Two American icons stand outside an iconic high-country restaurant, just waiting for folks to push their heads through the openings and assume new identities. Where did Denver Newspaper Agency state circulation manager Rick Charbonneau find this shot, and why is it there? Tell us what you know about the picture in an e-mail to ColoradoSunday@ . Include a digital photo of yourself and remember to include your hometown in the message. Bonus points if your snap includes you with your face in the cut-out! Our favorite answer wins a $50 gas card.
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The winner: Debbie Watz, Fort Collins
I saw this famous “tree got tired of being a tree and died to its treeness” and recognized it immediately. One Sunday evening my sweet but precocious cat named Lilly was hit by a car. In tears, I called Dr. Clarence Sitzman. He met me at his clinic and immediately prepared Lilly for surgery. Halfway through the meticulously delicate surgery with me watching, Dr. Sitzman said quietly to himself but within my ear-shot, “Does this muscle attach here or should it go there?” He then looked up at me and quite seriously said, “Do you want your cat to walk or hop?” His comments of course eased the tense moment and we both started to laugh. His colorful altered trees are a constant reminder to me of Dr. Sitzman and his humorous desire to change things just because he can change them.
Don’t forget!: Joe & Jan Carroll, Fort Collins
Behind the clinic is Aunt T’s Pet Motel, where our beagle/cocker mix gets to stay when we go skiing. It’s dog camp for her! No matter how tired we are after skiing, the brightly painted ex-trees remind us to stop off and pick up the dog on our way into town.
