Sometimes there are pieces of art that folks drive by all the time and never have the opportunity to really take in. Such is the case with this piece called Coming Home. It stands overlooking the Platte River at the intersection of Santa Fe and Prince St in Littleton. I've driven by this location many times, but to get more than a fleeting glimpse at the sculpture I had to park at a nearby shopping center and walk a block.
The life-sized sculpture was created in 1987 by Susan Grant Raymond. It depicts a farmer walking with two horses. His son sits atop one of the horses and foal grazes in the grass behind them. Scenes like this probably played out many times along the Platte River a century or so ago. Nowadays, the same journey is made by joggers and bikers utilizing the Platte River Trail on a daily basis. It's worth taking a diversion off the trail to get a close-up look at this impressive sculpture.
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