It seemed like everywhere I went this (past) summer there were animals made of iron or some other metal. Large or small, inside or out, they were in shops, parks, and museums. So I snapped away, and here are some of my favorites, in chronological order of sighting.
All Summer long: horse sculpture by Deborah Butterfield in the atrium at the Peabody Essex Museum; in the midst of what used to be a Salem street.
Early July: a stag and yet another noble horse at Smith-Zukas Antiques @ Wells Union Antique Center, Route One, Wells, Maine.
Late July: a climbing tree frog by North Shore artist Chris Williams in Ipswich.
Late August: Big cats by Wendy Klemperer face off each other in Lenox.
Late August, again: a tortoise and a hare in Copley Square, Boston.
