My ride today was closer to home and has a bit of a haunting theme to it. It was a crisp -3C when I set out this morning so adding another layer was a definite must. Aptly named, ‘The Ghost Collection’, there are eleven of these bronze sculptures that make up this city public art collection most of which are centered within and around its core.
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'Choices'
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'Francis Galbraith - First mayor of Red Deer and owner/editor of the local newspaper
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'Reaching Out'
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'The Face Off'
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'Let the Music Play' - Keith Mann, Red Deer’s acclaimed music director
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'Waiting for Gordon' - Juliette, wife of Gordon Sorenson and Co-founder of the city’s public transit system
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'Sound the Alarm' - Erected on the site of the former downtown fire department which is now home to the public library
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Reverend Leonard Gaetz – One of Red Deer’s early founding fathers
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Hazel Braithwaite – Champion of Women’s rights and equality
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Doris & Mickey – Doris Forbes with her pet beaver Mickey who she nursed back to health in 1939.
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Francis the Pig – Francis roamed the streets for five months after escaping from a local abattoir back in 1990.
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A couple of obligatory pics seeing that I was riding in the vicinity.
A Trompe L'oeil mural (Red Deer Museum)
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A Larger thatn Life Brick Rabbit
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