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18-Oct-2020

235 F Street NE

Seen in the garden of Union Kitchen. Unfortunately, I couldn’t even get in to move the trash can out of the way, to say nothing of the umbrellas, but it was really quite cute.

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The Capitol Hill Restoration Society is offering a new walking tour, this time featuring murals around the Hill, about which they say:

“Capitol Hill is home to many dazzling (some, quite literally) works of art, painted on the exteriors of homes and businesses. Some murals are well known to the community – but we’ve included them because we love them and the Mural Tour wouldn’t be complete without them. Others may be familiar only to their immediate neighbors. Several of them have been on view for decades but many are more recent, including those that are part of the DC Statehood Murals project. A couple are on the sidewalk. One is not actually a mural at all but it’s art on the exterior of a structure, so no reason not to give it the attention it deserves. … Art is always best appreciated in person; particularly true in this case where the scale and placement of the work made photography a challenge.”

Best to view in "Original" because other versions resized by Pbase are decidedly
unsharp.

1333 H Street NE, posted earlier:

Apple iPhone 11 Pro
1/187s f/2.0 at 6.0mm iso20 full exif

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Pieter Bos22-Nov-2020 16:38
Another great find! Like that you include the setting. ~V
Julie Oldfield03-Nov-2020 02:14
Very interesting capture with the vegetable “heads.”
Don Mottershead02-Nov-2020 17:37
It's good to eat a lot of garlic but it looks like it can be overdone.
janescottcumming01-Nov-2020 18:43
Very cute. V
bill friedlander01-Nov-2020 17:26
A bit of fashion and a bit recipe ingredients combine for a pleasing mural. V
victorswan01-Nov-2020 14:02
Anoder Beautiful and colorful mura, they are all works of art and beautifully portrayed Helen BV
John Hamers01-Nov-2020 12:50
Great capture of this colorful mural in this almost hidden place. Like the sense of humour in it. !!V.
joseantonio01-Nov-2020 04:35
interesting find and capture..V
Gill Kopy01-Nov-2020 03:48
I think the artist had quite a sense of humour - "onion head, radish head, watermelon head", etc. A conversation starter :) Neat shot in spite of distractions. V
Tom Munson01-Nov-2020 03:47
Beautiful and colorful mural. Nice capture.
Dennis Hoyne01-Nov-2020 02:26
That pleasing mural really dresses up and makes that small space interesting.
Graeme01-Nov-2020 00:37
A colourful mural with a lot going on around it, Helen.V
Raymond Ma01-Nov-2020 00:09
I think it's great to see these murals in their natural daily context, its seems to give it more meaning and life. V
Brenda31-Oct-2020 23:04
Even with the ordinary distractions, it is cute! Actually, this is real life. Garbage is part of it and the umbrellas portray outdoor dining during this time. I think it's an accurate portrayal and while messy, life is messy at the moment. Great capture! V