She arrives in time for the wedding.18 feet tall and 230 pounds worth of twerking plastic chick, , , , , , interesting......
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She gets around.
That's a soldier.
The province of Alberta is home to many a small town with the biggest mallard, mushroom, honey bee, etc but this structure, the Pysanka, or giant Easter egg is a truly a work of art! Let's see what the Vegreville Chamber of Commerce says about their town's tourist attraction ... Of all things, why an egg? The story began in 1973 when the Alberta government established the Alberta Century Celebrations Committee to co-ordinate the Centennial Celebrations of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to be held in 1974. The committee was to distribute funds to communities that wished to build a monument to the R.C.M.P. The Vegreville and District Chamber of Commerce took up the challenge. Numerous suggestions were made but the best by far was a giant Easter Egg symbolizing the peace and security the Mounties had offered the area’s pioneers and their descendants. The exquisite and intricate decoration of Easter eggs is a Ukrainian folk art known the world over. (The Ukrainian word for Easter egg, Pysanka, comes from the verb pysaty – to write.) The unique nature and complicated geometry of the egg shape made the design of the Pysanka a highly complex project. Professor Ronald Resch, a computer scientist at the University of Utah, agreed to take on the design project. Realizing the significant nature of the project, the Century Celebrations Committee increased the Chamber’s grant to $25,000. Professor Resch was responsible for the entire Pysanka concept, which required the development of new computer programs. The Pysanka is really an immense jigsaw puzzle containing 524 star patterns, 1,108 equilateral triangles, 3,512 visible facets, 6,978 nuts and bolts, and 177 internal struts.
"The Giant Hand & Loaf atop the McGavins Bakery, Vancouver, Canada, 1973."
Before corporate messaging and its architectural uniformity, the built environment was a free-form landscape of individual expression. Let's collect images of these gems from those times before malls and online shopping!
The Big Fish Supper Club, MN
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It was one of the best breakfast restaurants I ever ate at it was located in Cherry Grove S C The name came from an uncle Remus story ! And if you know the story it’s not what it might seem . They closed a few yrs ago aging owners and the politicaly correct crowd who never read the story took it the wrong way ! They refused to change the name closed it and called it a day ! I can still remember the breakfast buffet , biscuits , gravy fried apples grits mush fresh fruit eggs it was a meal that kept you full all day ! Spoiler alert in the story it’s not the tar baby who’s humiliated but the white uppity rabbit !
Aside from those constructed from exhaust system parts;
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Reminds me of this:
Regards,
Gordon.
Say what you want but she did have nice long legs ! Lol
The Pep Boys!Reminds me of this:
Regards,
Gordon.
The Big Bunny Market. Southbridge, MA.
