Well..I can say, I have crafted with bones for many years. Must be the Native American in me. When I lived out in the country, and my son's and i would go fishing, I would come to a screeching halt when I saw a clean carcass. When my son's were old enough to drive, and they would see me look back along the road when they were driving..they knew right away to turn around, and 'let mom do what she does'...LOL People who knew what id did would bring me bobcats, armadillo's, cow skulls and most any type of bone. I would use the bobcat skins, ( scraping them and tanning them with salt) I have used deer legs as table legs and gun racks, I made a skeleton for halloween using animal bones. Skulls and Jaw bones I usually painted Native American scenes on them. I would have no problem building a garden trellis or windchimes from bones. I have seen people save the wishbones from turkeys and such, spray paint them gold and tie them to gift boxes for luck. I say, to each their own. My dad used to always tell us when he was young, they used the turkey breast bones for ice skates..LOL ( I never know when to believe what he says..LOL)...and you bet..I would have stopped and picked those bones up ;) Loved your story..LOL

The grout was some left over from my kitchen backsplash,hope it stays on good.This evening I planted lots of stella d'ora daylilies around the ball area,I'll try to get a pic of that soon.It will take me a few more weeks to complete the whole bed but i'll keep posting pics,I love seeing everybodies elses junk so I hope yal like seeing mine.If anyone has a pond pics please post them I'm going too get to that area soon.

All pruning is dwarfing to some extent. Summer more so than dormant. So pruning at this point would be for tree structure. If you want more branching on cherry head it back next spring. Otherwise train the branches where you want them. There are more complicated cherry pruning systems. Some very complicated. If you want that you need to read professional instructions. Some of it makes my head spin. But I've grown good cherries without much fuss.

Thank you so much for letting us know here on this forum. I was already aware because I like the veg forum. He is/was a dear man with much to say about gardening as well as about life. He will be missed by many, including myself. Onward and Upward, Mr. P.