Someone(s) on the town counsel had a struck-by-lightning idea a few years back. Since we are on the Heritage Trail, and on an interstate highway, we get a lot of visitors. So here comes the idea.
I sure wasn't ready for it.
Year one-----there were statues placed all around town (at least 20?)….remember, we are a small town....statues that were in the form of something that makes us famous during our fall festival....anyway, these statues were then painted to represent local businesses or interests.
I can't tell you how painfully tacky I found them. Only a few were painted in a classy fashion yet I could never wrap my brain around the idea of the statues to begin with. And I daren't make any comments in public; I never knew who might be on the town counsel.
Year two----it got worse. The original statues were removed (and I breathed a premature sigh of relief). But now came the scarey part-----casts of real people were placed all around town. One was a woman sitting at a bench, seemingly taking photos of the town. Another two were coming out of a local coffee hangout----each time I drove by and saw them I did a double-take because I was afraid they might not be paying attention and might walk into traffic. Grrrrr.
Year three-----how happy I was to see those creepy, life-like and life-size statues go. I hope that's it, I said to myself.
But.
No.
Now we have these random "works of art" I'll call them for a lack of a better term. They are so bizarre because they have nothing to tie each one to the other or represent our town with any type of theme. I can't even bear to write about them as my blood might begin to boil.
Except------near a dentist's office is a large work that from a distance looks to be made of glass tiles.
I was walking in town a few days ago and had to stop by it to wait for the light to change.
I looked closely and laughed my head off. See below. Mind you, this is near the dentist's office.
The laugh's on me. And I don't even mind.
