The kid in me likes to think of the garden as a magical place. Here are 2 new pieces I've placed in the back yard for a bit of whimsy. Both were deeply discounted at Save-on-Foods.
The resin castle is on a stake, and I thought it would be fun to have it almost float in the fern. I like how the blue tones blend in with the hydrangea. I also like how my 'Tree Peeker" blends in nicely with the bark colour of my plum tree. Neither really jump out for attention. Instead they are noticeable with a closer look.
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Yes lessismore, that is right along the lines of the little extras I like to place in the garden. DD is 16 now, and my son is 10. I made an effort to make/find fun in the garden with both when they were younger but they like the add-ons like me still. I made sure to plant things with both, and create special places for them in the garden when they were younger. An ongoing project we have now is to collect smooth rocks which have a streak of colour in them and place them in a spot in the shade garden. I forget how it started exactly, but I think it was when I kept the one large rock from an old garden because I thought the single streak was neat. Anyway, my son liked that rock I put in the shade garden and has added more he's found over the years. He was especially proud of the pale one in the photo!
I have an eyes, nose, mouth resin set that makes a face on the trunk of a cherry tree, and it's faded a little over the years but it's still solid. I figure I can always paint it. I kept the box for the castle though, so I can store it in the shed over winter.
We always put our little colourful knomes away for winter thinking the harsh frigid winters might crack the little creatures.
I have a small resin turtle that has been outside for at least 5 or 6 years and still looks like it did new. Doesn't seem bothered and I've never brought it in and it's been fully exposed to the weather and Eb when she was a pup and thought it was something to be killed.
I've always wondered how winter hardy these resin things are, anyone know?
That is so much fun. When my daughter was younger she would look for fairies in the garden. We once visited a woman that had several little stone-like fairies hidden in her garden at several different spots and my daughter would enjoy searching for them and having a visit. I then started to place little fairies in my garden. Great memories!
Any children to enjoy these with you?