Eugenious

I mentioned that Sylvan and I started to paint a fire hydrant a few weeks ago. After a mere 20 hours of painting or so, I’m finally done (well, pretty much…). Here are some pics:

The comet (sculpture) side. Note the small supports holding the comet (sculpture) above the Earth. It's not a real comet, Sylvan will tell you, but a sculpture of a comet that one day came to Earth (I think that's less scary). This is Sylvan's side of Earth at the bottom of the hydrant. The Nile River is the uppermost blue path.

The moon and ringed planet side.

Happy alien wave.

The idea for the hydrant was Sylvan’s. It came from a pair of his pajamas that have UFOs with happy aliens (that look pretty much like the guy above; I hope I haven’t committed some sort of copyright infringement), rockets, and stars on them. Chris fleshed out the idea, saying that the bottom should be Earth and requesting a comet. I just painted.

Note: This project, the painting of the South University Neighborhood Association’s hydrants, was done with permission from the city. I can’t promise you won’t get in trouble if you just decide to paint yours.

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