Occasional Toronto: Jazz Raccoon

Monday, July 20, 2015

Jazz Raccoon

We take our raccoons seriously in Toronto and there hundreds of thousands of them living here, sometimes causing havoc but also entertaining. This particular raccoon with trumpet was spotted on a utility box outside The Rex Hotel, Jazz & Blues Bar on Queen St West. He may have just stepped outside after a gig in the bar. The artist for this one is Blackburn who has also done a couple of other raccoon murals around town.
Taking part in Monday Murals. Click HERE to see more murals from around the world.

31 comments:

Kitty said...: ha, I have a soft spot for raccoons because they seem smart.
They also hang out as families, which is sweet.
Happy Monday, Red Pat!; July 20, 2015 at 8:57 AM
Jackie McGuinness said...: I admit I love raccoons too!; July 20, 2015 at 9:54 AM
Billy Blue Eyes said...: Cute little fellow; July 20, 2015 at 9:59 AM
EG CameraGirl said...: Well, I think you might have already guessed that I like raccoons too. ;); July 20, 2015 at 10:15 AM
Sharon said...: A horn playing raccoon is a creature to admire!; July 20, 2015 at 10:23 AM
Mike@Bit About Britain said...: Are raccoons that big..?! Eek!!; July 20, 2015 at 10:24 AM
William Kendall said...: That is such a good way to liven up a utility box!; July 20, 2015 at 10:59 AM
Sami said...: Quite a cute mural and a lovely way to hide an ugly box.; July 20, 2015 at 11:01 AM
Anonymous said...: Very funky!; July 20, 2015 at 11:39 AM
Stephanie said...: Pretty cool!; July 20, 2015 at 12:01 PM
VP said...: I have never seen a real raccoon, but I like this one!; July 20, 2015 at 12:08 PM
Anonymous said...: I'm a fan of raccoons and this utility box. Wish they'd art-up some of ours.; July 20, 2015 at 1:35 PM
Gosia said...: Does the mural include the bike, too?; July 20, 2015 at 1:43 PM
cieldequimper said...: Wohoo, that little fella would make me smile every day!; July 20, 2015 at 1:45 PM
Gerald (SK14) said...: I like this - for one brief moment I thought the bike was part of the design.; July 20, 2015 at 2:33 PM
Halcyon said...: A cool cat... ;); July 20, 2015 at 4:28 PM
Blogoratti said...: Thats a cool artwork.; July 20, 2015 at 4:31 PM
Tom said...: A trumpet playing raccoon, neat. Tom The Backroads Traveller; July 20, 2015 at 7:34 PM
Andy said...: Nice enhancement to utility box.; July 20, 2015 at 8:16 PM
TexWisGirl said...: pretty cute.; July 20, 2015 at 8:40 PM
Cloudia said...: Hep Cat!; July 20, 2015 at 8:47 PM
Revrunner said...: Weird. :-); July 20, 2015 at 9:01 PM
Randy said...: Well as long as he's not playing that in the middle of the night.; July 20, 2015 at 9:51 PM
Jack said...: I like this new (and admittedly small) trend of painting utility boxes.

Autocorrect corrected me again incorrectly and I had to go back to uncorrect the correction. Do you ever wonder what dumb things we end up saying when autocorrect changes something we typed and we didn't notice it? Maybe the world thinks I am illiterate because of my friend, autocorrect.; July 20, 2015 at 10:24 PM
Jack said...: How long have you had that sandwich thingy in the "prove you're not a robot" section?; July 20, 2015 at 10:25 PM
Taken For Granted said...: Having local artist paint utility boxes is such a great program. This is being done in San Diego, CA also. This one is wonderfully strong.; July 21, 2015 at 1:50 AM
Anonymous said...: A nicely decorated box and a cute racoon. I like it! Have a nice week!; July 21, 2015 at 2:44 AM
21 Wits said...: Now this artist's capture is just adorable!; July 21, 2015 at 11:40 AM
Oakland Daily Photo said...: You can see in his eyes that he takes his music seriously. Thanks for contributing to this week's Monday Mural.; July 22, 2015 at 3:40 AM
Laura. M said...: what a good idea
Thank you for your good wishes, Pat
Good wednesday;); July 22, 2015 at 4:58 AM
VioletSky said...: Love this!!; July 23, 2015 at 2:36 PM

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