three

there was 

an unsightly lamp post

 in this shot

 I 

attempted

 to clone it out

 in doing so

 I muddled the building

I could have pretended

 it was like this when I took it

 or 

I could have done

 the old

 'oh shoot, when did that happen' 

(used to do that back in the day when I wore hose ... oh no, when did that run - ladder to you Brits - happen?!)

 but 

on our nation's birthday 

I'm going to do a

  Washington

which is to

go with the truth

 I chopped down, er, I did a sloppy clone job

 .. sigh .. 

life's like that sometimes.