puppies and horses

'Puppy', a massive floral sculpture by artist Jeff Koons, stands in front of the Bilbao Guggenheim.  A West Highland terrier, he is 40' tall and gets a makeover twice a year with fresh flowers.

The Kelpies in Falkirk, Scotland. Kelpies are mythological beasts and these ones were created by Andy Scott in 2013. Their names are Duke and Baron.  They are 100' tall and, yes, you can go inside.

some sculptures for Thursday Postcard Hunt

monuments

 Minsk is a city of monuments and sculptures

In Tallinn there is a memorial to the Russian warship Russalka that sank (in 1893) somewhere in the direction this angel is facing.  Estonia was part of Russia at the time, though this was the first statue in the country made by an Estonian.  

The sculptor's housekeeper was the model for the angel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here in Canada, overlooking the Niagara River, is a tall monument to Sir Isaac Brock who died in the Battle of Queenston Heights during the War of 1812 (the only war fought in the country)

 some monuments to history

thunderbird

 Thunderbird Dynasty Pole

Carved by Chief Joe Capilano and raised at Prospect Point in Stanley Park, Vancouver in 1936.

liver bird

The symbol of Liverpool is the mythical Liver Bird. Here is one of the two that stand watch atop the Liver Building.
They are named Bertie and Bella. Not sure which one is shown here.

westfield

Barcelona Lighthouse on Lake Erie   and    the McClurg Museum on the village green

Hawley Dam Falls

Grace Bedell, the young girl who encouraged Lincoln to grow a beard for his presidential campaign.

kelpies

Kelpies are shape shifting water spirits.

These kelpies rise up as monuments to horse powered heritage in Scotland. 

Designed by sculptor Andy Scott, they are 30 metres tall.

little mermaid, big flag

Statue by Edvard Eriksen. She is in Copenhagen at the Langelinie promenade.

As of today she is 106 years old. Poor thing has been vandalized, and decapitated several times. 

Each time she has been restored.

Sunday Stamps II - 116

1982, Canada, Heritage Artifacts Series
designer: Jean Morin

A weathercock is a 'wind vane' in the shape of a rooster often used on church steeples, being the highest point in a village, for showing the direction of the wind. Pope Gregory, in the 6th C, declared the cock/rooster to be a symbol of Christianity which may have led to the beginnings of the steeple tradition.

for roosters/chickens

sculptures

2012 Art Canada series
the domestic stamp features Fafard's bovine sculpture Smoothly She Shifted, the US stamp shows Dear Vincent and the international stamp has a trio of Fafard's Capillery laser cut steel horses
Sunday Stamps