New garden art and happy Thanksgiving!
Are you feeding your little chickies this Thanksgiving? So is my mama bird in this delightful sculpture by talented metalworker and fellow blogger Bob Pool of Gardening at Draco. At Draco Metal Works he can make just about anything you want, so long as it’s metal. Check out the gorgeous gate he made for Meredith at Great Stems. Meeting Bob is just one more reason I’m glad to be a garden blogger in Austin.
The sculpture he made for me is based on one I saw during the Seattle Garden Bloggers Fling. I just love the humor of birds made of needle-nose pliers in a nest of barbed wire! It needs a name, I think. Any ideas?
Update: Thanks to Tina Koral of Suddenly I Seed for the name “Needle-Nose Fliers.” I love it!
Happy Thanksgiving to you all!
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Bob is truly a creative artist and we are all thankful that he is a member of our garden group. I must have missed Meredith’s gate. It is gorgeous. A symphony of combined talent. And your delightful bird sculpture. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. I am truly thankful that you introduced yourself that day at the Wildflower tour.
Thank you, Jenny! I am thankful to have met you too and to call you my friend. —Pam
Oh how clever and cute! I love it! He is a very talented artist. Wish I had a nest of “ferrous-sided plierbeaks”!or at least a “Bob” of my own. LOL
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
“Ferrous-sided plierbeaks”—ha! Good one, Cheryl! —Pam
Happy Thanksgiving and what a cool sculpture. Whimsical it is. I’m not good with names, but I wanted to stop by and say hi this turkey and giving thanks day. Grateful to know you.~~Dee
And I you, Dee. Hope you’re having a relaxing holiday. —Pam
I vote for Cheryl’s ‘ferrous-sided plierbeaks’!
Happy Thanksgiving to all and thanks for a year of great gardening posts.
Sandy, thank you for reading and happy Thanksgiving to you too! —Pam
Pam, I loved that sculpture at Dragonfly Nursery & was wishing I could get it home! Lucky you to have Bob to make one! Hmmm, I wonder what I could get him to create for me?
I know, Cindy—there was no way to get something like this home on the plane. I’m sure Bob could make anything for you. He’s very talented. —Pam
That’s a terrific sculpture. Bob does good work.
Have a Happy Thanksgiving.
Same to you, Linda! —Pam
That sculpture is gorgeous…very clever too.
Isn’t it? I love it! —Pam
Ha! Very clever. Bob is amazingly talented!
He is indeed. Aren’t you glad to know him too, Cat? —Pam
Ha! I thought that looked familiar! Love it.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving to you too, Alison. I’m thankful to have met you this summer. —Pam
Now that’s just so darn cute!
Adorable, right? 😉 —Pam
I just love this sculpture. It says it all to me. Love, nuturing, whimsy, nature. The gate he made is great too. I can’t wait to hear what you name this sweet little family. I hope you are full of turkey by now and had a great day.
Oh, I am and I did, Lisa. I hope you had a wonderful holiday too! —Pam
As soon as I saw that I remembered the one in Seattle! I loved that sculpture. Happy belated Thanksgiving to you and your family.
And to you as well, Layanee. I’m thankful to know you. —Pam
I remember seeing that in Seattle. Lucky you to have someone talented to transform your ideas or pictures into the art!
I know, Jim. Knowing people who can turn your wishes into reality is the next best thing to being able to do it yourself. —Pam
Pam, your new garden sculpture is precious. As soon as I saw it I thought of the Biblical verse, “As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another” (Proverbs 27:17). Then my pun tendency kicked in, “FeFe and Family.”
Always enjoy your posts!
Jeanette
Oh, that’s good, Jeanette! FeFe—cute! —Pam
Hi Pam,
This is great garden art! What a creative idea. Happy Thanksgiving. David 🙂
And the same to you, David. I hope you’ve enjoyed your holiday! —Pam
This is really a cute sculpture. I am going to pass your post along to my friend who has all the materials to build this. He will get a kick out of the clever use of tools.
It’s very clever, isn’t it? I’ll never look at needle-nosed pliers in the same way again. —Pam
I love this! How about “Needle-nose Flyers”?
That’s it! I love your play on words, Tina. Thanks for naming my garden art! —Pam
Thanks for the tour, Pam. Anxious to see the rest.