While visiting a friend’s home I took some photos of her koi pond along with the fairies and garden gnomes placed around her yard.
Here are my three favourite pictures:
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| No... I'm not doing any of this right now |
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| and only a little of this... |
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| but I am doing lots and lots of this. |
Do you have little characters in and around your garden?
Cheers, Jenny
Our condo rules prohibit little characters in the garden. Never mind. Right now, I feel like your third photo . . . ahh, nice!
ReplyDeleteHi Kitty - I'm sad to read your condo has "rules" - it's tempting to sneak out in the garden in the wee hour of the night and "plant" a few! hehehe
DeleteI'm in full #3 mode... so feel free to join me! :)
Thanks for stopping by.
Looks nice. The only characters I have are my kitties that like to roll around in the dirt. Rainbows turtle enclosure uses a tub normally made for koi ponds. Honeyman's invention so he(Rainbow, not Honeyman) could swim and climb a ramp and sun himself.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ruth. My friend has two dogs - they were also rolling in the dirt, much to her annoyance - I tried to stifle my laughter as her dogs are quite the characters in their own right.
DeleteYou need to do a post on Rainbow's pad - I'd love to see where he hang out and suns himself - speaking of sun... how's it going down there? :) :)
They are cute except when they get in the way.
DeleteTomorrow we are supposed to get almost 90. Garden is drying out so I hope to be planting some things later in the week.
Rainbow is in heat heaven. Those turtles sure love the heat. :)
Yes, i have many frogs and toads people have bought for me because they think it's funny since I am a little afraid of the real thing!
ReplyDeleteJane has lots of those too - I took quite a number of photos - but I'm going for the "less is best" approach.
DeleteWhy do frogs and toads frighten you? Is this a post worthy story? If you've done one already link me to it I'd love to read it.
Thanks for stopping by, Andrea. :)
I love that frog statue.
ReplyDeleteThe only little characters we have in our garden was when I was planting tomatoes yesterday.
It is cute, isn't it!
DeleteSo were you the little character or the tomatoes? Just wondering?? :P
Hey Al, are we all breathing a collective sigh of relief now that April is done and gone, hmm?
I have an Alice (as in Wonderland), sitting on a piece of driftwood. I made her at a craft class using a liquid rock based material to sculpt with wire and tshirt material. I took the class with a friend.
ReplyDeleteNo garden gnomes or fairies, but I have a fake lizard sunning by my aloe vera and a colourful frog sitting on a ceramic mushroom in with my palm plant. It surprises people sometimes. The gnome reminds me of the movie 'Amelie'.
I like a touch of whimsy. Subtle whimsy.
Hi DG, I'm with you on the subtle whimsy - sometimes these little garden accessories can be used to the point of overkill... to which I then want to pluck them from amongst the plants and run!
DeleteI just googled the movie you mention - I will have to see it, sounds delightful.
My mother has a few gnomes in her garden (which is also my garden) and I monitor their numbers. She secretly sneaks one in the group as if I won't notice - so one day I raided her stash - near gave her heart failure... looks like they are very dear to her so I won't be doing that any time soon. (but I did laugh, when she wasn't around... poor dear!)
Thanks for popping in for a look! :)
That's funny about the raiding of her garden gnome stash. The father of 'Amelie' is attached to the gnome too, but you have to watch the movie to see why. It's a little quirky but provides peeks of Paris, too.
DeleteHi Jenny - I might be inspired to get outside if the sun shone! Honestly what is the weather doing ... this garden, where I rent, is devoid of interest ... makes me very sad -but there it is ...
ReplyDeleteI enjoy others gardens ... and love these photos -quite delightful .. Hilary
Your friend is blessed to have such an attractive and awesome garden Jenny, such wonderful photos, just love her garden.
ReplyDeleteHi Jenny. Sweet photos. Yes, i have lots of little angels and cherubs scattered around the garden. I will have to do a post on them!
ReplyDeleteOnly critters I have are wildlife. That's enough for me! Deer, turkeys, owls, hawks, blue jays, squirrels, chickadees and phoebes are frequent visitors to my yard...not all at once, but a few at a time.
ReplyDeletegnomes scare me... and i have a secret love for the frogs, my wife threw out my collection awhile back to make room for her things. in her defense now we have moose, i am sick of moose. my collection of frogs was gross, it should have been tossed.
ReplyDeletehaha i loved this, jenny---i do have lots of these little darlings around my yard---in fact i have to stop myself--but the other day, i purchased a sweet little bunny that had a broken ear--still attached though--got it for half price :)
ReplyDeleteThose are sooooo cute. I do not have things like that in my garden. I do though have a Martini drinking Toad on the deck. lol Still blogging and visiting folks from a-z
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Thank you all for stopping by and enjoying these little garden creatures.
I’m always fascinated by what I find in other people’s gardens.
This is one of those “you should post about your garden critters too” kind of things - I would love to see what lives in your gardens.
Cheers, Jenny