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Thursday, 6 March 2025

Quackers


A new mural has been painted alongside the canal on the way into Shipley. It's quackers! (I couldn't get a better angle on it or I'd have fallen in the canal.) I'm not sure whether it's commissioned or simply graffiti but it raised a smile from me. 


Further along I came across this one. I love the look on that alpaca's face! I'm amused to see the octopus sculpture, which adorns the canalside in Saltaire, immortalised as a hat! 


Meanwhile, the long-standing artwork under the roadbridge is deteriorating rapidly, now covered in mould. It's a bit whacky too... I've never been sure what the story is. It's some kind of fantasy banquet. 


Not a mural but another source of amusement for me were these two swans, upended so dramatically that you'd have thought they might do a complete somersault. I don't know what was so tasty down there but something held their attention for a long time. 

2 comments:

  1. The swans in perfect sync - a great photo!
    I like the murals, but am wondering about the alpaca; doesn't the animal have a set of relatively short, pointed ears just visible underneath its octopus hat? Could it be a white cat?
    The fantasy banquet could be a modern nod to The Last Supper. Bread and wine on the table, but I can't tell whether the people at the table are the right number.

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  2. A cheery, cheeky, new mural…and we all need cheering up at the moment! Love the swans!

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