Return of the Deer Painter

I'm at the old house this weekend. Across the street, there's a house that is sporting a yellow plastic flowers.

Do they look familiar to you?

It appears that the Deer Painter has found a new friend. This must be the season of inspiration for her because she has also taken to embellishing what she calls her "cavalier". As you can see, it's been joined by a poinsettia topiary, a beribboned rabbit and two birds.

There must have been a sale on fake birds because she has added a few items to her backyard display, primarily mushrooms and some kissing Dutch children, and they all have birds perched on them. I wonder how she anchored that bird on the gazing ball?

At the back of her house, there is a large pink rabbit wearing red lipstick, flanked by two admiring frogs. As far as I can Tell, all the flowers in the Deer Painters yard are alive. (UPDATE: No, they are all fakes. Those are bouquets of red roses with baby's breath and resin moisture droplets on them.)

Did I mention that the Deer Painter is wealthy? She's like the Michael Jackson of ceramics - no one will tell her that she is wacky because of her money. No one except me, your hero Suzette. For which I paid with the withdrawl of free lawn care by her husband. But at least I have moral integrity. And a yard full of weeds.

The grass and flower beds at my old house are sporting a wide variety of chickweed, crabgrass and other assorted weeds that are remarkable for their vigor. Still, if you are a fan of natural beauty, you will see that they look 1000 times better than the garish plastic flowers and painted accompaniments over there. Heck, even if you are not a fan of weeds, at least they are green and alive.

Comments

[OTTami]

I wonder how she anchored that bird on the gazing ball?

I'm guessing Gorilla Glue.

Good gravy, those are ugly-ass ornaments. They pretty much ruin the fact that they obviously spend a lot of time caring for their nicely tended lawn.

Rabbit with lipstick.

Lipstick.

[The Pump Jockey]

Wow. There is nothing organic anywhere, except for the strip of lawn between the sidewalk and the curb, and that's probably owned by the city. Even the back yard looks like astroturf.

Vinyl siding, vinyl coated fencing, landscaping done with 3/4" bluestone road gravel... I'm guessing that at least twice a year hubby is out there spraying some DEFCON 1 bio-hazardous herbicide on anything that show its head above ground.