Sunday, April 16, 2017

View From The Zensical Garden


First garden kite of the season. It was supposed to go up to celebrate the Vernal Equinox, but cold, snow, and rain kept that from happening until now. "Here comes the sun" kite made from packaging material. Ziller Glossy Black ink, Sharpie marker, colored pencils.


The gewgaws have landed. 


The newest addition to the garden. Himself gave the dragon to me at Christmas. The dragon holds his pearl of wisdom which is a solar powered light.


For Christmas, I gave Himself a Jeffersonian rain gauge. 


Leftover yarn, ribbon, and Ink's hair scraped off my writing desk chair as nesting material offering for the birds. All corralled in a suet basket.


I reconstructed the stone towers. Either they were knocked over by some animals or the weather.


Rocky, the face I carved from marble is showing some wear from the weather.


The dragon's pearl illuminated at night. The pearl cycles through white, red, green, and blue. The pearl can be set for one colored light, but I like watching the pearl change colors.

How does your garden grow?

13 comments:

  1. That's awesome. I love the Pearl of wisdom, especially at night. You did a great job on the carving. o interested in the technique you used. Garden is looking great!

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    1. Rocky came from a stone carving class I took. The instructor got a good deal on the marble (I think the blocks were free) so that's what we used instead of soapstone which is softer. We used mallets, chisels, and rasps which were provided. I never got around to polishing the face so the surface is rough.

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    2. Oh, the class was a good 10 years or more ago.

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    1. I love the garden. I'm good at growing rocks and gewgaws. Seeing the garden from the sunroom windows makes me smile.

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  3. I should have asked you to create a recycling post this year like I did Chrissie. You rival me with your recycling efforts. I adore the bird fodder in the suet basket, and the awesome kite made from recycled packaging materials. They show how artistic and FRUGAL you truly are!

    Of course, I adore the dragon with his pearl. It's totally a gift worth appreciating. Happy Easter, CJ.

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    1. Thank you. :-D I don't even think I come close to what you've been able to create from recycled materials.

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  4. That is one cool garden. I just LOVE the dragon. Especially when the ball lights up. I bet you enjoy it in this nice weather. Hope it was a wonderful Easter. Hugs-Erika

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  5. What a great garden! Especially love the dragon and the carving!

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  6. Wow!! I am so impressed and so touched! There is a lot of feeling in your garden! It's truly special!! Big Hugs! (Love your carving!!)

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    1. I love it. Love being out in it and love looking at it from the sun room.

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