Pointless Prize: 2022 Photo Scavenger Hunt

[consularrider]

3/14/2022 – Painted Ladies

A set of three Showers Brothers houses on N Washington St, Bloomington, IN

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[sszibler]

At the beginning of my ride. I included my neighbor on the left because it has three colors. Mine is basically two, unless you count the whites probably being slightly different. I think the official definition is three or more colors, but I don’t know if every definition follows that format.

“In American architecture, painted ladies are Victorian and Edwardian houses and buildings repainted, starting in the 1960s, in three or more colors that embellish or enhance their architectural details.”

-Wikipedia

Richardson Place NW

Ha! Mine has three colors if you count where the removed ivy peeled the paint away!

[Indiana]

3/14/2022 Painted Lady

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This Painted Lady has been on the Greater Brookland Garden Club’s House and Garden Tour. The bright colors were chosen with the help of a local artist in homage of the owner’s Southwestern heritage. The full house is my highlighted Strava photo.

[Kbikeva]

3/14/2022 Painted Ladies

Well, here in the desert southwest we don’t have a lot of “painted lady” type homes you might be used to. But we have a lot of ladies painted on walls and walls are part of architecture.

So once I decided I was going that route, I had the terrible job of choosing. But I decided to go with Milicent Patrick because she is painted on this wall and she herself painted other ladies (and creatures) in Hollywood. She was born in El Paso and grew up in California where her father worked on San Simeon (the Hearst Castle). She became an actress and make-up artist and was best known for creating the “Creature From the Black Lagoon” … artist Tino Ortega used an iconic photo of Ms. Patrick for the mural.

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[bikingjenn]

3-14-22 Painted Ladies. Couldn’t get to SanFran and back so i went to Old Town. I really love the new things i have learned during this game.

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3/14/2022 painted lady

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[Sophie CW]

3/14/2022 – Painted Lady
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[bigredboiler]

3-14 Painted Ladies

I went on what I thought would be a little ride to see a couple painted ladies I read about online in Denver. Ended up seeing so many multi-colored, detailed Queen Anne & Victorian homes that I have an entire album of Painted Ladies now . Never noticed until today.

This one definitely had the most pop & brightest colors though. Very happy I rode the extra time & distance to find it. I hope you enjoy too!

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[Serdar]

3/14/2022 – Painted Ladies
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There are so many painted ladies in Old Town. I took a dozen photos and chose the narrowest house in America and two other buildings adjacent to it to post here.

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Wife: Are you going for a ride this late?
Me: Yes, I need to find some painted ladies.
Wife: What?
Me: Scavhunt.
Wife: What?
Me: (silence)
Wife: Answer my question!

[Catedrew]

3-14-22 Painted Lady

Hard to find them in my neighborhood, but I did the best I could.

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[cvcalhoun]

3/14/2022 Painted Lady
There is a shortage of these in Maryland, but I found this one at 300 Reading Avenue, Rockville.

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[Kbikeva]

@Serdar 218234 wrote:

3/14/2022 – Painted Ladies
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There are so many painted ladies in Old Town. I took a dozen photos and chose the narrowest house in America and two other buildings adjacent to it to post here.

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Wife: Are you going for a ride this late?
Me: Yes, I need to find some painted ladies.
Wife: What?
Me: Scavhunt.
Wife: What?
Me: (silence)
Wife: Answer my question!

LOVE this! I’m so happy you’re having fun doing all this riding and research. Just don’t get in trouble with the wife!

[Kbikeva]

@bigredboiler 218233 wrote:

3-14 Painted Ladies

I went on what I thought would be a little ride to see a couple painted ladies I read about online in Denver. Ended up seeing so many multi-colored, detailed Queen Anne & Victorian homes that I have an entire album of Painted Ladies now . Never noticed until today.

This one definitely had the most pop & brightest colors though. Very happy I rode the extra time & distance to find it. I hope you enjoy too!

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I love all the color. But I live in Reston where color must be earth toned and generally boring.

[rumipumi]

3/14 painted lady

Some truly impressive entries today! And no one took a picture of a butterfly— y’all understood the assignment!!!

Today was one of those times when i truly did wander in neighborhoods looking at houses which felt very much in the true scavhunt spirit!

Here’s mine:

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[rumipumi]

@bigredboiler 218233 wrote:

3-14 Painted Ladies

I went on what I thought would be a little ride to see a couple painted ladies I read about online in Denver. Ended up seeing so many multi-colored, detailed Queen Anne & Victorian homes that I have an entire album of Painted Ladies now . Never noticed until today.

This one definitely had the most pop & brightest colors though. Very happy I rode the extra time & distance to find it. I hope you enjoy too!

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Wow! What a great house and a fun ride!

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