I can see a lot of stuff on stands... birdbaths don't count... they have built in pedestals.
Hilly Billy balls, the classic pedestal resident and probably the most likely not to survive a fall
Angela sadly has to sits on the ground, no pillar for her
Must be a Columns are Us store in the local area
Genevieve and child should be happy with her square pedestal but her rival, Emmeline, resides on a double pedestal within a pedestal.
Score (list provided by eventer79, my comments are in red)
- red, white and blue balls on a pedestal: 6 points
- 3 garden statues I can't identify well: (random things on the ground, unloved): 3 points
- 2 kids leaning on birdbath: 1 point
- kid on bench: 1 point
- mini-sleigh (in August!) (see, Oh such a sandbagger): 1 point
- urn on stairs: 0 points
- turquoise boot on a stick? (can't find it but will take your word for it) 1 point
- red flower banner: 1 point
- empty pedestal (probably have a cat): 1 point
- cardinal on a stick in planter: 1 point
- 2 yellow flower banners: 2 points
- 2 empty urns: 2 points
- thoughtful angel (pouting angel): 0 points
- kid cutout welcome sign: 1 point
- 2 heron/goose hybrids on a stick: 2 points
- red decorated ball: 1 point
- 4 more statues I can't quite make out: 4 points
- bells on a trellis: 1 point
- another red flower banner on mailbox (hmmm, mailbox banner...not counting it): 0 points
- another cardinal on a stick: (I like a bird on a stick) 1 point
- 3 blue balls in front of house: (on stands) 6 points
- birdhouse with metal wheel?: 1 point
- 2 more empty urns: 0 points
- eagle on pedestal (they like to elevate things) (no doubt): 2 points
- fervent angel: 0 points
- fountain on a pedestal (see!!) (an ugly lumpy pedestal but Emmeline is still higher): 1 point
- decorative bench: 0 points
- angel with child: 0 points
Creativity Bonus
For the column commitment to decorating (I suspect there are fern stands in the house) and their ability to keep everything upright (no large dog): 2 points
Total: 43 points
Pedestals make everything look good...
I wonder what some little lady is getting for Christmas this year
I am thinking some special considerations here. Somebody really likes eventer79 giving points on what can not be seen or identified. Come on with me Tufa Girl, in third place, ya hear me? Let's call for a recount.
ReplyDeleteEither way I'm folded for the year. There's 4 inches of snow on the ground and it's likely to stay until May. I do have some good prospects as soon as snow melts - maybe May? The best one picked up all her gnomes for the winter just as I remembered to bring the camera. My partner in crime (7 year old) is starting to get embarressed. Those in warmer climes have a longer season.
ReplyDeleteI'm still choking on the model on the pedestal - where do you find these things?!!! GWGT - I just look to make sure Diane is at the top of the contenders!!!
ReplyDeleteGWGT, I could be pushed. I am not hundred percent committed on the boot on the stick.
ReplyDeleteWinnie, I am changing the scoring rules for next year, so that we can cover more seasons and people's on and off seasons. There will be another game during the long dark winter to carry us through the dead spell.
Mom L, you are such a team mom. I love Mom L.
The boot on a stick is there. It is by the white fence in the first picture. And I didn't even count the butterfly on a stick!
ReplyDeleteeventer79, did you like your present?
ReplyDeleteYou know, I was going to comment, then I saw that last picture, and now my eyes are burning!! LOL!!! OMG, you are HILARIOUS! Thanks again for the intense belly laugh!!
ReplyDeleteI am getting a KICK< KICK< KICK out of this post. When I saw the er,,,hmm, uh, "fella" on the pedestal this morning, I laughed so hard I spilled my coffee and nearly fell off my chair!
ReplyDeleteJeri, it is a supreme compliment to be the harbinger of coffee spillage.
ReplyDeleteMr. Ithinkimamodel overshadowed all those other pedestals. That's the only image sticking in my head right now. :-(
ReplyDeleteBom, yes he certainly capped off the entry nicely.
ReplyDeleteThis post is hilarious. Love it.The columns are us store..haha.
ReplyDeleteRosie
Pedestals make everything look good!!! LOL.
ReplyDeleteYes, indeed. I'm seeing pedestals in a whole new light...
ReplyDeleteI hope you kept the receipt.
ReplyDeleteGWGT, I would indeed suggest a recount as Life's Highway has been known to short folk (including her son) of a few points.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking he wrapped himself a few times too many to make us think it was bigger than it actually is.
ReplyDeleteWell this posting was most uplifting. I can just imagine what a cat might consider doing to the pedestal and the swinging 'toy' in that last photo. 'Nice kitty!'
ReplyDeleteGreat usage of alliteration, by the way.
Gary :-)
My Garden Haven, thanks... this may have been a supposition.
ReplyDeleteBom, I am not sure the pedestal can help that particular package.
eventer79, I'm crushed. It's wrapped and everything.
Tufa Girl, I won't forget you ratted me out.
Lin, you are so right...
klahanie, ha ha. Here kitty kitty kitty. Wait a minute is this some kind of British humor trap?
My cat, Emma, has been hanging around my computer a lot. I think she discovered the latest dangling toy...or is it wrapped too tightly to dangle?
ReplyDeleteOnce you go black you never go back.
ReplyDeleteCome on, I'm talking about Jeri's coffee spillage.
But did Lifeshighway do the wrapping or did she pay for it (the wrapping that is)
ReplyDeleteAnonymous, I am guessing you are a man.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely hilarious,just reminded me its time to trim my cats (clooks) as we call them.
ReplyDeleteAlistair, please tell me clooks are claws.
ReplyDeleteOh great, they beautiful. Lovely house garden
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