I live in a fairly quiet neighbourhood of a fairly quiet city (Izegem) in a fairly quiet country (Belgium). At the entrance to the neighbourhood there's a traffic island with a sculpture of some sort of approximation of a human on top of a small hill.
After much question asking, I learned that the statue is supposed to be the sentinel of the neighbourhood. I'd never heard of such a thing before, and I don't really know if it works, but now I think about it I've been living here for about 3 years now and nothing really bad has happened to me so I guess its doing its job.
So I decided to give a little thanks to the sentinel by writing a letter of appreciation to it.
Because the sculpture was made here I figured he/she speaks the local language - Dutch - so I wrote the letter in that so that the sentinel, and maybe other passers-by, would understand it too.

English translation of the letter

"You are our neighbourhood sentinel. You stand here on your little hill with your strange sticks, just standing. And protecting us. I don't really know from what or from who you're protecting us, but I'm still happy that you're around.
We should really show a little more love for you. You stand here through day and night, rain and snow, never distracted by cars or bikes or anything. I'd like to have as much patience and vigilance as you, but I don't think that will ever happen.
Thankyou for all your efforts, it's much appreciated"

I attached the letter on my way to work at 7:20am..


And then hoped it would still be there when I went back home to eat lunch, however it was gone. It's been really windy lately and I guess it could have just blown away - I only had scotch tape available to fasten it on. Then again it could have been removed. Only the sentinel knows and it isn't talking!