Archive for category: Splorpist

Photos in the genre of Grant Hutchinson’s Splorp.com

The Owl of Caerbannog? (2005.07.10)

Yes, that was a giant bronze statue of an owl found in a BACK OF TRUCK.

Then of course they had to install it.

Workman on ladder leaning against retaining wall talks to other man

And now they’ll have to shut the branch down for a full day to pour additional reinforcing concrete.

Black-coloured bronze statue of owl, with four-foot wingspan, sits on rear edge of retaining wall

I joshed with the grizzled, chain-smoking sculptor that we needed a matching statue of the owl’s prey. A couple of rats, he said. No, I countered, a bunny.

No-longer-mystery vehicle (2005.07.10)

Actually, it was a 928.

The lay-back (“slantnose”) headlamps were the dead giveaway – though I did photograph them ambiguously and Porsche had annoyingly diluted the design trope through reuse in 968s and a few other models I can’t track down.

If that’s not a ROPS*, what is? (2005.06.28)

The Anne Frank Memorial Attic (2005.06.28): …of the Beaches Library. Should the label really be located there and in that orientation, and aren’t we in serious need of an en dash?