glub, as requested

Contrary to the don't-walk-past-something-you-might-want-to-take-a-picture-of-in-case-it's-not-there-when-you-go-past-next-even-if-you-generally-walk-past-it-at-least-once-every-day ethos I often walk past this without photographing it, mostly because I do pass it at least once a day and have already photographed (though not blipped) it so do at least have a record of it should it ever end its (two years and counting) occupancy of this same railing in (as far as can be discerned) the same position. Were I to record it every day I would just create unnecessary editing-work and waste precious shutterclicks and megabytes of drive space. In a way I don't want to investigate it too closely as it would remove some of the mystery... is it stiff to the touch, preserving the fingers in the position into which they have fallen or is it still flexible? Is it permanently damp and slimy with algal and fungal growths or does it dry out completely during sunny weather? Has there been any perceptible colour change since it was installed or was it that sort of off-greenish-grey initially, manufactured the same colour as it would have ended up being after a couple of years' weathering?

The other reason for not capturing it every day is that the railing isn't at a particularly good height to be able to get the entire glove in the plane of focus and align the wall behind it suitably. Someone with a view camera or other shifting capability should pop along to get it sharply-focussed and undistorted but at an angle which excludes the window out of shot to the left. I usually consider it from front-onwards but (for the reason stated in the previous sentences) went for a different angle to avoid the issue and get a bit of the browniness of the column beside the doorway nearby. It might look reasonably interesting from the other side, though the people in the office on the basement level of the building might complain.

The other problem with finally withdrawing it from the blipbank is that if I spot in about a year's time that this is coming up for this to be on the One Year Ago thumbnail I'll probably feel compelled to repeat it, one year on. If it's still there. Drawing attention to it is perhaps the best way to ensure that it gets tampered with or removed at some point over the next twelve months.

The other problem with taking a picture of it is that to do so requires standing right next to an often-extremely-heavily-used ashtray.