Yard Art

Today is a rather strange day, offering up cloud bursts every so often (whenever I venture outside to prune roses). I did get quite a number of them done before it began raining. In between cloud bursts, the sun shines brightly.

However, this does give me some time to catch up on other things that need done around this house as well as time for some pleasure.

One of the things that Husband is basically against is yard art. He thinks it makes a garden look junky. And, I must agree, there are places where we've been where there was simply to much in the wrong spot.

But the size of our garden beds cries for something other than plants, so some garden art is wanted. Here is a new little resin sculpture that I call "Little Man". He's holding a shallow bird bath that the little tree sparrows simply love! Because he is resin, he will be antiqued lightly and Husband will fill his empty cavity with some cement to give him some weight and help keep him from breaking apart through the winter.


This is the Service berry in bloom between the forsythia. This tree, though almost done blooming now has already attracted an assortment of tiny song birds. It's almost like they know what it is and have come to check it out.

At the base of this three multi-trunked tree, you can see St. Francis standing.




The best angle to see St. Francis is from my office window. He was placed there for this view. He is on the side yard under the Service berry holding a bird and another on his shoulder. St. Francis is a solid cement statue and resides in this wild, native area close to where my cat, Chloe, is buried. It is appropriate that he be here. The Jacob's Ladder and Barron wart will grow around him and by autumn he'll probably look like he's always been there.






Last but not least is my "Little Woman" with the butterflies. She sits on a rock covered with Waterperry Blue creeping saliva. The saliva isn't showing yet, but it's coming. When it's it bloom, she will be sitting in a sea of powder blue tiny flowers with yellow eyes. Behind her is the flowering quince right now. Along with the Waterperry Blue creeping saliva, there will also be two large beds of bearded iris around her.

"Little Woman" is a resin sculpture that isn't fill with cement. She's broken for us a number of times and we've simply glued her back together. This gives her a rather interesting patina. So far this year she looks intact. She was our first sculpture for this garden. There are other spots that cry out for more art, but just a little at a time.

We also have two bird baths that I haven't shown. They are the usual bird baths. Then there are also two cement benches, strategically placed so one can sit down and take a rest while either working in the garden or just exploring it.