Tag Archives: Sculpture Please View Large On Black for best results. When I shot this statue at the Hirshhorn Museum of Art in Washington D.C. back on 2-7-2009 I was fascinated by the expression, the astonishing life like qualities and the enormous size of the statue. It sits on his butt at ground level and stands almost seven feet...  Another shot from my parent’s backyard while my leg is healing. I went to the Orthopedic Surgeon today and they removed all the staples from the leg but he said I still can’t put any weight on the leg for another four weeks. My Summer is quickly evaporating before my eyes.  Statue at the Charles Evans Cemetery in Reading, PA taken on Saturday 2-14-2009. B & W Processing by NIK Software’s Silver FX Pro For more information on the Charles Evans Cemetery, visit their web site at www.cevans.com  “Distlefink” sculpture by sculptor Ramon Lago. The Distlefink is the good luck bird of the Pennsylvania Germans. It actually is a stylized version of the goldfinch. The goldfinch eats thistle seed and uses thistle down for its nest and was called a thistlefinch from which comes the Pennsylvania Dutch “Distlefink”. Distlefink is often seen on... |
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