Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Milda in Madona (66/100)


The staff photographer has not done a good job of getting out and about these last weekends, so this is an oldie-but-okay-ie. This is in Madona (no relation to Ms. Ciccone), a modest town in Latvia's near east. It's kind of fun that even in a town of about 10,000 souls in Latvia, they can still have public art of sorts. I mean, it's not amazing or anything, but it's something, and I don't recall seeing anything similar in Windsor, Colorado last time I was there. Well, except for the nearby Swetsville Zoo. (R.I.P. apparently. "Town officials ask fans not to blame the new Wal-Mart across the road." Screw you, Wal-Mart. (Sorry, Northern Colorado aside ends here. Back to Latvia tomorrow!))

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Oh noes! Not the Swetsville Zoo! Thankfully the town is relocating some of the sculptures to other public spaces, but that really is kind of heartbreaking.

Brian... said...

I thought "Windsor" was simply a fancy name for part of Greeley. If they get a Wal-Mart that'll really put them on the map!

Anonymous said...

I drove past the Swetsville Zoo today, on the new & improved Harmony Road going east from I25. There are still a LOT of sculptures on site. Who knows what the future holds?
Ma