But a timely field reporter answered my question.
Rosey from Dung Hoe Gardening comments and submits:
When my college-age daughter told me there was a house in her neighborhood with a lot of statues, I had no inkling of how many and how big they would be. I thought they would be little frogs and donkeys but these were big suckers. When we took her home last weekend, she showed me this place and I was shocked. I couldn't even get photos of all of it. So use what photos you think show the vast quantities these people have hoarded. I wonder if they would even notice something missing? ( I should have gotten a picture of the sign that said it was covered by so and so insurance company. )
I feel so much better, a stellar yard artist can protect their collection from theft and destruction by the reputable SO and SO insurance company:
So have you been in the sanctuary long
Yes, Its been going on 6 years. You get the yellow boots on your 5 year anniversary.
sweet!
sweet!
You can tell, the jockey is never going to catch those horses. Even with the bucket of feed
The eagle is feeling like turtle for dinner. The bucket is for the shells. He is a neat eagle
How much wattage is on that fence? How much wattage is needed with Pissed Off Bear guarding the gate
Score (feel free to scroll to the bottom)
- Horse & insurance model Elk ( I cannot image the cost of some of these pieces): 2 points
- Donkey cart (kitsch factor): 3 points
- Flying ducks: 2 points
- Knight on Horse (unsure is knight actually has a face or a head for that matter): 1 point
- Stately buffalo: 1 point
- Wagon (and I missed opportunity to hitch the buffalo to the wagon. A missed opportunity of awesomeness!): 1 point
- 3 mountain goats: 1 point
- empty pedestal (something is going to be added to the collection): 1 point
- Majestic deer/elk: 1 point
- Fighting eagles: 1 point
- Doofy bear: 1 point
- 3 raccoons clinging to a stump: 1 point
- re-bar - rabbit cane or defense weapon?: 0 points
- Chatty rabbit: 1 point
- Fashionable turtle: 1 point
- Rooster, 2 ducks & a deer: 4 points
- Jockey with little or no catching skills: 3 points (kitsch factor)
- 7 escaping ponies: 3 points
- Second lazy jockey: 3 points
- Christmas decorated arch: 3 points (holiday bonus)
- Eagle in mid-snatch: 1 point
- Sea turtles (note blue water mulch): 1 point
- Dutch couple: 3 points (kitsch factor)
- Bear hunting trout: 1 point
- Angry bear and little bear cub: 2 points
- Bugling Elk: 1 points
- Team of draft horses: 2 points
- Random little man: 1 point
- 2 guys and 1 dog on a bench: 3 points
- What I can only call a buffalo merry-go-round that lights up!!!: 1 point
- Buffalo on gate (kicked off the team): 1 point
Creativity Bonus
For an amazing collection of privately insurance yard art and mostly for the buffalo merry-go-round: 4 points
Total: 55 points
Rosey welcome to the Loyal Order of the Golden Manatee, may your manatees not be blobfish
They should have went with So and So Insurance:
I worry what the rabbit has in mind with his smarmy smile and that carrot, while the poor turtle next to him is trying to look all coy in her yellow boots...
ReplyDeleteThis is the Best Yard Art I've seen so far !
ReplyDelete(Glad we're back to non-human stuff.)
I like the way they've chained the eagle and fishing bear to the fence. If you were equipped to drag away those monsters, wouldn't you have a pair of pliers in your pocket?
landscapelover, I think the rabbit is planning to snatch the snazzy yellow boots
ReplyDeleteb-a-g, to steal this art would be a major heist. If some wants that eagle, they will take the bird, the chain and the fence.
This brings 'yard art' to new levels. What a great find!
ReplyDeleteOMG!! I would LOOOOOOVE some of that stuff in my gardens!!!!!! If I was built like the Incredible Hulk & had a big ass pick up & would so be helping them to shed themselves of fear of overcrowding at the sanctuary. You know, being helpful, just saying...
ReplyDeleteMorningGlory, I agree. I figure I could buy a vacation home with that statuary.
ReplyDeleteJester, you know, I just bet you have a wench on your truck. I would relieve them of one of the elk, I think.
Looks like they sell the stuff or somebody should be on the hoarders TV show.
ReplyDeleteOh, Lordy! This is a house of wizards - they entice the live critters into the yard, then zap them with a wand and turn them into statues! Where are they hiding the mailman, the Girl Scout and the paper boy?
ReplyDeletegwgt, I think they are collectors who do not know when less may be more. Somewhere some statuary store owner is very pleased.
ReplyDeleteMom L, interesting point, do you think this is the Snow Queen's weekend home?
ReplyDeleteThose must produce creepy shadows at night.
ReplyDeletethis is AMAZING!!!!!!!! what a great find!
ReplyDeleteLH - it's someone's weekend getaway!!!
ReplyDeleteBom - you've just permanently scared me away from night-time trespassing. They probably creep around at midnight like the topiary in The Shining.
