Can't beat a stuffed bustard @pansyface - unless it's two... I might consider something for my back gate now, to represent 'the neighbour' across from me. Bustards doesn't even begin to approach them though. There's a house I often walk past which has those lions. Ok, fair enough if that's your thing, but they've painted them bright yellow. No idea why. For weird, in your face effect, I don't think it beats the one with the yellow vertical blinds and all the plastic tat in the garden though. There's quite a lot of houses around here with those big gates. Big houses though, so they generally look ok. There's one house which has a very impressive pair of dogs of some kind @wild edges- your kids would like them- they look like Dobermans or summat. It's a beautiful sandstone house. One of my neighbours has two little girls, and last year he was off for a walk with the younger one, at the same time as me. Did she want to see the lambs or the calves up at the farm? No. The rusted car among all the other junk, was her desire. Kids eh?
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
We have stone pillar gateposts either side of the front gates which are always closed to keep the dogs in. Nothing on the gateposts tho as that's where the pussies like to sit and watch the world not going by and, in Minstrel's case, hoping to spot a lizard.
Chappy next door has recently built two breeze block gateposts with a plinth on top. Still waiting to see what kind of gates he'll install and what will be on the plinths.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Due to covid absences, The Home have had to employ agency staff. One such "carer" didn't know how to complete a LFT ! What has she been doing for the last 2 years?
There's one house which has a very impressive pair of dogs of some kind @wild edges- your kids would like them- they look like Dobermans or summat. It's a beautiful sandstone house. One of my neighbours has two little girls, and last year he was off for a walk with the younger one, at the same time as me. Did she want to see the lambs or the calves up at the farm? No. The rusted car among all the other junk, was her desire. Kids eh?
Kids indeed. I'm still dealing with my four-year-old's pylon obsession. I found some model kits that let you build pylons for your railway sets so I bought one for him and spent my Friday night building tiny pylons. He now carries it around everywhere with him, which wouldn't be so bad if he wasn't also permanently wearing his Buff like some sort of 1940s washerwomen, with a pink Easter-bunny ears headband over the top, and he won't take off his new dinosaur rucksack which has some printed photos of pylons inside of course. I had to make the tiny warning signs for the model as those are one of the best bits about pylons... apparently.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
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I might consider something for my back gate now, to represent 'the neighbour' across from me. Bustards doesn't even begin to approach them though.
There's a house I often walk past which has those lions. Ok, fair enough if that's your thing, but they've painted them bright yellow. No idea why.
For weird, in your face effect, I don't think it beats the one with the yellow vertical blinds and all the plastic tat in the garden though.
There's quite a lot of houses around here with those big gates. Big houses though, so they generally look ok. There's one house which has a very impressive pair of dogs of some kind @wild edges- your kids would like them- they look like Dobermans or summat. It's a beautiful sandstone house. One of my neighbours has two little girls, and last year he was off for a walk with the younger one, at the same time as me. Did she want to see the lambs or the calves up at the farm? No. The rusted car among all the other junk, was her desire. Kids eh?
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Do you mean two politicians? Sorry, I misread what you wanted to stuff.
Chappy next door has recently built two breeze block gateposts with a plinth on top. Still waiting to see what kind of gates he'll install and what will be on the plinths.
One such "carer" didn't know how to complete a LFT ! What has she been doing for the last 2 years?