Snowball

Photo: Marz Haney

Stay Away

They seem to be guarding the silk poinsettias planted in their yard's border.

Photo: Francesca Davis DiPiazza

Garden Snakes

In the fall, our garden hoses begin to look like snakes.

Photos:  Jo Ann Musumeci

Meander Here

I am fascinated by the myriad ways that people landscape their yards.  I frequently go on garden tours to see special landscaping, but this one, and many others, I see when I'm running, biking, or walking in the neighborhood.  This yard is north of the Cepro Site greenspace on the Greenway, between 10th and 11th Aves.

Photo:  Jo Ann Musumeci

Quack!

Amusing, charming, personal.  I expect it to move at any moment.

Photo:  Jo Ann Musumeci

Keeping Cool

There are so many ways to landscape a yard; it is fun to observe and photograph them, and especially, talk to the gardener (thought I didn't for this one).

Photo:  Jo Ann Musumeci

Sagging Low

This picture by Minneapolis yarn artist Hot Tea has survived the winter, but the once tight and crisp-edged figure is sagging dangerously near the alligator's mouth (or is that a crocodile?).

2500 block of Nicollet Ave. S.

Photo: Francesca Davis DiPiazza

The Faces of Rocks

According to Japanese landscaping tradition, each individual rock has a face you want to find and put that towards the viewer.  It seems this landscaper had that goal in mind when placing these interesting rocks and stones.

Photo: Jo Ann Musumeci

Two Frogs In Conversation

Yard decor on First Ave.  Conversation is fantasy.
Boy frog: You going to the Uptown Art Fair this weekend?  Girl frog: Are you kidding?  All those feet, and people are looking up at the art work--fat chance of surviving un-flattened; I prefer the habitat at Powderhorn.

Photo:  Jo Ann Musumeci