Diane - I still think your redneck animal skin truck was creepier.
Yellow boots on your 5th Anniversary is a very worthy, practical incentive to stick around.
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ReplyDeleteI may have to sneak back over there for a shot of the insurance sign. Um. Yeah, I just want the excuse to see it again in person.
Thanks for posting these, I think this blog is about the most interactive I have ever known. And I love that.
Thanks for the welcome to the Loyal Order. I am sure when I explain this honor to my teenagers, they will give me that look again. ;)
Rosey
Bom, I saw you creepy night shadows and they were great. Everyone run over and see Bom's great shadow photography.
ReplyDeletediane, I know, amazing but not crazy. Crazy seems to be reserved for Savannah.
Mom L, way to be a Team Mom! Although I agree, I am not sure anything can be the taxidermy truck.
Karen, I think so. So much better than a pen.
Rosey. OH NO... not the look!
Thanks, we love our reporters.
One day I will have to give a party of the Order. We should discuss this. Oh, in fact I should have a page devoted to reports who belong to the order. It does not matter what year you achieved it.
With all the metal fences surrounding the various collections of animals, it really looks like a zoo to me. A zoo of all manner of unmoving animals, weird and surreal but very cool indeed.
ReplyDeleteWow, too bad Rosey could not score points on the mere size of each piece. Between the statuary and the pavestone under each piece, this is quite the outdoor project. Nice find.
ReplyDeleteEl Gaucho, It is a zoo but a zoo without a unicorn... so an unsatisfying zoo.
ReplyDeleteTufa Girl, how much do you think they have spent on this yard? The Pave stone looks really good.
Well, these are quite a collection of yard art. If I could just have the donkey and cart I would be happy!!
ReplyDeleteTHAT is a fantastic yard.
ReplyDeleteLH: but better than a *Jagermeister pen*???
ReplyDeletenot to toot my own horn, but DAMN I did a good job on that crest...when I look at it up close, even I had to tell myself "no, no, NO! You did not do the chicken and the background in microsoft paint!" even when it looks like I did.
Weekend Cowgirl, What me to find a local vender of the famous donkey pulling a flower cart? It really is a must have item.
ReplyDeleteLaura, yes.. yes it is but apparently not as great as a Jagemeister pen.
redgirl, you did an excellent job on the crest. The best ever... um, I touched it up with Photoshop so it would make a better t-shirt.
I should give away a ROGM t-shirt next contest.
LH: that hurts :'( I'm not good enough by myself? You had to go and use PHOTOSHOP?! And here I thought our strange yet wonderful relationship was monogamous...
ReplyDeleteI shall burst into tears and ride off to my blog to write scathing missives of import. (Loss of countenance! Spontaneous equestrianism! The word import!)
redgirl, I keep everything including an email granting me permission to clean it up a bit for printing.
ReplyDeleteWe still have a strange yet wonderful relationship although I always look forward to your missives.
*cough*
ReplyDeleteah, THAT email.
*cough*cough*
I now need my Jagermeister white out pen. Then I will hand you the Jagermeister shock pen.
ReplyDeleteNo need, your titan tresses causes spontaneous outbursts of outrage. Although I do really want a Jagermeister shock pen.
ReplyDeleteto give to drunken frat boys. This has promise.
ReplyDeleteI'm still profiling this yard. Some of the statues are of city park quality, the paving is beautifully designed and expensive in its own right, and these folks have an insurance underwriter to cover their lawn assets. It's almost like some Vanderbuilt had to down size to the 'burbs.
ReplyDeleteYeah, and the subtext is "Don't wanna! Don't wanna be NORMAL!" Kind of like the Incredibles having to live as normal people...there *will* be an outlet.
ReplyDeleteTufa Girl, have you noticed the multiple articles on expensive yard art being stolen and then the posting of this yard?
ReplyDeleteThe house seems a little small for this this fortune of statuary... hmmm
Or perhaps they are statue poor, lord knows I am horse poor.
hahah *snort*
ReplyDelete"statue poor"
redgirl, of course! There is probably a TJ Maxx kind of store for yard art.
ReplyDeleteIt must be found.
The Yard Barn:
ReplyDeleteYards 'n more! The best kept secret of po-dunk USA®
Hey, I live in po-dunk. Maybe the store is close by. Although I suspect (narrowing eyes) it is somewhere near Savannah.
ReplyDeleteSo, apparently, Rosey's daughter didn't pass the buck...?
ReplyDeleteOooh. Sorry about that one.
Al, glad to see you and your wit back from your break.
ReplyDeleteCool site, thanks to Rosie for leading me here. So in Carrboro NC there is a 8 foot rhino in these people's yard how many points for that?
ReplyDeleteRandy Emmitt, thank you for stopping by. I am married to a native Carborrian (?). A rhino of that size could be in the running for a gold manatee.
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