With Easter quickly approaching I don't want to take up too much of your time, especially since I have plenty of things I still have to accomplish before my parents get into town. So I thought I would let tonight's post be a short one in the spirit of the holiday. Well not in the true spirit, no resurrections here I'm afraid to say, but in that vein reminiscent of our childhoods. And while it's not quite as literal as my previous Easter themed post, I think the idea generally still fits. I know I've mentioned many times that I've always felt this project was a bit of a personal scavenger hunt, however it may be more accurate to call it an Easter egg hunt since I admittedly don't have a handy checklist to show me what I still haven't found. Just like those childhood hunts, you have those stickers that are clearly out in the open, in the hopes that everyone can find it and have fun, and then you have those stickers that were hidden to truly challenge you. The ones that are hidden in the cracks or spaces that one normally wouldn't think twice about unless you're purposely searching for it. They are often just as surprising as those plastic eggs filled with money used to be and generally worth that extra bit of effort.
I was walking down Highland on one of my many sticker hunts when I happened to look up and catch sight of this particular sticker. On these hunts I am constantly scanning the streets looking for those glimpses of stickers, especially when it comes to signs and poles. I had been looking up to see if there was anything on the sign in front of it and was about to continue on my way when I happened to see a tiny bit of yellow. I'm pretty sure I actually backtracked to make sure I did in fact notice a sticker behind the sign. Certainly the idea of a sticker being hidden behind a sign isn't that unique of an idea and yet I was rather impressed with the sticker when I found it. I'm not sure it's really conveyed in the photo because of the angle but the sign is pretty far up the pole so that drivers can clearly see it from a distance. Along with the height of the sticker, there is also the fact that it's so well hidden behind the sign that I actually had to step into the street to even be able to capture it. When I find stickers like this one I just have to question how in the world they even managed to get up there. I'm sure ladders have to be involved but how exactly does one go around the city with a ladder inconspicuously. With it's angry yellow eyes and bared teeth it almost gives that impression of spotting an animal that was hidden up in the leaves of a tree. I feel like these kind of sticker finds show a large amount of dedication and pride by the artist and are worth the second glances they garner.
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Maggie Ondrey
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