Favourite things in the Garden

There is something so right, in my opinion, about blue in the garden. If you have been this far then you will certainly be aware that I have many )or is that too many?) blue pots in the garden, including the jar shown in this picture (click on it to get a larger view):

I know the butterflies are rather kitsch, but hey! I'm not out to win prizes with this garden. It's to give me pleasure. The jar is quite a focal point in the garden - you cannot exactly miss something that large, and certainly not that colour!

However, blue isn't the only thing in the garden though. There are a number of decorative items around the garden such as the ones on the next few pictures:

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Picture #1 shows the 'secret garden' where a sleeping cherub (actually its a putto because it doesn't have wings) sleeping on a large stone ball. #2 shows the poolside where, next to the jug that allows the water back into the pool, a small boy sits contemplating the water. #3 shows a Japanese influence with a lantern sitting on the rocks. Nearby is a bamboo which completes the image. I'm not sure if the frog is in keeping with a Japanese theme, but as I said before I'm not out to win prizes. Yes! I know - the dragonfly is more kitsch.

Sometimes things disappear in the garden. I know that is hard to believe when you consider how small the garden is! This woodpecker keeps hiding in the ivy that grows all round it.

Sometimes I forget to keep the ivy trimmed back and later have a nice surprise when I uncover it again.

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