[Cassie325]

In Rochester NY we would have a Horses on Parade....local artist would design their own horse and then would have it auctioned off for charity. Here are some pictures and a link showing the rest of the horses....

I believe they did other animals one time too....but the horses were always the hit of the town!!

Did anyone else out there have HUGE painted animals in their home town?


For the World Trade Center




http://lowerfalls.org/horses/index.php

[Boomer]

Cassie,

Cincinnati had Flying Pigs a few years ago. There surely are some pictures around somewhere. That one was a really big deal around here. And those squirrels we have been talking about in the other thread were in the lovely Village of Glendale in Cincinnati.

Boomer

[Boomer]

Hey, I just found Delta's Flying Pig from the airport. -- If anybody knows anything about Cincinnati, they know the Cincinnati airport is actually in Kentucky.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:C...flying-pig.jpg

Boomer

[Cassie325]

I love that PIG!! It is great!!!

[Boomer]

I decided to Google this one. (Sometimes I do that when I should be working on becoming a productive member of society.)

Anyway, this whole thing started in that thread about squirrels. That's where I told everybody about the albino squirrel in our neighborhood. He must be a tough little guy. Albino anything in the animal kingdom is usually first on the menu for some other creature who is not so easy to spot. (I digress. Back to this animal parade thing.)

Also in that thread, I told you that I thought I saw big painted squirrels hanging around on street corners in Cincinnati. And you probably thought, "Uh huh, Boomer. You see big, painted squirrels. OK. That's fine, OK." -- And then you backed away didn't you. And you tried not to make any sudden moves.

Well, as it turned out, I really did see them, along with those Flying Pigs.

So the squirrel thread got this thread started.

And then my curiosity got the best of me, as it often does, and so I Googled. And I found a whole big list of these fiberglass creatures that end up as works of art.

So here is the list. You have to scroll down past all those cows in the parade that started it all. And you will find the list.

I think "Mr. Potato Head" might be my favorite. Not an animal, I know. But I always thought he seemed like a genuinely nice guy. And his wife always seemed nice, too, although she could have used a visit from those "What Not to Wear" people. (Oh, I do so digress.)

So anyway, maybe you will recognize some of these from your hometown.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CowParade#Similar_Projects

Boomer

[judithtal]

There was a Parade of Horses in Ocala a few years ago. One of the fiberglass horses was at the Padua Farms entrance on rte. 301 -last I knew, it was still there.

[uujudy]

Yes, we have new, painted, life-sized horses all over our town.

I think we have now have 25 throughout the town, with plans for more. Each horse was painted by a different artist. Some of them are absolutely stunning. I searched the city website so I could show them to you. They aren't there. Boo hoo.