i am turning my backyard into a Crazy Quilt Silly Space Sculpture Garden. It’s good for my sanity, even though my boy might think it shows exactly how crazy i am. i like it. it keeps me thinkin’. keeps me busy. i use recycled items like old toys, plastic bottle caps, broken jewelry and skateboards, and other strange found or bought stuff. you’ll see. if you scroll. it’s designed to be a never-ending work-in-progress, so it’s meeting its design scheme already. and it’s teaching me a thing or two about weeds. persistent little tyrants.
My backyard has been kid-tested and approved! These photos are courtesy of my niece, Rebecca Vickery, as are the kids in them! (Just added my Woo’s pictures at the end of the ‘Becca batch).
Heron in the gardenHiding IbisParrot in the gardentulips & seashellsfish tankmeet Julietkid tested and approvedfind the plastic knives and medicine bottle terrariums…pom trees! get it?that damn squirrel!cage match pt 1 – the blastcage match pt 2those thieving squirrels!too many monkeys – or – oh, you said “cubit?” I thought you said “cubic”Who needs Romeo– when you’ve got fairies & flamingos?
here are the woo’s pictures:
1- war is nuts- toy soldiers and pistachio nut shells…2- all my eggs are not in one basket 3- those mushrooms are wind chimes my woo gave mebridge over troubled waterstoo many monkeys- boarding dayfish tank after ian’s inputmore on that cage match, climbing the lampjoey did the lampleave your shoes by the side of the pathguess the games that died for this piecesleepy sheepthe city is protected by the soldiers of strategomega-cityAfter invading suburbia Godzilla heads for the citythis is where our best-cat-ever Oz is buriedhealthy food option for the opossum’s who live in the shedthe construction crew is on lunch breakdino zoneplant flats make it stackable and storable for winter. see the broken skateboards?i used to call this “at the public pool” — after seeing how dirty these ducks get from the weather, it’s now called “dirty fowl-mouthed ducks”……or, “the wreck of the exxon valdez”. seriosuly, i had to wash the ducks by hand with a brush to get the weather dirt off them.a fairy’s-eye-viewthere’s a wolverine in there among the other statuaryyou can see him better from here, he’s under the glow stickshere’s more on those flamingoesin their flamingo pondbeach day… see the green lining at the back edge? those are caps from the “Simply” juice bottles…see the hippo? there are 5 birds in this picture, and empty moisturizer jars for stepping stones
thank you so much! it makes me smile too. so glad you like the pom trees! i have more to add when the spring arrives. my son, however, thinks i’m insane.
This is so so charming. Kids must love it. (Kids of all ages. I must share this but see no way to reblog so will share your URL with friends on in a Facebook art group called La Manz Studio Peek. I love the squirrels making off with the garden gnome as hostage. Looking forward to seeing the fate of all those GI Joes or whatever the muscular guys are. I paved one section of my back yard next to my walk with seashells, but my newest dog thinks they are either his bones or his toys and my gardener doesn’t enjoy hitting them with the lawnmower, so may have to embed them in concrete. I look forward to seeing more of the future of your fantasy garden.
i was just so happy to share it with real kids, the 4 of them headed off in different directions & found all my ways and new ways to play with it all. my two are the only other kids to have seen it and they are, sadly, no longer kids. the muscular guys are my son’s old wrestling action figures. they’re watching the “cage” match and it apparently got a little rowdy.
It does make leaf vaccuumming a challenge. and i get a lot of leaves.
Leaf blower? Too strong?? At least for some plastic elements. Saran wrap? Really wide saran wrap? Hmm. Snow and rain a problem. I guess you need to roof over it. What we suffer for our art. It is really really cool, though. My friend Jan will LOVE it. Why don’t you join La Manz Studio Peek in Facebook so you can see her work? You two have something in common.
i put most of it away before it snows. that’s why a lot of it is in those plant trays, easily moveable & stackable.
you might be shocked by this, but i don’t/won’t have a facebook account. i don’t carry a smart phone either. guess i’m weird that way. but i’m thrilled you posted the link.
I have come back to these pics of your garden 3 times. Love the Pom trees and fish tank! The entire creation makes me smile.
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thank you so much! it makes me smile too. so glad you like the pom trees! i have more to add when the spring arrives. my son, however, thinks i’m insane.
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thank you! i sure will!
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What a great place to be a kid!
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seriously, i’m having too much fun. just got more stuff, have to stop! but i highly recommend it to everyone with a yard. yard art.
thanks for seeing it!
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If I were a kid in that garden, I would have ongoing stories and things would change every day. Wonderful!!
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thanks! it’s a great place to hang out & write or draw too.
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WOW thank you so much!
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This is so so charming. Kids must love it. (Kids of all ages. I must share this but see no way to reblog so will share your URL with friends on in a Facebook art group called La Manz Studio Peek. I love the squirrels making off with the garden gnome as hostage. Looking forward to seeing the fate of all those GI Joes or whatever the muscular guys are. I paved one section of my back yard next to my walk with seashells, but my newest dog thinks they are either his bones or his toys and my gardener doesn’t enjoy hitting them with the lawnmower, so may have to embed them in concrete. I look forward to seeing more of the future of your fantasy garden.
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i was just so happy to share it with real kids, the 4 of them headed off in different directions & found all my ways and new ways to play with it all. my two are the only other kids to have seen it and they are, sadly, no longer kids. the muscular guys are my son’s old wrestling action figures. they’re watching the “cage” match and it apparently got a little rowdy.
It does make leaf vaccuumming a challenge. and i get a lot of leaves.
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Leaf blower? Too strong?? At least for some plastic elements. Saran wrap? Really wide saran wrap? Hmm. Snow and rain a problem. I guess you need to roof over it. What we suffer for our art. It is really really cool, though. My friend Jan will LOVE it. Why don’t you join La Manz Studio Peek in Facebook so you can see her work? You two have something in common.
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i put most of it away before it snows. that’s why a lot of it is in those plant trays, easily moveable & stackable.
you might be shocked by this, but i don’t/won’t have a facebook account. i don’t carry a smart phone either. guess i’m weird that way. but i’m thrilled you posted the link.
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That’s okay. Hopefully they’ll comment or like you on your blog.
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