Tufa being an ace field report who stops at nothing to get a good yard art story contacted Felder and invited him to view the Yard Art Game. (squee, hey Felder if you ever read this I am a fan of your art) Felder WROTE HER BACK (yes that is right, it seems Master Gardeners have a secret handshake and code words they use to identify each other)
Felder challenges and Tufa dares me to score:
No one understands the plight of a shoe-on-stick in poor living conditions.
Not stopping there, Felder commented to Tufa Girl about her fanstasy yard art submission suggestion:
HOW could you overlook the stitched bottle tree in the center of that bit you put on the site???
My answer: That is not a bottle tree but a Star Magnolia:
A rest my case - sort of... anyway I am standing by my calling because bottles would fall off of the branches pointing down.
Sigh, now Felder Rushing will never write me back.
That is one fully decorated yard. It can help the needy with shoes too.
ReplyDeleteOh...my...goodness...that is a very decorated yard. I don't think I could have done any better myself! Hilarious!
ReplyDeleteI really think someone should call the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Footwear.
ReplyDeleteNice twist on the conventional idea of a few ornaments dotted around plants :)
ReplyDeleteThe enigmatic, masked blogger
well that answers the burning question of what to do with my old runners...
ReplyDeleteShoes need good homes too... Won't you remember a shoe who needs your help.
ReplyDeleteI need to send a close up of the bottles in Felder's truck. They would hold on upside down and at 70 mph!
ReplyDeleteOMG, Tufa is a Felder suckup.
ReplyDeleteOh, I don't know if that is really a good home for shoes... I mean it could be more of a Vlad the Impaler kind of thing going on, a warning to all shoes, "Don't mess with Imelda, or you'll end up skewered on a pike!"
ReplyDeleteLola Nova, OF COURSE!
ReplyDeleteImelda the impeller lives there. I beet she buys shoes too small and then blames the shoes for hurting her feet.
That yard is fantastic! It clearly shows the resident is insane and I like that people will leave obvious clues like that.
ReplyDeleteLaura, I know! Then I can walk on the other side of the street and avoid possible crazy eye contact.
ReplyDeleteHaha! I went to a Master Gardener Symposium to see Felder speak (most entertaining lecturer there) and he called on the entire audience to turn around in their chairs and view my hair (which I believe may have been fuchsia at the time). My cheeks turned approximately the same color... but my mom pointed out that it wasn't likely any of those old women had missed me, anyway.
ReplyDeleteFor your photo, I think it is nice when people grow shoes instead of growing things in their shoes. Eww.
Eliza, good point about the shoes.
ReplyDeleteI thought when someones chooses fuchsia as their choice of hair color, that the point was to get noticed. Too funny.
OMG. Can you even imagine living next door to this? Well, at least I would know where to look if I ever misplaced a shoe.
ReplyDeleteOr if you needed a shoe...
ReplyDeleteYou may have a bottle tree in your yard, LH! Fed Ex still has time!
ReplyDeleteLVL: ah ha ha, don't give the hubby any ideas.
ReplyDeleteGood morning! When I began my blog I of course posted on bottle trees. I had seen Felder speak in Nashville, along with Carol Reese another good speaker, so I knew he loved the 'yard art' aspect of gardening. I emailed him and was stunned when he emailed me back but he never commented on my blog:( Nonetheless, it was most kind of him to email back you know he must have tons of requests. Wow on the yard-too much eye overload.
ReplyDeleteTina, I would love to have the opportunity to hear him speak. Obviously I am missing out on a true master of my "art". I hope one day he will respond because I would love to have a mini- interview with him.
ReplyDeleteHi again, I'm not sure where you live but Felder has quite an extensive speaking tour. I'm a member of the Perennial Plant Society in my state so he and his colleague at the time (Dr. Dirt) came up. He's wonderful. I think if you saw him in person he'd definitely love to be interviewed but if not hopefully he'll respond.
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