A New Young Lady Living in My Garden

Went up the Reclaimed Yard Today

And Fell in Love Again Ive Got to Keep out of that Place

She is Solid Mar-bull over 150 years old Deatled Finger Nails Roses Around her Feet Rosereay Beads Not Every One Cup of Tea But I Love Her and Hope She Brings Peace to My Garden 3 Blokes to Carry Her Not Including Me the Reclaimed Bloke Knows Ive Gota Glass Back Thought Id Better Not Put Her in OHs Car Or I Will Have a Glass Neck Being Delivered @ 5 pm

 

She's a bonny lass FM. I'm sure she and Gail will find lots of girlie things to moan talk about when you are at work ...

 

Hi Nick

look nice with a bit of ivy growing on , just thought her new name Ivy-Mary , how big is it.

All you need is a font next and white collar , "we are all gathered here today"

Spruce

 

I think she will fit in really well in your garden Nick. Nice find!

 

Would definitely look good with some ivy or the like around her and perhaps a small uplighter to light her up at night

Nice find Nick

 

Nick, shame you live miles away. I've stumbled across a nursery that you'd love.

Apart from the usual garden centre stock, they also have an antiques section, where I'll be going next time I have some spare dosh. In there, among other things, I saw proper old tools, including a massive scythe, various implements I didn't recognise, old mangels, cast iron stoves and all sorts.

And outside, all manner of reclaimed stoneware, and also new but vintage looking stone statues. All reasonably priced too. I had my eye on a 3ft tall stone dragon. It was only about £70. Oh, and loads of stone and terracotta clay pots in all shapes and sizes. I bought a really nice terracotta pot to stand outside my front door, probably 1ft tall by 1ft across, for £7.

 

I Going to Try and Build an Arch Around Her With Exatley That An up lighter Showing Her at Night

Sounds Hevan Clueless there is some stuff called liquid weather its ready mixed NON TOXIC And One Coat Makes New Stone Look Relay Old if you coat it again it looks older this is ava from ebay massive bottle only a tenner £10

i payd more for mine cus i got it from a builders merchant £20 odd but am getting my next lot off eBay for the Arbor it Even Blends New Bricks with old ones EG If you have bricked up a window or door way its Also Ava in 1 liter pump spray bottle
loads of reclaimed yards use this to make new stuff look old

 

I saw on telly once where they said to paint stone, bricks and concrete etc with live natural yoghurt to make it look old. Apparently if you do that, it very quickly gets colonised by algae.

 

Ive Herd it too But Had NO Luck with That I Coverd My Folly in Places and NOTHING I Wanted Moss and Alge on But it Daint Work Might Try Again Next Spring

 

Nick,
I hope she appreciates all this thought and attention that you will give her. I'm sure she will - I can just picture her in your garden at night with soft lighting making her glow a little. I hope you can take a picture of her and show it to all of us,
Have you and Gail named her yet?
Jenny