tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post4740221251917626268..comments2024-02-28T11:29:36.860-05:00Comments on just up the pike: daily snapshot(s): garden of whimsyDan Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10594208011755406956noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-75387443230698525182009-09-22T10:23:13.404-04:002009-09-22T10:23:13.404-04:00You can see one of the houses to which I referred,...You can see one of the houses to which I referred, in a very LARGE (5M or so) photo <a href="http://www.aspenhillnet.net/images/neighborhood/landmarks/090921/p9210031.jpg" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Thomas Hardmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07951423786343852055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-70713714534483396712009-09-12T17:58:27.716-04:002009-09-12T17:58:27.716-04:00WashingtonGardner: Ah, I think that if I took a ph...WashingtonGardner: Ah, I think that if I took a photo and mounted it to the Web, and the internet didn't break, I'd only be encouraging these folks by giving them free publicity. ;)<br /><br />Seriously, though: at the one place I'm thinking of, if you imagine someone taking about a thousand of those little stick-on convex mirrors that some folks put on their car rear-view mirrors, and then gluing them all over a lot of fairly large rocks, and then placing said works of art-noveaux all around the yard, you're getting the bare bones of the idea. <br /><br />Now, also imagine that they hang ornamental bird-cages full of rubber-duckies all around the yard, too. Now cut a couple dozen truck tires in half, jam them randomly into the middle of the lawn, and paint them bright yellow. Then paint the house a pale violet with pine-forest green trim. Except for the door, which gets the same yellow paint as the random truck tires.<br /><br />You'll have to imagine this, for now, because I Phear for teh intarwebs.<br /><br />The other house is rather more organized but not much less garish. Imagine a cross between a Mardi Gras parade, a Mexican fiesta, and a really intense fandom for the Ravens. Oh, and statues of various Saints all over the place. Even in the front-lawn gazebo.<br /><br />Contrast and compare with <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=597EIOPIrRA" rel="nofollow">my yard</a>. Of course, if my ancient mom wasn't living here, who knows, I might fill up the yard with models of obsolete spacecraft (can you say, "Skylab"?) and working <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/24/AR2009082403317.html" rel="nofollow">particle accelerators</a>.Thomas Hardmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07951423786343852055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-32288878446453104292009-09-11T19:38:40.679-04:002009-09-11T19:38:40.679-04:00Thomas you NEED to share thse pics.
This one has ...Thomas you NEED to share thse pics.<br /><br />This one has ALL the holidays covered at once -- good for them. Self-expression is a dying art. <br /> If this where some snarky, "ironic" installation at an art gallery you all would lap it up. <br /> Would I want to live next door? No. But I give them credit for trying to create their version of beauty.WashingtonGardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03950523974356540767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-4038300993648758222009-09-11T14:21:22.438-04:002009-09-11T14:21:22.438-04:00There is a house in Aspen Hill which by far outdoe...There is a house in Aspen Hill which by far outdoes this one, and on only half the lot size.<br /><br />There's another one which pretty much rivals that one, but I am afriad to take its photo and mount it, as it might break the internet.Thomas Hardmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07951423786343852055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-86360589710104169582009-09-11T00:12:28.240-04:002009-09-11T00:12:28.240-04:00Actually I think a blue mirror globe would be the ...Actually I think a blue mirror globe would be the ultimate addition. That way all the existing ornaments would be doubled in quantity.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16699449914402478004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-67978216465263643052009-09-10T17:03:40.589-04:002009-09-10T17:03:40.589-04:00If you took one, I wonder how long it would take f...If you took one, I wonder how long it would take for them to know it was missing.Bowie Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09656054601003840365noreply@blogger.com