I've been having fun looking at lawn ornaments, myself, now that I am going to have my own lawn. Well, I haven't made a special trip to the lawn ornament store, we've been looking at fruit trees and fish pond equipment, but the lawn ornaments are there, the Roman and Greek statuary, the mirror balls, the lawn gnomes, the frogs, hedgehogs, foxes, birdbaths, sundials, stepping stones that look like slices of log, whatever the mind can imagine, the hand can make, in lumpy concrete. The children are clamoring for lawn ornaments, they find them irresistable. I've told them only one tacky lawn ornament each, so please be selective, and they just can't make up their minds.
Ben is leaning towards a semi-submerged dragon, and I am sure you've seen the semi-submerged crocodiles. Three parts, head, body and tail, spread them out and they look like a reptile floating in the lawn.
Chris would like a Chinese lantern.
I have yet to see a lawn ornament that calls to me, although sometimes I swear the cobalt blue gazing ball is whispering my name. |
