Thursday, January 13, 2011

Weird (but cool) things in my town - FSO

The theme for this week's Friday My Town Shoot Out is "weird stuff in my town". My apologies, I'm using two photos from my archives this week.

Woodstock is no where near water in need of navigational aids, yet we have a lighthouse. Why, you might ask, is there a lighthouse a stone's throw from a creek running through a golf course? Because it is the Woodstock Peace Lighthouse is a place of pilgrimage and the lighthouse symbolizes Christ, the light of the world. It is home for a collection of religious icons.

Another wonderful piece of weird in Woodstock is the Springbank Snow Countess Monument. This lifesize concrete statue was made to honour a record-setting milk producing Holstein Freisian cow. The statue was erected on August 4, 1937 at the cost of $4,000.

Please take the time to visit the gang's Mr. Linky site to see more weird fun.

12 comments:

  1. Elaine you certainly have a great eye for photography. These photos are outstanding. Great post.
    QMM

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  2. ahahah what was the cow doing with those flag poles? fun!

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  3. I know, the flags make the concrete cow look very formal, don't they?!

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  4. Well, you just never know when you might need a lighthouse, right? :)

    I do think it is very nice that they honored that cow with a statue.

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  5. very formal...right! pretty weird. i can imagine a flag raising ceremony, officers hand salute right in front of the cow and the flags hehehe. But Kerry's right, it's nice of the local community that they honored the cow a statue...a thing that'd remind them how much it has helped them economically. "meaningful weird stuff" :)

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  6. I adore the cow...what fun!! I wonder if she has been beaten at her wonderful record! Good for her! I looove stuff like this!
    I agree with Kerry!!
    Hugs, Sarah

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  7. What's a cow doing so near the flags?

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  8. The Cow Hall of Fame!! I am learning more and more things as I go through these blogs.

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  9. Weird in the way that causes smiles! :)

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  10. A cow being honored with a statue, now that's wierd.

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  11. I like the cow statue also. I guess it it time they were honored, after all, they have served us all these years.

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  12. Jama and bagman have cardboard cows, you have a model cow. May be I should up you guys a post a real coe.

    Then it would not be weird, won't it?

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