of the photograph, played and actual artificial trombone. The man on the right played a missing horn that was probably artificial too.
Some related stories: Masks • Replicas • Decor • Mechanical • Janitorial Tools • Candy Containers • Faces • Store Windows • Figurines • Statues

Thursday 22 September 2022
Homeward Mural 2021, Artists: Dave Young Kim and Erik T Burke, Webster Street & Pacific Avenue, Alameda, California
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A large mural was painted on the side of one building and above another. It depicted sea birds and a sailing ship. An old-time square-rigged sailing ship was visible on the ocean when viewed through a human shaped window. The artist's signatures were painted low and in a corner and were almost hidden by a parked car. The signature read: Dave Young Kim Erik T Burke 2021 A large yellow flower decorated the end of the side of the building above another. An old-time square-rigged sailing ship was named "Homeward." It was bracketed by two symmetric birds. A human shape allowed this ship to become visible through it. Flowers decorated the ship and the wall.
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Wednesday 21 September 2022
Costumes, In The 2022, Oregon Country Fair, Veneta, Oregon
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A one-eyed creature with no arms walked through the Oregon Country Fair to the amusement of children and puzzlement of adults.
Related stories: Art • Food Booths • Hats • Merchandise Booths • Parasols • Shows • Signs • The Fair Generally

Tuesday 20 September 2022
Heart Hands Mural, Artist: The Tracy Piper, Ferry Building, San Francisco, California
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A closer view of the smears of paint that formed the backdrop to the hands. A closer view of the left hand (the rightmost hand in the mural) along with its decorating symbols and word "Love." The literal word "Love" was painted on the back of one of the hands. The plastic column, upon which the mural was painted, covered a construction stairway. That column rose next to the front entrance to the Ferry Building. The mural was painted on the plastic by artist Tracy Piper. It featured two hands forming a heart. Stars, triangles, X's, and half moons decorated the hands. A closer view of the right hand (the leftmost hand in the mural) along with its decorating symbols.
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Monday 19 September 2022
Indigo Hammond and Playle Architects, Sculpture, Artist: Unknown, 909 5th Street, Davis, California
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The cat sculpture, that stood on the right of the path, looked to its right. The cat, that lay on the platform to the left of the path, stared straight ahead. The two sculptures were located at the front of the Indigo Hammond and Playle Architects building. Two cat sculptures were located either side of the path into Indigo Hammond and Playle Architects.
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Sunday 18 September 2022
Former Temporary Transbay Terminal, Artist: Kate Tova, San Francisco, California
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Her art radiated outward from the center post of a former bus stop. A drippy heart was painted on another bus stop in the former Temporary Transbay Terminal, South of Market, in San Francisco. A closer view of the painting on the rightmost side of the bus stop. One can just make out flowers and a butterfly wing. Kate Tova placed her signature at the bottom of one of the two pieces of her art at the former Temporary Transbay Terminal. A closer view of the details of the paint inside the left side of the drippy heart.
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Saturday 17 September 2022
Kaleidescope, As Art, Oregon Country Fair, Veneta, Oregon
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The surface of the tube was a tile mosaic work of art. Folks discovered the kaleidoscope and a few peered through them. An example of one of the views through one of the kaleidoscope, The mirrors formed a design from plants and a person walking past the other side. An eight-sided tube stood in the center of one of the paths through Oregon Country Fair. The tube was kaleidoscopic art with each hole through it formed from a kaleidoscope.
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Friday 16 September 2022
SkyStar Wheel, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California
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A few movable signs were stood together and said, "Enter Here," and "Stroller and Bike Parking Here." A sign posted at the top of the stairs clearly spelled out "Passenger Restrictions." Among them was, "No guests subject to claustrophobia." A closer view of the cars with their doors on the side and surrounded by windows. The SkyStar Wheel rose very high above Golden Gate Park. Notice the ladders that extended from the center outward toward each car. The SkyStar Wheel, in the distance, formed a round frame around a palm tree. A canvas sign on the front of the SkyStar Wheel read: SkyStar Golden Gate Park 150 Years San Francisco Recreation & Parks SF Parks Alliance
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Thursday 15 September 2022
Public Transport, Tunnel Tops Park, The Presidio, San Francisco, California
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A bus station lay below the Tunnel Tops Park and between it and the pond. The 30 Stockton bus ran from near the Caltrain Station at 4th and Townsend, and terminated here at this bus station. It returned roughly over the same route.
Related stories: Art • Children • Plants • Signs • The Park • The Pond

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