I just had to photograph my Birthday gift from Chris which he bought from a reclamation yard yesterday
I have always wanted a gargoyle for the garden...and officially on the first of June I will receive it
Busy this morning making cakes for Janet's open day
Gargoyle love!
ReplyDeleteWonderful likeness! xxxxxxxxxxxx
ReplyDeleteHmmm, well, it takes all kinds. ;)
ReplyDeleteHello John:
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely splendid. If not outside, then indoors!
Will you post when in situ?
Little devil!
ReplyDeleteI've always enjoyed wood spirits and gargoyles and such but, being a Christian, I tend to avoid them due to pagan roots. Yours is a "handsome" devil, though, and I hope he keeps all the real demons scared out of your garden!
ReplyDeleteooh! That's wonderful! Do you have any idea of his history?
ReplyDeleteHe looks a tad like your fence jumping goat John.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking he looked a lot like Constance. Now she hasa a buddy.
ReplyDeleteHe is great.
Cheers
It came from a Christian church, George Smythe!
ReplyDeleteWhen someone knows what you've always wanted, it is a perfect match!
ReplyDeleteHe'll probably scare the life out of your chickens.
ReplyDeleteLucky you!!! I want one for my garden too!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteOh, I saw your blog post title, over on Sophie's blog, and it drew me over.
Enjoy!!!
~♥~
and I have always wanted two of them gracing the entrance gate to my drive. Lucky you and Happy Birthday!!
ReplyDeletetom do you think it actually came from a church?
ReplyDeleteit does look authentic
Fantastic Gargoyle! Hope to see him in his resting place! And what a lovely birthday gift!
ReplyDeleteGargoyles are so neat are they not! A great gift!
ReplyDeleteEvery garden ought to have one!
ReplyDeleteHi John - finally got a chance to stop in and do a little reading - always a pleasure to visit you and you are my first blog I have read in 3 months - with 15 trays of seedlings (frickin 100s of plants) and chicks and needing to complete 6000 units for a jewellery sale in the summer i rarely turn my computer on anymore - glad to see you are still here and sharing your escapades, it is like taking a trip to a foreign land for me, if only for a few minutes - thanks John - peace
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ReplyDeleteyes. I am still here spouting this rubbish nice to hear that you are still alive!
you work too hard
xxx
Well, the IDEA and tradition comes from Christianity, but I'm not sure the ones in Notre Dame were made of concrete - is yours? I spent a few months up a Somerset church tower, making a little devil like this look a bit better, or more like it's original self.
ReplyDeleteChristians, eh? They don't know their own roots - rather like you don't with Shirley Bassey, John.
it looks old tom but I know that this means nothing...just didnt what chris to be ripped off, seeing that he bought it!
ReplyDeleteBeing 'ripped off' is relative - if it (and I think it is) cast, then the right price can still be quite high, but put it this way: even a late Victorian gargoyle in real stone is going to cost around £2000 - £10,000, and one carved in real stone is not going to be much lower than the mid-range for that, so I would just enjoy it for what it is. (Ooh, I didn't want it to get serious...) It's a nice present, and happy birthday to you!
ReplyDeletethe gargloyle is lovely tom, he's sat on a cast ridge tile...
ReplyDeletecould he actually be from a house?
Always nice to get just what you want for a gift! Bet it will look great in your garden.
ReplyDeleteConnie
love it! made me laugh again. hurry june 1st!
ReplyDeleteI'm not too sure about gargoyles to be honest ~ a tad creepy! I do love Green Man images, though, and Green Women too.
ReplyDeleteIn case I forget, Happy Birthday for the 1st ~ you beat me by five whole days LOL