Skye Enchanted

Tom and I took in a nice summer evening yesterday with a stroll downtown a few blocks from where we live.

Every few years our local art museum sponsors an acrylic animal painting showcase. Anywhere from 30-45 sculptures are scattered across sidewalks and tucked into landscaping within city limits.

The sculptures draw visitors to our ever struggling downtown. On any given weekend you can see clusters of people, families, friends, walking around looking at them and some taking pictures of them, too. Adults love them almost as much as the kids do.

My first year here it was pigs. A couple of years ago it was frogs.

This year it is dogs.

One dog in particular howled blog post:


The placard reads:


There are always problems with vandalism. Some from the frog year disappeared. And a few dogs have already been taken despite being bolted into the concrete--- one of them from in front of a bank on a very busy street. Consequently most will be removed (except for those in the immediate downtown area) and put into the museum to prevent more thefts and vandalism.

In the fall, the sculptures will be auctioned.

We can't afford to be patrons of the arts at this point in our lives.

At least we will have these pictures, taken before the dogs get kenneled.