Old and new gnomes
Look at this odd but endearing pair from the Balcony Gardener in England. My first gnome of memory is a chipped concrete Snow White gnome in my neighbor's yard. Mrs. Brooks loved that chippy chappy.
A few years ago, my neighbor gave me a darling plastic garden gnome. as a birthday present. The little darling reads a book, sporting removable glasses. The gnome, from Ebay, is very like the German brand Heissner. Yes. Heissner the brewery! I think my gnome is a modern knockoff likely made in Eastern Europe or China, circa 1990s. Will post a photo when I locate my usb cord.
Some see gnomes other than terracotta or concrete to be tacky. They would be right. However, tacky is good. Really. Do we really want to live in the Sistine Chapel or watch only PBS? Nah.
Odd and perhaps true facts:
The Chelsea Flower Show in England bans garden gnomes: the claim? The plastackic creatures detract from tony (my words) garden designs.
Garden gnomes are disallowed in graveyards in some British dioceses. Why does this not mesh well with the country culture that Tolkien lived and wrote in?
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