So true, Sandi! Don't mess with Texas ... or with yard art zealots! Too funny.

Um, the toilet seat is up...
"Fougères dans des toilettes"



P.S. I earned my fern microbadge!

Linda, that's great! Is that on a thread somewhere here? I luv it!! Ferns are perfect for the, ah hem, throne, methinks.

SongofJoy,
I grew those on my patio in 2006-2008. The ex-DH neglected them, but I brought 'em back to life for him.

The cool porcelain bowl was filled halfway with garden soil, and they just thrived. They really were beautiful ferns!

Purtiest toilet I've ever seen!

Wow, gorgeous ferns!!

Thanks for that info, Linda. The location I may want to put my "throne" is perfect for ferns actually.

Id better go up and take a photo of the COMODE....


Before an after photos backwards...





OK here it is,The grass is really crispy around this bed,can you tell there is a TOILET under there,and it faces the road....only after a neibor

said IT Needs To Face The road
The back side of it ..Bad photo

Had to share this too,the steam rising off the 27 acre lake across the road,yes fall is starting already ...Loook at those colors,soo soon,too dry



i repainted this Large pot ,it was white an ugly,did the copper patena.See the LG tree down in the background,it is farther away from the house than it looks..its huge and its laying across the wetlands

it up rooted,we have a big mess on our hands ,we have at least 6 downed trees most were dead standing,and we have another 10 dead standing...Emerald ash bore

Tamara, everything is so pretty. I love your garden. And you did an beautiful job painting your pot. Thanks for the photos.

Beautiful Tamara! Kitty is my favorite

I didn't remember that you had a potty too, Tam. That looks good but it's well disguised under all those flowers. Are they planted in the potty or in the ground? Do you have it elevated for drainage like the sink? Seeing this makes me want to keep mine in one piece. I've decided on a spot for it in the far corner of the yard under a big old tree that's part alive and part snag. So I'm thinking I will keep this old one and plant it. Why not? I can always take a sledge hammer to it someday if I change my mind.

I hate that about the Emerald Ash Borer damage. :(

Yes, it's dry here too. We've got many dry, dead leaves already coming down out of the trees and it's still August.

I like kitty too ... got one one in my lap right now, as a matter of fact. So busy, busy.

Plants in the toilet are real eye-catchers. Those are beautiful colors, Tamara! Trim them back so you can make out the toilet!

Love, love, love, the cherub fountain AND the kitty! What was your process for painting the cherub, and the large white pot? I'd love to try painting some concrete pieces with the bronze and/or copper patinas.

Thanks!

Linda

Thanks all....Camilla from DG in concrete creations has helped me with what an hows to paint concrete.She is a wonderful artist,thanks Camilla

All I used was exterior latex primer 1st,then you know those craft paints in little bottles,bright copper ,then a wash made with teal,dry brush,and wipe ,then i used rustolium clear.Camilla recomends Behr sealer but it only comes in a gallon can.I m thinking the rustolium brush on clear is working out very well so far..Just dont use Oil based ENAMEL on concrete,it will blister and peel ...LIKE my big green frog is doing,I used hammered green metalic ,frog now has a skin affliction

Same for the cherubs,statue I used pewter then sponged bronze over that ,and sealed ..BB Gold with black wash,used a spray clear NOT HOLDING UP WELLL...

The kitty is Big Willy,I have 2 tuxedo kitties...Matching pair

Ive trimmed back the petunias once well twice if you count the 2 fawns that were nibbling on all my stuff earlier... Wish I could find the photos from last year,had cascading petunias in it ..these are growing straight up in the air The toilet is all together we have it settin on patio blocks so its level,Ralph drilled a hole in the bottom of the bowl for drainage,tank already had holes in the bottom after removing the guts...I love it

Ya'll have convinced me to do it. I forgot there isn't a hole in the bottom of the toilet bowls without drilling one. I learn a lot reading these posts. They are like mini-courses in how to do things. Appreciate the little tips on what works and what doesn't.

Do you have any problems with it when it rains hard?

Tee. I'm confused. What about the hole already there...where it all goes when you flush?

We think alike because that's what I was thinking. Then I realized that toilet drains don't go straight down (something to do with allowing water to stand in the drains and thus preventing sewer gases from coming up ... same as why a sink drain has curves in it ... but I'm not a plumber so that might not be exactly the correct explanation). Anyway, if you look at the side of your toilet (unless you have the new straight sided kind) you will see how it drains. So in order not to have a bowl full of soggy soil, it would need a hole directly out from it at the bottom. Does this make sense?

Yes. Aren't we sometimes clueless about things like this? Thanks for the explanation, Sweet Tee!

Very good explanation Carole ,Took a bit of time to get that hole drilled ,pretty tough stuff,persistance paid off..LOL..Im thinking a rerod stand for my bathroom sink next to the comode is in order now..YUP..Im sure of it now

Debbie your pillows are beautiful,I must admit when I saw pillows ,I thought of those Concrete ones,have you seen those they are adorable too.

Thanks, Tam. What size drill bit did you use for your hole?

Sweet Tea ... being in the South now, I like that a lot, Becky.

well about as big as my Little finger ... He kept switching back an forth between bits,when one would get hot he would switch ..I think...IT took forever to break through the Glaze,fair warning it took a bit of time to get through it... Sweet tee,I love it...I have a sweetee shirt,It says ...Well butter my buns an call me a bisquit....google sweeteeshirts ...I got it in Alabama