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Last summer, an unusual yard project was undertaken at the house at the far end of our street from my house. The residents there constructed a series of large stone animals and other figures. The stones were carefully painted with bright colours and assembled along the front and side of the house.
Aerial photos are needed to do these yard decorations justice, but that’s too much even for me to undertake. The figures don’t show up on Google Earth; obviously, the satellite images of my neighbourhood haven’t been updated recently. Until that happens, my photographs will have to do. (Click on photos for larger views.)
At the side of the house, we see in painted stones (from left to right) an eagle, fish, a bear, butterflies, a woolly mammoth, and an Inukshuk.
The next photo shows the two creatures at the far right: the mammoth and Inukshuk. The Inukshuk is a stone figure resembling a person used by Arctic Inuit to mark a feature on the land. It now commonly symbolises the Inuit culture and appears on the territorial flag of Nunavut.
Here’s a close-up of the fishes.
For my American readers, here’s a close-up of the eagle.
And here’s a family of Inukshuk standing at the front of the house.
The bright colours of the handiwork make the display remarkable and striking. Still, all things considered, I’m pleased that house is at the far end of the street.
