SUNNY BROOK COWBOY. We'll end here, for the moment. This sign was faded all the years I grew up - at least I never remember it being anything other than a blasted, scraped picture of cheerful past. The closer you got to the cowboy, the more his smile disappeared.

From a distance, though? You could see him beaming out from the bricks.

This shot was taken in 2003. Let's see how it's held up . . .