@Stig, nice pix.
When I saw this artistically painted garbage can and hydrant at the curb, came in my mind, people here got fined for painting their front door hydrant.
Reasoning: Hydrant cannot be disdinguished easily by fireman.....
Yellow is standard color for the hydrants....our hydrant has a greet hat on it!...painted by the city.
As for the coffee village trash cans....They're not painted. (only Joe's Toyota station wagons are painted
, 5 of them last count)
These trash barrels are heavy concrete outers, with plastic lift-outs inside. Many of these were adopted by local artisans (pottery shops, teens, etc.) and have been decorated with kiln fired shapes of all kinds. Each has a theme, or animal, etc.
These ceramic creations are applied to benches as well.....
Trees (and light poles) as well, are not safe from a gang of roving terrorists armed with knitting needles
Stig