Dan, Like Wikipedia says, Zurich had lions in '96, then did cows in '98 and Chicago took it international in '99. It was a fun and a very public art celebration. (Now if we could just clew the Brits in to using fiberglass, not cement...) Regards, Bob S.
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 9:11 AM, Daniel J. Matyola <danmaty...@gmail.com> wrote: > The "cow parade" concept originated in Zurich. I saw them there years > ago. Bern then had a similar project with bears, rather than cows. I > have also seem mermaids (in Halifax). In our area, we had contests > for decorating fiberglass horses as a charity fund raiser. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CowParade > > Dan > > On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Bob Sullivan <rf.sulli...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Dan, >> >> That does look like those English cows from Milton Keyes, >> but I'll bet it's not concrete! >> >> Chicago had one of the first cow display art projects (1999). >> Fiberglass cows were decorated and displayed locally >> at points all around the city. >> >> http://www.chicagotraveler.com/cowsonparade1.htm >> >> Your cow in the pick-up looks like a fugitive from our herd. >> >> Regards, Bob S. >> >> On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 8:32 AM, Daniel J. Matyola <danmaty...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> Thanks, Dominique. >>> >>> Yes, the first image is stronger. The second was added mostly to show >>> what was in the truck a bit more clearly. >>> >>> Dan >>> >>> On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 4:07 AM, Madame RD <romd...@orange.fr> wrote: >>>> Le 10/06/10 04:56, Daniel J. Matyola a écrit : >>>>> >>>>> On the way home from work today, I ran into a traffic jam, and found >>>>> myself behind a truck carrying a cow: >>>>> >>>>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11114135 >>>>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11114131 >>>>> >>>>> Comments, Suggestions, Criticisms, Suggestions and Abuse are Welcome. >>>>> >>>>> Dan >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> Holy cow !!!!! in french La vache ! >>>> the first picture is stronger ... and weirder maybe because of dark sky and >>>> red lights ... >>>> >>>> dominique >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> PDML@pdml.net >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>> follow the directions. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
