I've been seeing a lot of Fairy Gardens on Pinterest and thought to myself "I need to make one of those!" Then my lazy self whispered back..."Too much work...besides, you have one already. Remember the Hobbit Gardens you used to make?"
With the new Hobbit movie coming out in December, the dear little Hobbity creatures have been in my mind.
I was a big fan of The Lord of the Rings. I once turned all of my flower beds into Hobbit gardens...with Hobbit-sized everything. One was "Bilbo's Tea Party" and another was called "Short Cut to Mushrooms." "The Hill" garden had a miniature picket fence, a three-foot tall scarecrow guarding the miniature corn and sunflowers that grew inside the fence. I wish I had taken pictures.
It's been more than ten years since I made the little Hobbit garden. It sat on a table in the hall. Over the years, the moss has faded, but at least it's still in one piece. I don't have much luck with living house plants...so I'm I am grateful for the invention of realistic silk flowers! A birdhouse will have to make do for "Bag End." But at least the door is round!
Bilbo is in fine form tonight. He's wearing his best vest with his shiniest brass buttons. He is very vain, you know. Right now he is rehearsing for his big speech and finale. "...Eleventy-one years is too short a time to live among such excellent and admirable Hobbits. I don't know half of you as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you as well as you deserve." I am sure he meant it as a compliment. One could probably say the same about fellow bloggers...LOL!
Time to go back to Pinterest and collect more ideas for things I am too lazy to make.
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