Urban Oasis: How many of you have one of these on your tree?

Friday, December 15, 2006

How many of you have one of these on your tree?

This is a find I made last year ... and I thought, hmm, how many people have a seahorse on their tree? Seemed like a perfect addition to the various birds and animals we have scattered about the tree ... and I really loved the color of this one (and I got it at a 50% off sale! woo hoo, that made the price reasonable instead of outrageous). Anyway here he is ... we think he's pretty cool.

Yet to come ... camel, penguin, pink flamingo, dogs, horses, elephants and other assorted critters.

I'm still looking for that kitchen sink ornament, but I've yet to find it .....

2 comments:

olivia said...: Beautiful! I've never seen one on a tree. :); 12/16/2006 12:13:00 PM
Iowa Victory Gardener said...: Isn't this little guy cooool??? I couldn't resist him when I saw him last year, and had to get it since we'd never dreamed of putting a seahorse on the tree either! We have numerous fish, so why not a seahorse? Still looking for that octopus one though ....; 12/16/2006 02:06:00 PM

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Transforming one urban corner, one season at a time

Welcome to our little corner of the Plant Universe!

I started Urban Oasis almost three years ago with the intent of both chronicling the seasonal changes of our gardens, as well as to serve as a kind of "rough draft" for a gardening book I've been wanting to write for about six years now. Well, the book remains unwritten, but readers will still find in these pages, the seeds of what it may eventually become when I'm gifted with adequate time and resources to really apply myself to writing it....

When we moved into our house in 1998, (affectionately dubbed Casa IVG), it was a practically barren garden canvas just waiting to be reborn. Our urban transformation project began in earnest in Spring 1999, and continues to this day, with some major changes occurring along the way (such as the boulder beds in 2003) ... and the evolution continues to this day.

Urban Oasis itself has evolved too, from its original exclusive focus on the plants to postings on some of my other more personal interests, such as Politics, International and Independent Cinema, and one of the enduring passions of my life: our dogs. 2008 was a year of many transitions for us, the saddest of which was the loss of our beloved Pepa and Rolly in December.

But, as in any garden worth its petals, we are now experiencing a joyous renewal with the recent adoption of our new pup, Hanna, who will be appearing regularly here as the seasons progress. She'll never truly replace Pepa as the official "mascot" of the blog, but she's an eager "intern" who will go far in filling the enormous paw prints left behind by her predecessor ... and fill them well, she will!