There's a Man in my Yard!

Unfortunately, when Mom moved in with us, along came her man. He had to have a prominant place in the yard. Confucius now lives in Mt. Airy. Along with a rickshaw and bridge that my brotherin-law made, she said it makes a perfect scene!

Three years ago we brought a clipping from Mom's red maple tree home and planted it in the yard. It now is big enough and has the perfect shape to accompany her man, rickshaw and bridge. What do you think? A little deer statue and frog also is part of the scenery.

Mom started decorating with an oriental flavor back when I was a child. Her eye favored the people, plants and land, both inside and outside the home. Now her room in Mt. Airy is decorated with as much as we were able to bring from her home with a Japanese flavor.

Her room has ming trees, an oriental house, oriental pictures and . . . giraffes? I don't think giraffes are oriental, but somewhere along the years she fell in love with giraffes. We found a nice home for the outside statue in front of Sam's kennel, beside a leaning tree, and there are several in her room.

In earlier years she made a giraffe figure in ceramics. It won best in show at an area function. That's it in the picture just below, on the left, sitting on the floor. And what about the giraffe lamp (below). (Mom put eye lashes on him!). She embroidered the picture on the wall of the potted plant.

The Mc Giffin household has changed its looks.  Inside and out.

 But my garden is still intact (I love the oriental fountain grass! Oops, did I say oriental? ) . . . 

and Sam still has her favorite place to sleep,  stretched out, way over on MY side of the couch,             between MY pillows!!

   . . . and I'm thrilled with this Autumn Joy Sedum below, from my friend, Kathy's, bedroom. Thanks, Kathy!