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rainlily_sis

who besides me uses skulls in the garden?

rainlily_sis
16 years ago

This is the remains of Mustard, a faithful old cow who lived out her years at my dad's ranch. I have her leaning against a pot with a cactus in it. Please pardon the weeds - we were mowing today and hadn't moved Mustard yet to get her spot done - I thought the weeds added so much character to the photo! lol

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Also, whenever we find an empty turtle shell in the woods, I put it in my rose bed. It fades out to a beautiful white.

Anybody else a weirdo like me? ha

Sis

Comments (15)

  • peachiekean
    16 years ago

    I have a skull of a large dog in my office. One of the field crew found it and brought it in. I'll have to bring it home and photograph it. Wonder what my neighbors will think?

  • michelle_co
    16 years ago

    I do have skulls in my garden - elk, horse, bobcat, prairie dog. Plus cow horns, deer horns, elk horns, and an elk femur. However, I am my own special sort of weirdo, thank you very much! :-)

    Cheers,
    Michelle

  • oldblush
    16 years ago

    I love it Sis but you better be careful. Those folks on the 'Pet Peeves' thread over on the Antique forum might take offense (LOL). BTW how long did Mustard lay there before the soft tissue decayed and left the skull? Just kidding but John (SIL) has a perfect 10 point skull of a buck he found that we mounted and hung in his den. Someone asked him if the taxidermist cured the hide before he stuffed it.

  • carla17
    16 years ago

    No, but do dead hamster and guinea pig corpses work? LOL
    Sis, you have such great imagination and a great eye, guess that's why your photography is such a work of art.

    Carla

  • rainlily_sis
    Original Author
    16 years ago

    Peachikean, come up with a wild story to impress your neighbors, like a wolf story or something, lol!

    Michelle, you are now my hero of weirdness - I want to have more skulls like you! haha

    Hamp, LOL! Isn't that thread a HOOT! I even had to put my $.02 in. Ah, yes, old Mustard - she's been gone a while, probably 10 years, I don't remember the length of decay, haha. I put that photo on a photography forum that I hang out at, on a "day in the life" thread, and the guy under me put a picture of his grill with 4 steaks on it - the next person was saying "is that her cow on your grill?" haha

    Carla, if those don't work for skulls, they should be great fertilizer! haha
    Thanks, girl - that was so sweet, what you said.
    Sis

  • taureau
    16 years ago

    May be a good idea to place some skulls on the edge of your property with a sign reading, "Survivors will be prosecuted."

  • pagan
    16 years ago

    LOL! Ya'll are too funny! No skulls in my garden, but lots of live critters. I got up at 6:30 and have seen several squirrels, tons of birds, a cat, a wild bunny, a lizard, and a big orange fluffball! (Oh wait, that was Max, tinkling on my roses! No wonder they are not happy!)

  • catkim
    16 years ago

    You are not alone, rainlily sis.

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  • rainlily_sis
    Original Author
    16 years ago

    AWW, COOL!!!!

    I have to find something to make grow out of my skull's eye socket now!

    Thanks, catkim! They look GREAT!
    Sis

  • bossjim1
    16 years ago

    Have any like this?
    Jim

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  • rainlily_sis
    Original Author
    16 years ago

    Oh, Jim, I GOTTA have a dragon skull, where did you get that?

    I know, I know, on your last conquest, right?

    haha!

    That's so cool, I love it!

    If I had one, I'd put it by Fairy Queen or Golden Unicorn, lol!
    Sis

  • bossjim1
    16 years ago

    Sorry Sis, but I can't claim that dragon skull. I 'borrowed' the picture from the web, The Garden Junk forum I think. I thought it was pretty neat and would really like to have one.
    Jim

  • hoovb zone 9 sunset 23
    16 years ago

    Just my own. It's pretty empty, tho not empty enough for epiphyllums. Yet.

  • neroseman
    16 years ago

    An interesting subject! A man who used to live in the neighborhood had a wonderful vegetable garden with a whole line of animal skulls which looked like cattle skulls. Is there possibly some gardening lore involved here I wonder?

  • rainlily_sis
    Original Author
    16 years ago

    haha, you all crack me up!

    hoovb, LOL!
    Sis

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