Either way, I was drawing amorphous plant shapes, while Andrew was having fun adding the iconic "donkey with cart" and lawn jockey. I'm happy to report we have neither. And while we obviously identified a need for pavers next to both driveways (since they're too narrow for car, driver and passenger) we never have done anything about that.
*WWWT is a slightly altered version of my longstanding WWTT posts. In this version it's "what were we thinking" instead of "what were they thinking".
Weather Diary, May 2: Hi 85, Low 57/ Precip 0
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Definitely a lop-sided butt.
ReplyDeleteLove those little mementoes; too bad there isn't an aerial shot to see how close you came to the original sketch.
Oh gosh, no aerial shot needed, there's not much of anything from this sketch that's evident in the current garden look. Maybe the tall Tetrapanax in the upper left corner...although I think I was drawing grass.
DeleteTalk about a missed opportunity. You could have been the gardener known for having the lopsided butt lawn. I've been meaning to sort through some of my old papers to reduce them. I can only imagine what I'll find.
ReplyDeleteThat would have made for an entirely different blog...
DeleteAh, a trip down memory lane! I have a vague recollection of a drawing or two in my own garden file - but it wasn't nearly so artistically rendered.
ReplyDeleteIf you ever run across them I'd love to see them!
DeleteSo glad you decided against a butt-shaped piece of lawn (it was a half-assed idea). Mowing and edging the "crack" would have been a PITA.
ReplyDeleteOh Alison, you had me spitting out my coffee with that one.
DeleteYou know, every time I've visited your garden, I've thought that a lawn jockey and a donkey pulling a cart would be just the finishing touches it needs. Shall I try and find them for you?
ReplyDeletePeter will "try and find them", when he knows he already has both of those in his room of requirement/basement. :)
DeleteI'm just amazed that you planned at all. New home usually means overly eager to jump in so spontaneous trip to the garden center. :)
Is Alan right Peter? Do you already have them socked away somewhere?
DeleteI'm with everyone else, the lawn jockey and donkey and cart are now an essential part of your front garden design. Can we vote on it!
ReplyDeleteI love finding things I had forgotten about.
I think I'm more the pink flamingo type...
DeleteI certainly can't add anything to these hilarious comments. Nice way to finish the work day!
ReplyDeleteGlad to send you off with a smile.
DeleteEvery ten years or so, when I sort through old drawings and such there are many WWWT's and every so often a "wow, that's pretty good". The WTPG's get saved for the next time, to see if they still hold up. The WWWT's get destroyed as evidence unless they're so bad they're good (if you know what I mean).
ReplyDeleteLike this one? (so bad they're good)
Deleteexactly
DeleteI love being able to look back at the history of the garden, including bad ideas or projects that never happened. The mere fact you were sketching ideas puts you ahead of many gardeners. And it explains why your garden is a sucess.
ReplyDeleteI still remember sketching the paver path to the patio, while sitting in a seminar at our spring garden show. I'd been trying to come up with something I liked for awhile, and it just hit me. I should see if I can't find that one.
DeleteI really can't come up with a single comment that holds a candle to Alisons. Glad you p-assed on the gr-ass though.
ReplyDeleteBada-boom!
DeleteI appreciate Andrew's sense of humor. But why is one buttcheek larger than the other?
ReplyDeleteNo-body is perfectly symmetrical.
DeleteHow cool to see how far you've refined design thought, keep the sketches coming! Though I do detect hints of a multi-headed yucca in that tree...
ReplyDeleteYour May 2 high was within a degree of ours, but your low 8 deg warmer!
That nice high temp was an anomaly, we're back to the cool again...although the sun has stuck around for a few days.
DeleteAs I recall, your parents had an iconic "donkey with cart" at your house on Jacobs. Of which, by the way, I was super jealous. I thought it was so cute, and wished that my family could have something like that, but thought we could never afford it. :) Love reading your blog, friend. No need to post my comment, just wanted to share that with you. ~Paula
ReplyDeleteOMG...you kind of had me going with that first line "online stalker!!!"...how does this person know this!? Thanks for including your name. Good to hear from you! And you know what, they still have it. All these years later.
Deletehttp://www.thedangergarden.com/2016/06/a-quick-trip-back-to-spokane.html