When I realize how things could be, I'm SOOOO thankful for my neighbors and their good taste when it comes to their front yards.

I live down the street from these wonderful statues and one of my favorite things to with out of town visitors is to take them on an "elephant hunt" and then watch their faces light up when they see these guys. There is another smaller elephant in a front yard on Morgan Street, and rabbits are showing up in front yards all over the neighborhood. Thankful can have her boring good taste; I'm glad I live in a neighborhood where we can demonstrate a sense of whimsy and enjoy the same in our neighbors yards.

whimsy is great, but there is also the matter of size and fit. We have a lot of fun cute stuff in the yards on our street. They fit the small lot sizes here in MV very well. To each his own though. I'm glad they here in MV but personally I wouldn't want to have to stare at them every day.
There's a guy in Santa Cruz who used to make "Adult" topiary. Talk about whimsy! Same thing, though, I loved to drive by but glad it wasn't in my face every day. Fun for all though, everyone has their own party going on.

Anything that promotes awareness of elephants is a PLUS in my book These statues don't seem overly large to me so I'm puzzled about the NIMB reactions. Oh well.

I don't see an full NIMBY reaction here. That usually has someone trying to fight to ban or remove something. The criticism over taste or relief that something isn't in your neighborhood misses the real definition of a NIMBY reaction. I think the post above just equate so someone saying "Yuck" then walking away. If my neighbor painted his house solid black, I won't try to stop it, but I will say it doesn't look good if asked.

Thanks for the story. We LOVE the Green Elephant restaurant. It is our favorite for comfort food in a charming atmosphere with excellent and charming employees.
Mark and Kay

What an interesting article. Keep bringing us nice news about our neighbors and neighborhoods.