I think they're cut and yours is sweet. What a FUN game

That is a cute game, Terri! I bet the kids love doing it.

I love garden Gnomes. I have a few but need to look for more to place around the yard and flower beds and when the grandkids come, see who can find the most. I have all winter to look and plan. Thanks for the great idea.

My friend Jill and I have a lot of fun when we go to the Philadelphia Flower Show. We both started laughing when we saw this garden gnome at one of the vendors last year, and she twisted my arm into purchasing it, not that she had to twist all that hard. I have no idea why our sister in law Karen thinks Mike resembles them

Jeanne - you will have so much fun with the grand kids

Terri - TWINS

Yes, twins!

I started scrolling back to see photos of the garden art that have been posted. I haven't gotten very far yet. One of the first things I saw were the painted flag motifs on pallets by @gardenglassgems. How wonderfully creative!!!

I've recently started to hire a nice young man that often does labor help for my husband's water and sewer line installation/repair business to help me with some of the heavier stuff needed in my gardens. He snuck this surprise in when he was here unloading one of the work trucks yesterday. Love it. I need to think of a way to keep it together to make it more permanent - some kind of epoxy that will work on stone??? Anyone have any ideas?

@aspenhill Terri, I am glad that you liked my pallet flags. I am going to paint more of them over the winter in the basement. I have one to finish for my son. I already have several pallets on hand. I love your rock sculpture. Not sure what it's real name is. I am not sure what you would use on rock but hopefully someone will know.

That is so cool Terri - Off the top of my head I'm thinking E-6000 glue. I've also read a lot about a product called Flex Seal but not sure it would work with this. You might also google cement glues?

I'm sure others will have suggestions as well.

I'd try the glues first, as that would be easiest. A harder, but more permanent solution would be to drill a rebar sized hole in each rock, and stack them on the rebar. Don't drill all the way through the top rock, so the rebar wouldn't show. I've done it in the past, but went through a lot of drill bits! Drilling rocks is pretty hard.

I'll definitely have to try something to keep that rock pyramid together because it has already fallen over. Not sure if I'll try epoxy first or just go with drilling. I think there are rods smaller in diameter than the traditional rebar, so that might make it a bit easier, but drilling through rock will be hard no matter what size hole it is.

More photos of garden art. This is another piece that I picked up from one of the vendors at the Philadelphia Flower Show last year. I usually don't go for the rusted look in my gardens, so this didn't catch my eye until I was waiting for Jill to make a purchase decision on something else from that booth. The booth was crammed full of things, and the longer I waited the more I spotted. I was really drawn to the rusty birds. I got this bluebird that is adorned with some paint and five smaller birds that were all rust. I screwed the smaller birds to bases of white birch disks for display in the conservatory. The bluebird was nailed to a tree by the bird house that is occupied every year by nesting bluebirds. My design mind puts things together in themes The bird house was purchased from a vendor who came up to this area from North Carolina and set up on the side of the highway. It is made out of PVC material and except for the cedar shake shingles, will never rot or need to be painted.

Oh, I love both of them Terri

I'm not a fan of rust either and in the bluebird photo, it looks more copper than rust.

Great finds.

A gardening friend posted this photo of an angel statue as the thumbnail for a thread letting our Mid Atlantic group know that a much loved member had just been diagnosed with cancer. I remember thinking that the statue and setting were so serene, optimistic and hopeful about leaving everything in God's hands, and then I realized the angel statue was in my gardens. It just goes to show that a great photographer can make you see things from a very different perspective. This photo was taken years ago, and glad to say that our Becky beat the odds and beat that cancer.

Terri - A beautiful statue, so peaceful and serene and a very beautiful story.

A two part epoxy should do it .. will lift a car!

Thanks Rosie. I asked at HD yesterday and they showed me one called JB Weld or JD Weld. Can't remember the exact name. I bought a package to give it a try one of these days when I have the time and am in the mood to experiment.

Like I mentioned earlier, most of my garden art is purchased, not DIY. However, one of the things I'd love to learn how to do is make stained glass panels to display in the gardens. My garden design leans towards the subtle pastel color palette and green foliage textures that predominate my woodland setting. I need some pops of strong color without going too far out of my comfort zone and stained glass really appeals to me. I've been collecting inspiration ideas on Pinterest. I tried my hand at this simple panel which didn't require any real skills.

Pinterest inspiration pin:

The version I made with my signature purple color, although the purple glass doesn't light up very well in the deep shade:


I'm hoping I can take some classes this winter and start with some of the skilled, but easier, designs. These are some of the Pinterest inspiration pins:


I'd love to eventually be able to do more advanced designs. Here are more Pinterest inspiration pins:

Terri - that is really cool. How did you attach the glass to the fence?

Hank did our sidelights in stained glass and beveled glass. He had the place where he bought his stained glass to cut the difficult designs but he did the lead work. He really really had fun with it. Your photo's are so very beautiful. Below is what he did:

The first photo - the glass in the door was plain so he got stencil and then used acid to get the design

Wow Vicki! The door is gorgeous, both the etching and the stained glass panels. I've never thought about etching glass before, although now that I see it, I don't know why it never occurred to me. Just beautiful!!!

For the fence panel with the squares of stained glass, after I cut the squares, Mike and his brother Richard used the drill press to put holes in them. I then simply put a zip tie through the hole and looped it around the fence panel square. Easy peasy.