My Hubby drilled a big hole in the top of the post and I fit a piece of PVC pipe into it, secured with Silicone caulk, of course. The totem fits right over the pipe.

Now how cool is that!!! You really did a good job and your pieces are quite interesting! The bottom looks like a bell housing, and the shadow is great! Looks like a real totem little guy.....

I have spent the entire day doing more research in this forum, helpmefind and concerning what happened to my roses. I definitely do think I damaged more than the DARes - with that extra spray routine I did on Monday with Daconil and Malathion. The reason is that I sprayed a lone climber far away from the rose garden and when I checked it this morning - it had the same burnt at the edge of the leaf look to a couple of it's leaves. It is Climbing Blaze and really only two leaves looked burnt. I have just about decided to no longer even spray for insects and would like to think I could do the same for fungus/black spot. Unfortunately - I had another problem crop up today. I posted pictures in another thread of my round Drift garden (3 years old) and the damaged buds on every bush. This happened literally overnight. I am waiting for opinions from this same forum and hope you all will go take a look. I fear spider mites. I am sure no animal ate the tops of these tiny buds out - a rabbit would have to be pretty crafty and agile to manage getting just the tops and not damaging any branches. I also have read so much about using oils - but not to use them if the temperature gets too hot - well, it was 85 here the last two days. I will NOT be spraying malathion or Daconil anymore - these leaves look so messed up and I only can hope that the bushes will recover. i am still getting yellowing at the bottoms of many of my bushes and pulling off the yellow leaves as they drop or turn completely yellow. I did water with a strong stream every bush this morning - thinking that possibly some of the insecticide/fungicide spray I sprayed on Monday would possibly be removed. Thank you everyone for any advice and attention you have given this issue. I know I am having beginners problems and with my bare root garden - if they can just make it to growing a healthy root system - maybe they will survive all of this. The dirt was prepared very well by my husband - who is a total green thumb and Biologist - but he says roses are over his head!! Thank you! Denise

A development exists here too more in the suburbs. Where we are building is an established community. We had to tear down an old bungalow to build. Our neighbour to the left has lived in his house for 30 years and to the right 25. There is a new build down from us and several less than ten years old I would guess within a 1km radius. But the houses are all unique and individual. Nothing cookie cutter at all. When I said my neighbours house and sent the pic I didn’t mean literally beside me. The house is several blocks from us but in our area for sure.