Seeing pairs of bronze bulls bash together in winter blizzards
and a couple of cascades crashing down craggy cliffs
Seeing two octopi slip and slide over seaside skyscrapers
and twin petaled perennials parading across a pond
Seeing pairs of rustic rattles rumble in an ancient rhythm
and duos of avocets dipping and dancing across desert lakes
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Here on Kiawah we have an Avocet Lane but I'd never seen the bird until your post. What a beautiful creature. Loved your choices this week especially the two octopi and the rattles.
Thanks, Tina! Avocets are such elegant birds. Glad you liked the octopi and rattles. I just took the rattle picture at the museum a couple of days ago. It's part of an exhibit about Sasquatch.
Great pairs Siobhan! I liked the murals. Perfect placement.
Thanks, Anne! I loved the bold color in that mural.
Beautifully expressed and some lovely pairs! My favourites are the waterlilies and the octopus mural :)
Thanks, Sarah! The octopus mural was one my favorite murals I've ever seen. Waterlilies are such beautiful plants, aren't they?
Yes, and yellow ones relatively less common - these are beautifully lit too!
I love the two art pieces, both with horns in them. The first looked so real I thought you had somehow been there and managed to catch them in the middle of the fight. Although I suppose if it was live it would have been loud and terrifying, and this was a silent battle. On the same theme I have seen mummers clashing horns in the winter solstice ritual and I felt taken back to another more primeval time. I suspect those horn rattles would evoke a similar eerie feeling.
Thanks so much! Yes, the sculpture is very realistic looking. The antler rattles were my favorite piece in the exhibit at the High Desert Museum.
This is a wonderful post, Siobhan. I really liked your examples. The photos are beautiful.
Thank you, Egidio! I put that post together really fast so I'm glad you liked it.
Beautiful pairings, Siobhan. I wouldn't have guessed at first glance that those bulls are frozen in pose. :-)
Thanks, John! Yeah, those elk look so real.
Great photos. Colorful octopi!!
Thanks, John! Yeah, the color on the octopus mural was great!
Beautiful pairs! I love the Avocet one, they look like they could be dancing, so perfectly aligned. The mural is my favourite, the colours and style are just wonderful.
Thanks, Sofia! I love avocets. The mural picture was popular on this post. It's a beautiful work of art. :)
Beautiful pairs! I had to look up "Avocet" - lovely birds.
Thanks, Ann-Christine! Avocets are lovely birds.