Adam Prudhomme
Editor
A local four-legged icon was enshrined outside Downtown Napanee’s Tim Horton’s on Monday as the subject of a very special pallet’able art.
Though not everyone may have known Moon’s name, chances are anyone who visited downtown Napanee even just a few times would have seen a black and white dog with a chewed-up Tim Horton’s coffee cup in his mouth.
Moon passed away last February but thanks to the efforts of Sondra Elliott, Greater Napanee Arts and Culture Advisory Committee and artist Jessica Doner, his image will remain a fixture in the downtown core as pallet’able art. The outdoor art project involves turning wood pallets into works of art and are installed throughout the township.
Moon’s owner John Herzog was on hand for the official unveiling on Monday afternoon, though he had no idea what was underneath the sheet. He was at a loss for words when the pallet depicting Moon with a cup in his mouth standing before a rainbow bridge was revealed.
The bridge signifies the path pets are said to take when they leave this earth and cross into the after life. As for the location of the pallet, it only seemed fitting to stand outside of Tim Horton’s. The space was donated by storeowners Bob and Lise Annett.
“I got thinking about pallets being put up that we’ve got a lot of neat people in town,” said Elliott, owner of Pet Panache, where Moon and Herzog would frequent. “We’ve got a lot of iconic people in town. And we’ve got a lot of iconic pets in town.”
The pallet was just nearing completion when the pandemic hit, which delayed the project for over a year. Elliott didn’t give up however and continued to work behind the scenes to make Monday’s event a reality.
“Everybody remembers Moon,” she said. “Moon use to run around with a Tim Horton’s cup going back and forth. I remember Moon coming in to (Pet Panache) and dropping the cup behind my counter. I’d pick it up and throw it and he’d come back again. Everybody knew John, everybody knew Moon so I wanted to do something special.”
Moon’s Next Adventure is the 30th and final pallet in the series, which was launched four years ago and coordinated by Tim Nimigan. He thanked Greater Napanee’s Lyndsay Tee and Brianna Clement for helping with the project over the years.
An interactive map of all the pallets can be found at https://www.greaternapanee.com/en/live-play-and-discover/-pallet-able-art-program.aspx.