Street Art #20: Custom House Angel

Here is one of several

hand-crafted angels

who preside over the streets of Monterey, CA,

every year during the

Thanksgiving to New Year

holiday season.

This one is solemnly playing

a cello overlooking the

Custom House Plaza.

The Custom House itself

is California State Historical Landmark #1;

the oldest government building in California.

This year maybe I'll get out there

and snap a pic of ALL

of the street angels.

By the way,

the vacero on the balcony

is a permanent resident of the

Custom House Museum.

Taken 31 December 2010.

Angel Behind Bars

This angel does not seem all that perturbed about being behind bars.

In fact, she is strumming happily on her stone guitar.

I guess angels are only confined if they want to be, maybe.

This stone likeness of a celestial musician looks out upon passersby from a side-yard at one of the shops in Zona Rosa, a shopping district in Kansas City.

Taken near sundown on 21 October 2010.