Diane had a dream. Diane had a team mom, Mom L, and the drive to obtain that dream: To win the Yard Art Game.
Diane is the top scorer for the year 2010. Some of my favorites:
Pulling The Gnome Card (Diane demonstrated an aptitude for locating congregating and loitering gnomes)
Eventually, no one is immune to Maxwell's silver axe.
Scene of the Crime
"Today i actually walked in someone's YARD to get pics of the broken frog art I pass all the time. I could never get a good angle from the street- so today I grew some big balls and just walked right on up. what is happening to me????"- The first baby step towards her set of Golden Balls.
The Summer Saga - The Reported Mother-load House - My best entertainment of the summer - The Search for the Holy Pics
"well the time has come for the crappy "motherload house" pics we have been waiting 3 months for. there are so many more items that you just can't make out- oh well, in a perfect world my original pics would have made it to you before my computer crashed! if you want the short version of the story- I was in Iowa in May, took pics of the best house ever-emailed them to you but you never received- laptop died and I lost my yard art folder-asked my mother to take new pics for me- she is photographically retarded and went back 4 or 5 times and got crappy digital pics- then used a throw away film camera which resulted in what I'm sending to you now. it has been a 4 month ordeal trying to get pics of said Motherload Iowa house."
The Taxidermist - Hell On Wheels
"You will sh*t when I post the pics of this truck I saw today-i almost died"
"wait till you see the rest... holy redneck batman"
Great Job and Congratulations on a battle hard fought!
Tomorrow: The Golden Manatee - A Year In Review. Someone will earn the prize for the Best of the Best
Congrats, Diane!
ReplyDeleteVery good finds. Love that truck. Congrats.
ReplyDeleteWay to go Diane!!!
ReplyDeleteLovin the truck to!
I suppose winning by default through judging error still counts for something. ;-P
ReplyDeleteThe sadist taxidermist was the post
ReplyDeleteI forwarded to the most people. A recent reprint of a rant against yard art made me nervous when people started judging other people's gardens as tacky and trashy and a lot of other stuff I really wish I hadn't read. That's not what we do here--we really enjoy this stuff and the people who conceive it, right?!? I know I do. Carolyn
eventer79, pfft
ReplyDeleteCarolyn, That is exactly what we do! We delight in it and have fun with it. No attacking allowed. It's freedom of yard expression here!
Haha! I think my animal loving daughter would be completely indignant if she saw that truck.
ReplyDeleteAwwww, eventer79, I loved all your cups. But don't forget that I cost Diane a bunch of points when I tried to recreate her awesome motherlode house and they were so blurry the Christmas wreath didn't really show up as it was supposed to!!!
ReplyDeleteMom L, the saga between you and Diane and the coveted pictures kept me entertained for most of the summer.
ReplyDeleteThat truck still gives me nightmares.
ReplyDelete"The Taxedermist" deserves it's own TV show...or maybe it already had one. Didn't Boss Hogg drive something like that in Dukes of Hazzard?
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, everything (but blue tarps) is under a few feet of snow, so I have nothing in the way of yard junk to contribute.
Christine in Alaska, no yard art...yet
if it weren't for the game this year, i would have had nothing to challenge my mind other than changing diapers and cleaning baby vomit. thank you Mr. Miyagi.
ReplyDeletei ♥ you.
Christine, I loved you blue tarp post. Boss Hoss did indeed drive something similar but I refuse to admit to any Dukes of Hazard knowledge.
ReplyDeleteDiane, Wax on, Wax off.
I'm wondering how Diane is going to top all this in 2011!! Eventer79 and Tufa Girl are going to be hot on her tail.....
ReplyDeleteBut that's my girl - I know she can do it!!!
Nancy in Iowa
I love Mom L
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