I've been around for a long, long time. Does that count?

I haven't checked for awhile--but this has been pretty dead since Houzz took over.

Lot of them went over to Facebook when Houzz took over!

also here from the old days, with a new name though. I love this section of GardenWeb. Remember when bowling balls were all the rage?!?

I sure do, stolenidentity. I copied the beautiful copper one with the rubber lizards on it. After that weathered poorly, I resorted to just using the simple, colorful ones in my yard. To this day, I still have 4 bowling balls in my yard. One has completely cracked open and now I have hens and chicks growing in its crevices.

Checking in from the olden days at Gardenweb. I can't remember if I was Fluffy_Kat or The_Kat there. If you remember JT, you will remember me from the Junk Train.

I remember the JT well. I never got into it but loved seeing it arrive and the fun every one had with the treasures. too bad postage got so high. I think it was really big about 2004-5-6 or so.

I am here, too! I remember the glass "flowers" being a hot item when I checked in more often. There were many, many discussion on the best adhesive to use. I still have plates, cups, pieces of rebar,etc., "ready" to be made into a flower or two.

This is hopefully this Spring will see the final stage of turning an early 1950s concrete birdbath into a colorful Fairy Garden. I got it sandblasted this winter but am waiting for warmer weather to take it outside for painting.

I have all the basic furnishings - including a pair of tiny Napcoware rabbits, a teeny-tiny ceramic frog, a ceramic bird house that resembles an English cottage, a twig fence, a terracotta flower fairy, a pair of ceramic butterflies to attach to the painted base, and a "found" piece of old rusty barbed wire that resembles a seahorse - or dragon! I am going to be so excited to send "it's completed" photos to my young niece that requested this project be done."

This is the forum that got me hooked on GardenWeb in 2001. I didn't post a lot, but I loved following it.

Carol

When life got in the way I drifted away. Hoping to be able to come in and have fun again.

Waving at Caroline. Excited about your Fairy garden too. So far my two are in a big flower pot in the garage waiting to come out. I took over the one fairy garden container for a tomato plant this year. It did not work all that well as a fairy garden anyway. I need to do some thing different this go round. LOL The snow coming off the garage roof took the handles off my wheelbarrow , the second fairy garden. Maybe I need to combine the two and call it good. Even with out the handles the wheelbarrow looks kind of cute . Next year it might be totally on the ground if we get snow like we have this year. I think the only thing holding it up is a milk can tucked under the wheelbarrow rim.

OHHH maybe I should put my fairy garden into my checker board patio squares in squares not likely to be walked on. Little surprises. I could have a whole Fairy tale town. LOL

I created a fairy garden in a busted wicker picnic suitcase. I propped up the back, lined it with a plastic garbage bag and filled it with soil. I planted it with different kinds of ivy (it was on the porch in the shade) and put my little fairy accouterments in it. Unfortunately all I have is a picture of it before it was completed. It was sitting on an old chair on the porch. You can see the little metal snail and turtle I put in there. (Never mind the bag of potting soil beneath the tree!)

My husband bought me an old wheelbarrow that he has hidden away somewhere. I was hoping to plant it and create a fairy garden in that too. I've been hesitant about putting nice things out in the backyard because we don't have a fence and gate so anyone walking by in the alley could steal things. Every year I want my husband to put up a fence but some other expense gets in the way and it has to wait. Maybe this year.

It is great to see some familiar faces!

The_Kat. I know how you feel about the fence. After my hubby died in August I finally finished fencing our little half acre. I only had about 145 foot left to get done. I feel so much better having three of the four house doors behind a fence. Also the dog just loves to be out in the whole yard with me and no longer whines up in his dog yard. I also put in a walkway down the whole east side of the house to keep my feets out of the mud there. It is the slicky slimy kind of mud. This is going to be the year of the yard. I MUST make it easier for me to care for now I am alone.

I was Janetgia back in the olden days - LOL - so nice to reconnect with those from the era of lizard-covered bowling balls and the early days of glass totems! :) I too have had some life changes, but I am still a garden junker at heart and am having fun this year on my back patio with unusual containers and bits of junk "here and there"! :)

I really liked all of Tin Foil Hat things he made with his welding. I don't look at rebar without thinking of him. Does anyone know about him?

elaineal, TinfoilHat commented on one of my posts recently. So I know he's still around. And I agree with you, his creations were really special!

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