Running a thriving feed and tack business is just horse sense for Meredith Dean, owner of the Trading Post Feed and Tack store in Cassidy, south of Nanaimo.
The store sells what its name implies, but if the sign on the front of the building doesn香蕉视频直播檛 catch the notice of motorists passing by on the Trans Canada Highway, a horse mannequin named Cantelope nearly always does. Dean dresses up the horse in costumes for almost every occasion and holiday and sets it out next to the highway in front of her store.
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Most recently Dean took a cue from the COVID-19 epidemic and dressed up Cantelope as B.C. provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry, attired in a white blouse under a bright pink sweater, a red and white necklace, homemade pink and red pumps and a blonde wig. A speaker香蕉视频直播檚 podium with fake microphones completed the set-up.
Dean chose to pay tribute to Henry out of admiration for the doctor香蕉视频直播檚 calm demeanour during her daily pandemic briefings broadcast over the past few months.
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The image of Cantelope dressed as Henry posted on the store香蕉视频直播檚 Facebook page drew a lot of attention.
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Passersby stopped in daily, sometimes even taking the effort to take the U-turn route at Nanaimo Airport on the divided highway to double back and take selfies and snaps of friends and family with the horse.
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Dean said friends of the doctor even stopped in to take photos, and confirmed that how Henry appears on TV is how she is all the time.
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As of Monday, Cantelope switched costumes for Father香蕉视频直播檚 Day, into a black wig, black moustache and coveralls and a smaller horse, Honeydew, is beside him wearing a pink wig and a tutu.
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