{"id":3476,"date":"2019-03-09T16:58:26","date_gmt":"2019-03-10T02:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/?p=3476"},"modified":"2019-03-09T16:58:26","modified_gmt":"2019-03-10T02:28:26","slug":"horsing-around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/?p=3476","title":{"rendered":"Horsing around"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The horse is a powerful symbol of the West.  Easterners rode around in carriages, but Cowboys and (red) Indians preferred the freedom of a horse (also there was a certain lack of paved roads like existed in the East).   And when something is such an <del>ubiquitous<\/del> important symbol, it often finds it&#8217;s way into art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/horse11-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/horse11-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/horse11-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/horse11-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These horses are part of a grouping that celebrates a local developer.   Someone added a whimsical touch by decorating each horse with a seasonal ribbon tie.   It&#8217;s very festive and I hope that they do this for all of the major holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/horse14-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/horse14-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/horse14-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This horse head looks to be old, and also looks as though it was formerly attached to something (a body perhaps?).   Today it rests in the yard of M&#8217;s uncle, acquiring a new layer of weathering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"909\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/horse15-909x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/horse15-909x1024.jpg 909w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/horse15-266x300.jpg 266w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/horse15-768x865.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 909px) 100vw, 909px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While this mysterious horse head awaits it&#8217;s place as a piece of art in someone&#8217;s home.  It&#8217;s probably still for sale in this swanky antique store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/horse16-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/horse16-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/horse16-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This riding horse was also in the antique shop, and I fell in love with it (although not with it&#8217;s price).   Hey, wait a minute, I once had a tennis racquet like the ones under this horse, surely these can&#8217;t be an antique!  I guess that tourists will buy anything (they hope).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/horse12-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/horse12-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/horse12-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/horse12-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of all the horses, this is my favorite, and is the sort that I always wanted to have.   Pegasus the flying horse is out there somewhere, just waiting to be tamed by a worthy human (or demi-god).   Pegasus is not limited by a little thing like roads, and that is the ultimate in freedom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The horse is a powerful symbol of the West. Easterners rode around in carriages, but Cowboys and (red) Indians preferred the freedom of a horse (also there was a certain lack of paved roads like existed in the East). And when something is such an ubiquitous important symbol, it often finds it&#8217;s way into art. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/?p=3476\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Horsing around<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3476"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3482,"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3476\/revisions\/3482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}