{"id":8423,"date":"2012-05-31T08:16:24","date_gmt":"2012-05-31T13:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/?p=8423"},"modified":"2012-05-31T08:16:24","modified_gmt":"2012-05-31T13:16:24","slug":"lawn-ornaments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/31\/lawn-ornaments\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawn Ornaments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now that our gardens are established, I think it&#8217;s time to add some lawn ornaments. Class up the yard a bit, you know?<\/p>\n<p>We spent a day at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/2007\/05\/01\/brimfield-antiques-and-flea-market-show\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brimfield<\/a> a few weeks ago and found some real quality contenders. Who can say no to the Colonel-as-Weathervane?<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"463\" height=\"656\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/ColonelSanders.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Colonel Sanders as Weathervane\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/ColonelSanders.jpg 463w, https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/ColonelSanders-211x300.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Or gigantic orbs?<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"606\" height=\"459\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/GiganticOrbs.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Gigantic Orbs\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/GiganticOrbs.jpg 606w, https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/GiganticOrbs-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Gnomes and bunnies?<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"414\" height=\"656\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/GnomesAndBunnies.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Gnomes and Bunnies\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/GnomesAndBunnies.jpg 414w, https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/GnomesAndBunnies-189x300.jpg 189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Ah, perfection. A five foot tall Puss in Boots. Because one can never get too much Puss in Boots.<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"496\" height=\"567\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/PussInBoots.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Puss in Boots\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/PussInBoots.jpg 496w, https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/PussInBoots-262x300.jpg 262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>I suggested to Kyle that it was time to dial up the crazy at our house and get a few of these winners. He balked saying &#8220;Do you really want to be THAT person?&#8221; If the Puss in Boots hadn&#8217;t been $400, yeah, I really would have been THAT person&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Live a little, will ya? The West End is all about whimsy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that our gardens are established, I think it&#8217;s time to add some lawn ornaments. Class up the yard a bit, you know? We spent a day at Brimfield a few weeks ago and found some real quality contenders. Who can say no to the Colonel-as-Weathervane? Or gigantic orbs? Gnomes and bunnies? Ah, perfection. A five foot tall Puss in Boots. Because one can never get too much Puss in Boots. I suggested to Kyle<\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a class=\"myButt three\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/31\/lawn-ornaments\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1575,1578],"tags":[3541,3543,2201,3544,3540,3542],"class_list":["post-8423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fun","category-hartford","tag-brimfield-antique-show","tag-colonel-sanders","tag-gardens","tag-gnomes","tag-lawn-ornament","tag-puss-in-boots"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8423"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8447,"href":"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8423\/revisions\/8447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}