CHILDREN GARDEN STATUES

MY CHILDHOOD AND GARDENS

My mother always had some sort of a garden. She was the worker gardener, and we were the playing little ones. Sometimes we hid under the tall cosmos playing hide-and-seek and sometimes we were the garden statues that had frozen in place when our brother swung us around when we played freeze statues. There was such an abundance of beauty around us as the results of her hours of gardening work. We all knew she loved gardening, even though a day of gardening left her pretty tired. Sometimes she grew vegetables but always there were flowers. And we played in amongst the flowers. There were hollyhocks that turned into dancing ladies when turned upside down. My sister and I made whole villages for our lovely ladies in the grass and under the shrubs. There were, of course, wonderful balls for our dancing hollyhock ladies to attend with their full, flared, frilly dresses in all of the pinks, purples, reds of the hollyhocks that grew high on their stalks in her garden. She had a few garden statues set off by a special background of gladiolas.

A favorite garden playtime activity was laying on the cool fragrant ground under the cosmos and pretending it was a house with a ceiling of hot pink flowers that opened to the sun waving in the gentle summer breezes.
Any garden is a happier place when it is inhabited by children. Children garden statues can bring that feeling even if they are quite still and make no mess, nor noise. We were always very careful to make no messes and take care where we stepped but we were as welcome in the garden as any silent children garden statues would have been.

You might love these two children sitting on a garden bench with their own little basket of flowers found at: http://CHILDRENGARDENSTATUES.totalwarehouse.com

RESIN WALL PLAQUES

Windchimes and Birds bring Welcome!

One of the most special areas of my home and as well as the homes of my friends are the gardens that surround our homes. Spending quiet visits and happy meals brings us together as family and friends as we are serenaded by windchimes hanging overhead.

There are lots of ways to welcome your friends to your garden. Using Garden Decor can make a friendly, welcoming statement. Hanging windchimes always adds to the ambiance of your garden making friends feel relaxed. Accents in your garden always add a special touch. Often an accent piece such as a wall plaque or windchimes is just the thing to complete a lovely tended garden spot. Whether your garden is small or large decorative wall plaques and windchimes add a finishing touch.

I love birds in my garden, especially the music that song birds bring. Musical windchimes bring music and a reflective atmosphere to any garden space. One particular garden wall plaque has four happy birds to brighten the gate area of my yard to welcome visitors. Windchimes brighten the yard all year round when they are hung about the garden. Windchimes can turn a sudden rainstorm into music. When I was a child growing up in Colorado my mother had two white flying seagulls on the front outside wall of our home and a set of windchimes to welcome everyone who came for a visit. As I grew up, left home and had children of my own it became a fun game for my California children to find grandma's house because there were the seagulls and windchimes welcoming them for a visit.

Find a place outside on a wall of your home to hang a wall plaque and a beam or branch for windchimes that will add a touch of decor. The welcome friends garden plaque that I like so much is found at http://RESINWALLPLAQUES.totalwarehouse.com. You can also find lovely windchimes at http://gardendecorwindchimes.totalwarehouse.com.

Yard Stepping Stones

Garden Spaces accessed with Yard Stepping Stones---

In California, where I garden, water is at a premium so I have turned off our watering system and instead hand water each of my plants. I also hang hummingbird feeders where they are easily found and refilled. Not all of my neighbors are trying to keep their gardens alive so I want to keep hummingbird feeders full and keep those lovely little birds going. I could never get to each of my plants and hummingbird feeders without the strategically placed stepping stones that I use to navigate the garden. Stepping stones give me a safe place to step so that I don't step on any of my precious plants while watering and checking hummingbird feeders. This can be daunting work during the long California summers with no rain fall, however, this strategy works well for both flower and vegetable gardens, as well as, checking hummingbird feeders. Stepping stones can be very functional or decorative and whimsical. I tend to lean towards whimsical. They add charm to the garden.

Hand watering and filling hummingbird feeders may seem like a boring task but I find it can take your mind off of the problems of the day and give you a breather before dinner or even a great way to start the day. Stepping stones will also let you work your way through your garden as you pick your beautiful flowers for your home or office or harvest the vegetables. Weeding and wandering about filling hummingbird feeders is much easier if you have steeping stones for sure footing as you work your way through your gardens.

I happen to like roosters in my kitchen and my garden....No, not the roosters that wake you early in the morning but the kind who eat little to nothing and make no noise at all...my roosters are all either ceramic or stone and sit quietly and quaintly decorating their individual little spots. My stepping stones are whimsical roosters that jauntily wind their way through my garden leading me to my next task. My hummingbird feeders are often lovely little flowers with hummingbirds perched at the top.

If whimsical stepping stones sound fun to you, you can find these Jaunty Rooster Yard Stepping Stones at http://YARDSTEPPINGSTONES.totalwarehouse.com......They are a favorite addition to my garden.

Garden Decor Windchimes

Unique Windchimes

Friday, May 22, 2009

Let Unique Windchimes help relieve stress!

Are you feeling the stress of daily life?

I can't even imagine a garden or a home without a set of windchimes. When ever I am wound up from the pressures of life I love to go out into my garden and take a few minutes to focus on clearing my head. The random notes that the windchimes create allow my brain to regroup and find my inner garden of peace. Hang windchimes in any open window where the wind can create a sense of peace and tranquility as it gently blows through the windchimes. And suddenly you are transported to another place, your happy place, where the stresses of life can't touch you and you can breathe deeply, clearing out the garbage that has filled your mind for hours of the day.

No garden is complete without the quiet tinkling sounds of windchimes that you have hung on the arbor just below the climbing vines where the wind can quietly blow through the leaves and create a little symphony of serenity for your frazzled senses. You will immediately unwind, relax and go to that place of peace and quiet where you can regroup to tackle the next of life's projects or problems.

My favorite windchimes are hand-tuned to perfection, made out of metal alloy and precision cut. These windchimes have a Bubinga wood top and wind catcher that create the melody of serenity as the wind blows through your window or garden.

I would encourage you to take a minute and look at these beautifully windchimes at my web site--- http://gardendecorwindchimes.totalwarehouse.com. I think you will like what you see.