Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Yard Ornaments


Many people have them, some look nice, others look like an item placed out for a yard sale. One thing of interest I noticed while visiting in Flagstaff, AZ is the amount of "stuff" people place in their yards, often to give a "western" look to the place.

Now, I have to say that using the term "yard" is not at all like what I would define that to be here east of the Mississippi. We have grass and mow it. "Yards" in Flagstaff have lots of cinder, pine needles, dry brush, tons of yellow flowering rabbit bush, fire ant mounds aplenty, and of course numerous ornaments such as the one shown above. Overall I liked what I saw, but still felt much of the area was a fire waiting to happen. Awful dry and crispy, given the lack of rain this year.