This is one of the new "Horse Fever" horses in Ocala and is literally a "quarter" horse. Attached in various places on this horse are quarters...plastic quarters. Unfortunately, persons unknown have pried many of them off leaving the poor horse with numerous scars. We'll show close-up photos of the horse in the near future.
I read recently that in Austin, Texas, Lucy Baines Johnson paid something like $150,000 for a decorated cow made to look like a longhorn and covered with something like 10,000 pennies. The story was in a Hartford newspaper because a local company is the organizer of these "cow parades" and the artist was from here, too.
Love that... I had a kid on my school bus glue (super glue) a quarter to the floor... it took a mechanic with a large screw driver and a hammer to get it up and yes, it scarred the floor... poor horse! Merry Christmas!
In my home town of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, they did cows a number of years back. One was entirely, and I mean entirely, covered with shiny pennies...most of which stayed there.
Someone didn't know that pennies make dollars... ;)
This one is a real beauty. I really like the concept here. When I was living in Chicago, they had an art competition with cows. There were colorful cows all over the city.
I can imagine how heavy that would be if they were real quarters. Shame on someone for making scars on the poor creature. I like the pretty decorations!
"Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again." — Henri Cartier-Bresson
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This statue has graced the park a lot !!!!!!! Happy and peaceful Christmas to you and your family, with so much friendship and joy Elettra
I read recently that in Austin, Texas, Lucy Baines Johnson paid something like $150,000 for a decorated cow made to look like a longhorn and covered with something like 10,000 pennies. The story was in a Hartford newspaper because a local company is the organizer of these "cow parades" and the artist was from here, too.
Love that... I had a kid on my school bus glue (super glue) a quarter to the floor... it took a mechanic with a large screw driver and a hammer to get it up and yes, it scarred the floor... poor horse! Merry Christmas!
Maybe they need to put a sign next to it to inform the riffraff that the quarters are not real...
Ha ha I love it! The lampposts look great too!
Nice shot, can't wait for the close-up.
Groan. Steal quarters? How low is that?
In my home town of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, they did cows a number of years back. One was entirely, and I mean entirely, covered with shiny pennies...most of which stayed there.
Someone didn't know that pennies make dollars... ;)
Lowell, wish you a Merry Christmas!!
Hugs
Valery
Barcelona Daily Photo
Very cool! Happy Christmas, Lois Anne and Lowell!
Well, I'll be a horse's...
Merry Christmas Eve!
lol -- quarter horst. That's a cute concept. The park looks very festive. Hope you're enjoying the season!
This one is a real beauty. I really like the concept here. When I was living in Chicago, they had an art competition with cows. There were colorful cows all over the city.
I can imagine how heavy that would be if they were real quarters. Shame on someone for making scars on the poor creature. I like the pretty decorations!
There are always fools among us!
Merry Christmas to you!
A pun! Groan.
:p
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