Artist Kate Bingaman-Burt is always delighted when she sees one of these charming hand-painted signs screwed to a telephone pole around town. Whenever she shared an image of one of them on Instagram, people responded with similar delight. She finally decided to text the business number and ask who painted the signs. She got a response from Landon, who cleans roofs, home exteriors, gutters, and patios, who said he paints all his own signs. That led to a long back-and-forth about the signs, and the two got to know each other.
Bingaman-Burt organized their texts into an interview. We find out more about Landon and the joy he gets from painting his signs (they get stolen a lot). The story is not just about one man who not only cleans but also gives color to Portland, but about how two friendly people who are complete strangers can reach out over something that may seem small, but ends up bringing joy to the rest of us. -via Metafilter