It was well past my breakfast time and my blood sugar was hovering in a place between “ok” and “getting kind of snippy.” We were en route to Grand Central Station to find breakfast before our Summit One Vanderbilt tour when this little number practically yelled my name.

Isn’t she fun?

She reminds me of the Dancing Hippos in the Disney classic “Fantasia.” She was part of an installation outside Grand Central Terminal through December.

I’m a little sad to think she won’t be there for future visitors to enjoy but that’s the thing about a city that we don’t see so much in our more rural communities – things are always changing.

This larger than life bronze sculpture is the work of Danish artist Bjørn Okholm Skaarup.