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About a year ago, local resident Ruby Truax came up with a fun idea to bring the community together in the name of art.<\/p>\n
Huntsville Rocks is an online Facebook group of almost 100 people who paint rocks and place them around town for others to find.<\/p>\n
The first batch of about 120 rocks were hidden at the end of May 2018, from the Lookout to River Mill Park to Avery Beach and everywhere in between.<\/p>\n
Truax got the idea when she went online and saw other communities participating in similar groups.<\/p>\n
While she doesn\u2019t have an artistic background, Truax has always loved to paint.<\/p>\n
“I\u2019ve done some canvasses and some decorative painting on wood, on cookies tins, things like that, but I\u2019m not an \u2018artist\u2019 by any stretch of the imagination. Painting rocks is a lot of fun for me and for a lot of our members because you don\u2019t have to be an artist to do this,” she said.<\/p>\n
It is encouraged as a family activity as children are often the ones who like to find the rocks.<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s a creative way to have fun with the kids, get them outside and exploring, and encourage them to paint rocks themselves. We don\u2019t actually hide the rocks. We want to make them relatively easy for kids to spot, so we just set them under bushes, on playground equipment, under benches, on store window sills, places like that,” said Truax.<\/p>\n
When you find a painted rock, the group hopes you’ll post a photo on its Facebook page, and then either keep the rock or place it somewhere else for another person to find.<\/p>\n\n\t\t