If you read Cheri's blog, you'll see that you wrack up points for yard
This one is for you, Cheri--points or no points. I hope this cheers you up and that lousy college intern who is trying to nab your job ends up with some of these tied to her ankles. Funny, but I didn't notice any cement shoes at this place--which surprises me because they had everything in cement here.
This is the mother of all yard art distributors. This place has acres of these.....uh....lovely things.
What is yard art without gnomes?
Hey! What is with the little brown skunk? How did he get in there with all the gnomes?
Traitor.
Traitor.
Here's Em posing with an emu. That's her nickname--we thought it would be a funny shot.
Not that selling (or buying) a giant cement emu isn't funny enough.
I like his realistic pink feet. Yeah/no.
I like his realistic pink feet. Yeah/no.
A flock of cement pelicans. What yard doesn't need a few dozen of these?
There was actually a man on the premises painting these things. Imagine that being your job.
Joe begged, but I said no. No Sasquatch for you, buddy!
Well, maybe if it was life-size.....
Here is the pig massacre section.
So sad--those poor little pigs laying there dead.
Here's Em pretending she's a manatee mailbox holder just like the original.
I love how it is surrounded by Giant Chicken, Brown Moses,
and My Pretty Pony.
Oh, the choices!
Did I mention that it took Joe half an hour to find that place once we got off the highway? Yeah, it was a pretty snarly adventure at first--but it was worth it in the end. Notice how there are no photos of Col here--somehow he didn't think this place was fun. Sheesh.
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Emu with emu. Now that's entertainment. We have a concrete bench in our yard which came from this very place. My kids who live there got it for us, but we got to visit this place and pick it out.
(Such a gratuitous consumption of concrete I never saw. Perhaps painting pelicans is preferable to unemployment.)
If I had a front yard I would fill it with gargoyles...
Are you kidding??? Who wouldn't want to stop here! Come on! I'd stop and have a picnic with all my concrete friends.
Colin is a party pooper!
I am glad you like the weiner dog video.
You should have brought home a concrete weiner dog so you could always have Sammy with you....in one form or another
This is definitely a bucket list trip. Can I have the address?
What did you bring back? Or, were you able to resist.
Anita's Mom
That was definitely worth the detour! The memories you all will have,lol!
Looks awesome to me! I love my yard crap, er... I mean art. :)
Believe it or not, here in south FL you see people with those manatee mailboxes! I wish I could have a My Pretty Pony statue.
That looks like a cool place to visit! I would think even Col would think so! There sure are a lot of dog statues there. I hope they had a lot of cats too. Do they custom paint them?
I would have HAD TO find the weirdest thing there and bought one. That place is awesome. The sasquatch! You could have placed it in various areas of your yard and taken a series of grainy, inconclusive photos.
Blogger thinks 'sasquatch' is not a word. Unbelievers.
How could anyone not think that was not fun? Just look at all the fun Em is having
Vanilla--How cool is that??! I love that you were here too--isn't it a hoot?! I can't believe we drove by that place for years. Sheesh. I'm thinking this place does a mean business--there were lots of folks there when we were. I was surprised how inexpensive this place was.
Grace--Oh, there were hundreds of gargoyles here, Grace. What a collection! I'll get you one next year. ;)
Betty--I was cracking up at all of the statues--all while the workers stood and laughed at me. I guess they are immune to all that hilarity in concrete. Sheesh.
Diana--Yes he is. Teen boys do not think their mothers are funny--or anything else for that matter. You know, right?
Pricilla--Thank goodness we were packed solid in the car or I would have brought something home for laughs. Joe was threatening should I pick anything out. That is, until he saw the Sasquatch!
Anita's Mom--We didn't bring anything back. The really good stuff was gigantic and well, there just wasn't room. Sadly. :(
melodie--I have a ton of photos too. But then the workers were all looking at me like I was nuts, so I had to stop taking photos. I loved the really giant statues best.
Jennifer--It was AWESOME! And the prices were incredible. I think it is worthy of a road trip. :)
Daisy--Really?! And dolphin ones too?? Gees, we don't have those here. I like the Pretty Pony too--especially the painted ones.
Beaded Tail--They had full sections of every imaginable animal--hence the pelicans, pigs, gnomes, etc. You should have seen the dogs and cats!! WOW! I don't know if the painting was custom, but I'm guessing it could be.
Shieldmaiden--Please, do not encourage Joe. He was digging that Sasquatch--and if we had room in the car, that bad boy would have come home with us. It was extra funny being that it was so small!
Ann--Em and I had a BLAST there! Colin was dying of the heat and Joe just walked along in silent joy. Some people just don't get how fun things like this can be.
Oh man I NEED the manatee mailbox holder. Bring it back for me next year, willya? I Love manatees.
Sure do love those gnomes... I have a couple and love the colorless ones. No bright colored gnomes for this gal.
That does sound like fun. I have a couple of cement bunnies and two cement frogs in my gardens, but right now my plants are so full of themselves that you can't see them.
Helene--One manatee....coming up. I'm sure Joe is gonna love strapping that thing to the roof.
Di--Oh, I would think that they need some color to be extra cute. Don't you want to buy them little clothes and such??? Or are they naked?? GASP!
Marilynne--Oh, my plants are crazy too--falling all over and drooping. They are tired of summer, I think. I don't have any cement things...Oh WAIT! I do! I have my Isabel Blooms--like my avatar. She is cement, but she is DESIGNER cement. oOooooh. :B
Places like that are great! There was one like that around here when I was a kid, but it's long gone now. I always wished we would have stopped there.
I had absolutely no idea there were that many ways to liven up one's yard and outdoor space. Who knew? I sure hope you didn't come home with that manatee mailbox holder. That is so wrong.
Looks like a great place to visit! I love the massacred pigs!!!
Ratty--That's why I made Joe stop that day--it was hilarious! Although the employees thought I was the funny one taking photos of everything.
Violet--If we had room in the car, that manatee could have come home with us. Bummer. Or maybe Brown Moses. Or My Pretty Pony. They even had a giant Jesus. Sigh. You've got to stop by Cheri's blog sometime to see the stuff folks have in their yards. Yuck.
Veronica Lee--I did too! Thanks for finding that funny, because I thought it was hilarious. I'm gonna take you there when you come to visit me in the states! ;)
What a fun side trip! We seldom make any side trips if we do go somewhere because we are afraid we'll get lost.
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