Of course, I took some obligatory pictures in DC, but I find that what I want to post are the most unusual ones. I love signage, suddenly I had my theme.
I love this kind of clocks, from back in the day when owning a wristwatch, or a pocket watch was only the purview of a few. It was important to have clocks out in public, especially in busy downtowns.
This looks like an updated sign for a business that is no longer there. I’m guessing it was a pub.
Then it was over to Old Town Alexandria, wonderful old buildings, classic commercial downtown. I think there is an ordinance that the businesses need to put up this kind of signs.
Love the reflection of the back of the sign in the window.
A humble pizza shop made a pizza pie
This oyster even looks like it has a pearl.
This is modern creativity, the old-fashioned sign, but made as only a modern one can.
When affixed to a wall, you get more paint splatters.
This was my first stop! Only later did I take the picture.
The lamp posts outside the store were yarn-bombed.
Even though it was one of the hottest humid days in the DC area, look at all this wonderful yarn! I had to buy something.
I have a sweater pattern in mind, so I needed sport weight yarn. They were having a sale!!! I bought a color I normally wouldn’t have been drawn to, but it is a beautiful eggplant brown. Sweet Georgia yarns are amazing, I love knitting with them. I probably would have bought something in the blue-green family because that is what I always do. So yay for a sale! Made me buy a new to me color.
Sometimes the sign is really secondary to the color of the building. I’m very pleased that Alexandria allows this kind of colors.
I also enjoy these large murals on the back side of buildings. These look like poppies, of course to my mind they look like California poppies because they are orange.