Years ago, when I was looking at various houses deciding what type of house I would like, a realtor took me through a house where the owners had a thing for...... pigs.
Everywhere in the house, there were pig figurines, pig pictures, pig cups and plates, pig blankets and maybe even pigs in a blanket in the oven.
I have never seen so many pig-related items in one place before or since. I half expected a pot bellied pig to come wandering through at any moment.
In a word, it was porcine decor at its finest, if porcine decor can be considered fine.
And I suspect that if I had walked through that home at Christmas time, I would have seen pig ornaments on their Christmas tree, like this one that I saw in a store earlier today.
At least one person who lived in that house was a pig lover of the highest order. Oink!
Contrast that with my house, where there is nary a pig ornament on my tree, and no pig decor to be found anywhere else, unless you count the little flying pig outside my front door. But I do have some tell-tale signs throughout the house that might suggest to guests that I enjoy gardening.
Year round, there are hoes and watering cans everywhere, plus a sunroom full of plants.
Then at Christmas time, I decorate my Christmas tree with ornaments that relate to gardening in some way, like this snowman tangled up in a garden hose.
But to put it all in perspective, I don't think it is nearly as odd as those people with the pigs.Is it?
(Sometime after Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day (the 15th, this Tuesday!) and before Christmas, I will post about a few of my favorite gardening-theme ornaments. I'll at least post about the top 10, or maybe my favorite 25. And I'll probably post it as a slide show so you don't have to scroll down, and scroll down some more, and then some more. I'd love to see the gardening related ornaments that others have, too!)
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Your snowman on the other hand is very stylish, I like him a lot.
I do have a few bird figurines and would like to collect much more I love birds.
The holes wrapped around the snowman is cute, he looks a little like the actor and comedian W.C. Fields.
gail
Now I just have penguins on the tree. ;-) And a few rocking horses.
In thinking over my collection, I'm trying to think if there is a theme. I have lots of glass icicles because we get so few ice storms here that I needed some to help remind me it's winter. I have many little bird ornaments. Mostly, I have old-fashioned, handmade toys ornaments--things that evoke childhood of an earlier time. I've considering updating that--I've seen iPod and game controller ornaments.