Equines of DC 2019

Golden Horse near Union Market

Artist: @artgillumo, with an Instagram of this statue. ArtGillum on Blogger has a handful of photo posts from 2011. Location: Union District Oyster Bar & Lounge

Zebras at Union Market

Artist: Appears to be this dude, Peter Krsko, About.

Location: “Commercial district of Union Market in Washington, DC.” Murals. This page gives the date as 2013. If you click over & click on the small black & white image, it brings up a full-color shot looking down at the mural. Union Market

General Washington at Washington Circle

I was en route and in a hurry, so I only made the one shot. Close ups, PresidentsUSA.net: George Washington Equestrian Statue – Washington, D.C. According to StationStart: George Washington Sculpture at Washington Circle, the sculptor as Clark Mills, Smithsonian bio. StationStart.com is a “Metro Station by Metro Station look at everything in and around Washington DC.”

Border color taken from the flag of DC, which was taken from the Washington family coat of arms, Wiki: Flag of Washington, D.C.

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Katherine Walcott

Sweat, Roll, Repeat

Horsekeeping, The Gray Wonder

 

You don’t get this effect without diligent effort.

Maybe my other horses were Pig-Pens but I never noticed because they were dark bay or black. Milton is my first opportunity to discover the particular delights of owning a gray horse.

Of course he got both sides.

Removal. Waves of brown water cascaded off his body.

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Katherine Walcott

North Irish Horse, Guest Photos

Back to Ireland. Welcome Amy [Archives].
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“There is above a smaller figure of St George on horseback slaying a dragon.”
Belfast City Council: Tourism and Venues: Belfast City Hall: Stained Glass Windows: > World War I North Irish Horse window

Belfast City Hall
Donegall Square
Belfast
BT1 5GS
Northern Ireland
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building – public/private
Description: Stained glass window
Materials: Glass > Stained Glass, Metal > Metal (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts: First World War (1914-1918)
War Memorials Online: North Irish Horse WWI

“On 20th September 1917, the second regiment was dismounted … The first regiment … establishment was reduced to become a major’s command; one man in four, no longer being required to hold the horses while fighting dismounted.”
The North Irish Horse Regimental Association > History

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Katherine Walcott

A Spirited Horse, Slane, Ireland, Guest Photos

Introduction, next few days. I am away from the blog being morally supportive. I leave you with a handful of photo posts from the reserves. Back soon.

Introduction, today. My friends are awesome. They go places. They send me pictures. Today, we travel vicariously to Ireland courtesy of Amy Vanderryn [Archives]. Photos by Amy. Text & links by me. Welcome Amy.
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Slane Irish Whiskey,
Slane, Co. Meath

Artist: “Made from old whiskey barrels and steel.” Lynn Kirkham, Sculpture Art & Commissions. Scroll down for horse info. Scroll further down for basketry dragons.

Location: In the courtyard outside the distillery that is “Housed within the 250-year-old stables of the iconic Slane Castle Estate.” Slane Irish Whiskey, Visit the Distillery, must be over 18 to enter.

Most of us think of green when we think of Ireland. The Journal asks, So you know Ireland’s national colour might not be green, right? Mar 17th 2013. Also Wiki, St. Patrick’s blue. What say Irish readers, have I been led astray by Google?

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Katherine Walcott