{"id":33468,"date":"2025-05-29T16:55:43","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T20:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/?p=33468"},"modified":"2025-05-29T16:56:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T20:56:41","slug":"rock-painting-for-a-good-cause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/blogs\/afternoons\/2025\/05\/rock-painting-for-a-good-cause\/","title":{"rendered":"Rock Painting For A Good Cause"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We had so much fun today at Blackburn Media &#8211; painting rocks!\u00a0 \u00a0I know, I know.\u00a0 Not your average, everyday workday, right?\u00a0 Nope.\u00a0 It sure wasn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>The reason we painted rocks in the parking lot?\u00a0 For <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/831898375133200\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rocky the Snake.<\/a>\u00a0 I&#8217;m not sure if you&#8217;re familiar with Rocky the Snake.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a project that was started in June 2023 by <a href=\"https:\/\/sarnianewstoday.ca\/sarnia\/news\/2023\/07\/03\/rocky-the-snake-continues-to-grow-along-point-edwards-waterfront\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wendy Marsden<\/a> and her partner.\u00a0 An idea she got from a\u00a0rock snake named Roscoe in Fate, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Since she placed those 13 rocks along the Sarnia waterfront, Rocky has grown into something so much bigger.<\/p>\n<p>It brings smiles to residents and tourists too as they walk along the waterfront under the Bluewater Bridges.\u00a0 But the weather can take it&#8217;s toll, sometimes rocks are taken or thrown into the water and this year Wendy is looking for community to come together again and help to rebuild Rocky.\u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-33470 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2025\/05\/c5ae89f3-img_3999-300x168.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"210\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wendy reached out to The Fox and asked us if we would be a part of the re-building of Rocky &#8211; and we jumped at the chance.<\/p>\n<p>Today, we had a staff bbq and afterward &#8211; armed with paint and brushes &#8211; we got to work.<\/p>\n<p>It was so much fun and we are thrilled we were asked to be part of it.\u00a0 Maybe other members of the community will step up and have some fun like we did.<\/p>\n<p>Get your groups together &#8211; reach out to Rocky the Snake and ask if they can stop by your group.\u00a0\u00a0We are looking forward to placing our rocks down by the Waterfront closer to the anniversary date of when Rocky the<\/p>\n<p>Snake first made an appearance along the water.\u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-33472 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2025\/05\/fc074936-img_3989-300x168.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"402\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-33469 \" src=\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2025\/05\/1a24036d-1260526728602040927-695x923.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"285\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2025\/05\/1a24036d-1260526728602040927-695x923.jpeg 695w, https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2025\/05\/1a24036d-1260526728602040927-768x1020.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2025\/05\/1a24036d-1260526728602040927.jpeg 1542w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-33471 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2025\/05\/3b1f34c8-img_3988-300x168.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"371\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We had so much fun today at Blackburn Media &#8211; painting rocks!\u00a0 \u00a0I know, I know.\u00a0 Not your average, everyday workday, right?\u00a0 Nope.\u00a0 It sure wasn&#8217;t. 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