Hmm

shorebirdThere are some interesting bird figures carved around the Bethesda Terrace in Central Park. Jacob Wrey Mould, an English architect (and linguistic and musician), who worked closely with Olmsted and Vaux, is responsible for these rather exotic creatures.heronWhat would you call them?

As with the Falconer, they’ve seen some serious damage, and the repair work is readily visible.

And speaking of damage, regrettably one of the major topics of the next four years, Trump’s Treasury Secretary nominee is Old Man Potter from It’s A Wonderful Life: a predatory lender.

2 Responses to “Hmm”


  1. 1 Paul Randall December 29, 2016 at 8:16 am

    top one looks like offspring of a rail and a wood stork. Hmm indeed.


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