Painted planters and benches decorate downtown on Thursday morning. (Daniel Sarch/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)

Painted planters and benches decorate downtown on Thursday morning. (Daniel Sarch/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)

A painted purple bench is adorned with paintings of flowers in downtown Laconia on Thursday morning. (Daniel Sarch/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)

Autumn Blaisdell, 26, sits on a rock next to the Winnipesaukee River at Rotary Park in downtown Laconia on Thursday morning. Blaisdell sometim…