Sunday Selections #441

Sunday Selections was originally brought to us by Kim, of Frogpondsrock, as an ongoing meme where participants could post previously unused photos languishing in their files.

Huge thanks to Cie who gave me this wonderful Sunday Selections image.  
  
The meme was then continued by River at Drifting through life.  Sadly she has now stepped aside (though she will join us some weeks), and I have accepted the mantle. 
 
The rules are so simple as to be almost non-existent.  Post some photos under the title Sunday Selections and link back to me. Clicking on any of the photos will make them embiggen. 
 
I usually run with a theme. I am going to be a bit more random (but only a bit) this week.

But first, a follow-up from last week's Sunday Selections.  Joanne Noragon asked why the water company had commissioned murals.  So I rang them.  'We did it to encourage local artists, and to discourage graffiti I was told'.
I suspect there is a little spin in the response.  When asked who the artists were I was told that they would ring me back - and I am still waiting for that call.  It does seem to discourage graffiti though.

Onto this week's pictures.
Some of you will remember this statue, recently installed at a nearby shopping centre.

You KNOW a statue has been welcomed into the community when the locals rug it up for winter.

I wonder whether she will get a hat and sunnies for the warmer months?

Then to some very different (relatively) early morning shots.

And finishing with an awww moment featuring our sulphur-crested vandals.

I hope your weeks are vandal free (and packed with awww moments).