Ladies and gentlemen, the story you're about to hear is true. I'd left my wallet out on my desk in my room in my college dormitory. I walked away for just a few minutes. Then I couldn't find my wallet. It took me a long time to convince myself that I hadn't just misplaced it, which seemed likely, but eventually I reported it missing. Several months later, I received a call to pick up my wallet at the police station. It was in an evidence bag, a plastic bag with numbers. It smelled of mildew, and nothing in it was useful anymore. A boy had been caught stealing and led the police to his outdoor stash of wallets. He'd already been tried and convicted before the police told me they had my wallet.
I like the look of this police station. I'm pretty sure it's been in lots of movies and television shows. It's not quite as Easter egg colored as the painting. I painted it from across the street under a tree outside Coco's which used to be Bob's Big Boy. I used to have a roommate that worked there. That's another one of the City's stories.
I like the colours that you used dear Barbara, though when I think about buildings of Police Departments, the colours aren't so lucid; at lest in my mind.
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Warm regards.
Ha! Ladies and gentlemen, the story you're about to hear is true - The badges ID and guns used in Dragnet are on display in the museum. I have told many that this is one of the funniest and most interesting museums ever. Well it used to be until some curator got a hold of it and removed the hokum that gave it it's charm (and raised the price of visiting substantially) it used to be suggested donation
ReplyDeleteWhat a great story to go with your neat painting! Love how your piece turned out, esp. showing the neighborhood too.
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