Archive for January, 2010
Metal garden stakes are one of the easies ways to enhance your garden décor, and they come in all kinds of shapes, some of the most popular are birds or other animals. There are all kinds of creatures you can choose to decorate your garden these days, from gargoyles to butterflies to fairies. If you wish to show your sense of humor when decorating your yard, you can choose signs and stepping stones with sayings that will do that.
While flowers and other flora come in and out of bloom, these pieces of garden décor add beauty any time of the year. These pieces can also add a certain idiosyncratic flare that plants can’t. Many of the figurines and stakes available for placement in your garden illustrate a healthy sense of whimsy all on their own.
I loved the backyard of my childhood home. My parents took such pride in taking care of the lawn, and the flowers were beautiful. I remember we had daisies, daffodils, roses, geraniums, dahlias and carnations. Many a summer evening I would bring a blanket outside and lie on the grass admiring the flowers and watching the birds. My parents were also avid birdwatchers and had put several birdhouses out in the yard.
One evening when I was sitting outside I kept hearing a weak chirping noise coming from a nearby laurel bush. After a while I decided I would go see what was causing the little noise. When I neared the bush I spied a tiny little blue bird. It looked as though the baby bird may have injured his wing in a fall because the wing drooped a bit. I knew what I had to do; I fetched a clean towel and scooped up the little bird. After conferring with my parents we decided we would nurse the bird back to health. By the end of that summer the bluebird was as good as new. We let him go on Labor Day. The whole experience was so beneficial to me that I still think of it whenever I look at the birdhouses in my own backyard.