My cool neighbor has outdone herself on coolness. Look...

My cool neighbor has outdone herself on coolness. Look what she made and left in my rock garden. The creativity! The details! They each have a backstory, too. For example, the one with the elaborate goldenrod hat is a bard. Two of them are hunter-gatherers.
#CoolNeighbor

Two more characters made of acorns. One has thighs made of tiny pine cones, and is holding other pine cones in an outstretched hand. The other has an elaborate feathery boa and feathered cap made of goldenrod gone to seed.

Two little characters made out of acorns. One has long ears made of helicopter seeds. The other has wings made of helicopter seeds plus a red cape made of a maple leaf. This one is also holding a string of tiny pea pods.

Like 23 October at 23:17 | Open on turtleisland.social

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val dillyd

Context: the day before, we were chatting in front of my rock garden. She said the mounds of plants always remind her of hobbit homes, and she could imagine little characters made out of acorns.

23 October at 23:17 | Open on turtleisland.social

val dillyd

Me: these are amazing! You made my day!
Her: I didn't know if you would like them. A lot of people don't like this kind of stuff.
Me: well, a lot of people suck.
Her: true 😂

23 October at 23:17 | Open on turtleisland.social

val dillyd

To put them in context, they're circled in red in this picture of the overall garden.

A larger garden with areas of thyme and other low growingrr plants, surrounded by gray rocks. A tiny red circle indicates where the acorn characters are standing.

23 October at 23:18 | Open on turtleisland.social

val dillyd

They're ephemeral. By this afternoon, one had been dismembered by squirrels. And taking a picture of its remains, I'm noticing even more detail that she put into them. The red boots made of leaves! I was resigned to letting nature take its course, but when my husband got home, he brought the survivors in to keep them safe overnight. I guess we'll rearrange them each morning.

The remains of one of the characters. The acorn body and head are gone. All that remains are the twig legs, which are wrapped in red leaves that makes little boots.

23 October at 23:19 | Open on turtleisland.social

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