Susie probably found these links to a make your own sculpy gnome: http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=111974.0 and a diy paper mache gnome: http://everything2.com/title/garden%2520gnome They are interesting, tho not great here is a pic of some gnome head Christmas ornaments that I made 30 years ago or so. They are a bit faded - I need to spif them up. One of them (upper left)looks like my Pepere, lol. I keep them handy in a closet cuz our cellar where I keep most my ornaments is damp and they would rot since they are "bread dough": Also a chinese "dragon" to fill in the frame. kathy Here is a link that might be useful: Mini sculpy gnome

Hello, for whatever it is worth, here is an update on the disease resistance factor on my roses. I was able to spend a lot of time in my gardens this weekend and here's what I found: Heritage does have BS, but much less than most other roses and is not defoliated at all. MIP and Zepherine Drouin also now have some minor BS. Clair Matin and Viking Queen completedly defoliated from BS. So has Frederic Mistral. Most all the roses look pretty bad. I felt discouraged and did not know where to start to make things look better. I think that next year i will just have to acquire more disease resistant roses to replace many of the ones i currently grow. That in itself feel pretty terrible since i'm so fond of my roses. It also feels overwhelming but if i do a little at a time, it shouldn't be so bad. One bright note: I checked a rose that is practically hidden in the garden (a Buck....Golden Unicorn) and was happy to see that it has no blackspot, the foliage looks great and it is getting ready to bloom again. This spring, Golden Unicorn will be relocated to a much better and more worthy space. And two of my chinas (Cramoisi S and Mme Franciska Kruger) have almost completely regrown their leaves after defoliating...they actually look pretty good right now. Also, for the first time i checked out all the knockout roses and plan to use a few next year for punches of reliable color. Thanks for listening, Shelley

I know exactly what you are talking about and can even picture it in my mind. As I remember, the legs were 2 X 4's attached to a larger piece of wood for the body and the head was cut out of wood and painted. Smaller blocks of wood were nailed to the ends of the two 2 X 4 legs to fit into the shoes, which were then nailed on from the bottom of the shoes up into those little blocks.

Was Galen a cloth doll? I found this info that might be helpful. Here is a link that might be useful: Is this the Galen you seek?