Oddities Around Louisville

Just a few oddities from around town.

Downtown you'll find red penguins perched on the top of a building and this huge gold David, as well as this chess piece and this guy sitting on a bench. Not sure who he is though.

Louisville is the home of 2 ladies who invented the Happy Birthday song. As you can read on the plaque, one of them was a kindergarten teacher. That doesn't surprise me, since I know a lot of early childhood teachers (Paula Allen and Wendy Rathgeber) who use songs to teach, just as I did. I also know a former 4th grade teacher (Amy Ellington) who used singing in the classroom to help kids learn.

 Below you see a huge vampire bat hanging outside a store called Caufields Novelties, a large troll outside a bar downtown, the facade of a mansion from the 19th century and giant clasping hands.

Kentucky is, of course, the home of Colonel Sanders. In the collage below, you see his trademark white suit, a life-size Colonel, his gravesite and a pressure cooker similar to the one he experimented with to create his fried chicken.

There was also a temporary Ripley's display at the Louisville Slugger Museum.

A toast to archangel Michael made with 450 pieces of burnt toast.

Portrait of Tom Cruise painted with ketchup and mustard.

Replica of Yankee Stadium made with 125,000 toothpicks.

Dress made entirely of licorice.

Portrait of Jennifer Lawrence made from peanuts.

Just like any big city, there are some interesting things hanging out in Louisville.