{"id":13507,"date":"2013-10-30T14:15:58","date_gmt":"2013-10-30T14:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=13507"},"modified":"2013-10-30T14:36:41","modified_gmt":"2013-10-30T14:36:41","slug":"found-art-the-fabulous-leaf-balloon-of-regents-park-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/found-art-the-fabulous-leaf-balloon-of-regents-park-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Found art: the fabulous leaf balloon of Regents Park, London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13508\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/found-art-the-fabulous-leaf-balloon-of-regents-park-london\/balloon-autumn-leaves-regents-park-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/balloon-autumn-leaves-regents-park-3.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,303\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;URBAN75.COM&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Found art: the fabulous leaf balloon of Regents Park, London\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/balloon-autumn-leaves-regents-park-3.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13508\" alt=\"Found art: the fabulous leaf balloon of Regents Park, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/balloon-autumn-leaves-regents-park-3.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/balloon-autumn-leaves-regents-park-3.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/balloon-autumn-leaves-regents-park-3-300x146.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, I came across this rather curious leaf-covered balloon in Regent&#8217;s Park.<\/p>\n<p>At first I thought it might have been a piece of &#8216;official&#8217; art, but it seems more likely that it had been created by nature given that it was in a far corner of the park behind some trees.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13509\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/found-art-the-fabulous-leaf-balloon-of-regents-park-london\/balloon-autumn-leaves-regents-park-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/balloon-autumn-leaves-regents-park-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,411\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;URBAN75.COM&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Found art: the fabulous leaf balloon of Regents Park, London\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/balloon-autumn-leaves-regents-park-2.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13509\" alt=\"Found art: the fabulous leaf balloon of Regents Park, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/balloon-autumn-leaves-regents-park-2.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/balloon-autumn-leaves-regents-park-2.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/balloon-autumn-leaves-regents-park-2-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The discarded balloon&#8217;s string had got caught up in the bush behind and, over time, autumnal leaves had blown up and stuck onto its surface to create this rather splendid object.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13510\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/found-art-the-fabulous-leaf-balloon-of-regents-park-london\/balloon-autumn-leaves-regents-park-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/balloon-autumn-leaves-regents-park-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,351\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;URBAN75.COM&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Found art: the fabulous leaf balloon of Regents Park, London\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/balloon-autumn-leaves-regents-park-1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13510\" alt=\"Found art: the fabulous leaf balloon of Regents Park, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/balloon-autumn-leaves-regents-park-1.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/balloon-autumn-leaves-regents-park-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/balloon-autumn-leaves-regents-park-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/balloon-autumn-leaves-regents-park-1-195x110.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, I came across this rather curious leaf-covered balloon in Regent&#8217;s Park. 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