Entire rows of parking spaces at the local grocery store have been usurped by huge piles of recent snow, and we're supposed to be getting another 6-8 inches tonight and tomorrow. Yippee. Not! That's a mid Eighties Buick Electra dwarfed in the background.
The last ice age glaciers left these "balancing rocks" everywhere in New England. This one is in a nicely landscaped space next to my grocery store. Our old family home in Leete's Island had a huge boulder similar to this but more than three times the size, seemingly precariously perched on the hill behind the home. Climbing to the top of it was a rite of passage for generations of children in my family.
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Madison's Sculpture Mile
I think I've mentioned before in this blog, the sculptures sprinkled around my town, known as the Sculpture Mile. They are by world-class sculptors and are changed out occasionally, usually after 24 months in one place. These two are in the Stop-and-Shop complex in the center of town, my grocery store.
None of the sculptures in my town are as interesting as this half-buried giant in St. Louis, MO, sent to me by Annie, loyal reader and blogger of This and That with Artichoke Annie, also in my blog roll at the right.
I JUST WONER IF THE ARTIST WAS TRYING TO CAPTURE GRAMPS IN HIS BEGGING POSITION IN THAT LAST PICTURE.
ReplyDeleteGranny, you make me laugh. Love you.
ReplyDeleteHey Casey, thanks for the 'back scratch'. On my to do list will be to blog about some of Chesterfield sculptures. I have photos of all the traveling display that was here before the giant was unveiled, all Johnson's sculptures.
I have photos of most but not all of the permanent sculptures. And I need to re-do some. I think a lot of these works are very hard to photograph, getting the right angle without stepping out into traffic is challenging. lol