standing guard

There's a shop across the street from where I live.
It has fancy-schmancy stuff in it, like fox-fur jackets.

Check out this stained glass window.

They're never open.
But the have some pretty great decorations, and one that captures my attention every time is the life-size gold sculptures that appear to be standing guard outside their front window.

They kind of creep me out at night.

It might be the incredibly blank stares they have. Or the fact that they're armed with big sticks. I don't know.