But that painted smile has recently been wiped off its rock face. For decades, some version of a smiley face, or an encouragement to smile, or both, was painted on the edge of a rock outcropping.

A smiley face painted on a Mount Maunganui roundabout on a contractor’s whim and embraced by the community has been defaced and painted again. Drivers sometimes don’t treat the small ...

Otherwise, the rock could ... of Lake Samish painted its first tag in 1969. In the decades since it has seen messages of love, whimsy and mourning. Images have included smiley faces, high school ...

Images have included smiley faces, high school slogans and birthday ... Every March 11 the rock is painted with a tribute by the relatives of two brothers who vanished in 2001 after leaving ...