Outdoor Art

I love outdoor art. It’s why I like Chicago so much, and it was the first of many things I fell in love with in Iceland. I think I’ve mentioned this one little park, just down the road from my new house. The main feature of this park, tucked away behind some wee hills and twisted pathways, is a massive cast metal dragon’s skull. It rests on a mound of soil, the eye sockets have peedie mouse nests in them, and there are spiders climbing up the side of the skull. This is all in metal, and is the work of a local car dealership owner. Now that we live so much closer to this park we go there often.

As well as the one major sculpture, if you keep an eagle eye out, you can also come across a few of the mice, just randomly perched about the park. This mummy & baby mouse, about 2″ high, sit on a huge rock, at about waist height, by one of the pathways. And this month, someone has dressed them up for Christmas. I so look forward to going through Arcadia; I find something new each time.

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