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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
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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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