Traveling Toys
09 Feb 2010 9 Comments
in Garden Design, Photography Tags: garden feng shui, garden whimsy, Mattel cars in the garden, nadiaknows gardens
TOYS AT THE BEACH FIND A NEW HOME IN MY GARDEN…
I found a few Mattel cars at the beach this weekend lodged in a sandcastle, left behind and forgotten. I scooped them up and smiled to myself just imagining what a great addition to my succulent garden they would make. As you can see from the photograph below it looks like these toys were pulled out to sea, sunken and left behind from a day of play at the beach. The great thing about a succulent garden is adding to it as the years go by and building on its theme. Creating small changes and adding a little whimsy keeps a garden interesting and fun and constantly evolving in the feng shui design of the landscape with creativity, balance and newness.
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Feb 09, 2010 @ 11:14:11
loved your serendipitous finds. they add a lot to your succulent garden. we had another night and a day of snow. I’ll send you some pix later. I call it popcorn or cotton candy snow. You’ll see why.
send us some of your sunshine and dry weather, please, asap!
Feb 09, 2010 @ 19:24:08
Nice! It took me a year before I realized I could put funky found ceramic/glass objects in the garden and they’d be okay over winter
I’m originally from Wisconsin where everything freezes and then shatters. Great picture!
Feb 11, 2010 @ 15:08:19
I found that bobbing head Chihuahua dolls make an excellent addition as well!!!!!! They really balance out the thorny cactus and give the garden a softer feel while maintaining the same genre.
Feb 11, 2010 @ 17:02:44
very funny!
Feb 14, 2010 @ 08:30:38
Interesting article. Were did you got all the information from…
Feb 17, 2010 @ 22:06:03
I wandered on over from InDoxienation. Not sure what I want more, the lovely gardens or somebody like you to tend to it! Okay, really, the latter. I always start each year with the best of intentions, and by the time the pollen makes me sneezy and the heat makes me sweaty and the mosquitoes make me itchy, I’m done. Ahh well…
Feb 17, 2010 @ 22:21:58
your comment made me laugh out loud! too funny. i am one of those very lucky people that does not have allergies to anything green!
Feb 17, 2010 @ 22:22:19
WAY TO GO!!!!! PLANT, PLANT, PLANT!!!!
Feb 18, 2010 @ 18:28:23
Wow! Thank you! I always wanted to write in my site something like that. Can I take part of your post to my blog?