do you like my garden frippery?

i bury my soaker hoses in my garden (it takes 3). i use all these garden stakes to mark where the hose is buried so i can plant the seeds and seedlings appropriately (and not puncture the hose while digging).

froggie on a glass crackle ball. this one is a solar powered light! i really like it!


a glass birdie. this one is a solar powered light too. this one cost too much.


this butterfly stake i got in red, orange, blue, and purple, as they were very cheap. the wings and antennae are on springs so they move and waggle in the wind.


this little turtle came with a very short stake, so he's pushed in down to the ground.


this is an older stake. i have two of these, a yellow one and a green one. the petals are on springs so they move around and waggle in the wind. as you can see, one of the springs gave up the ghost. they used to glow in the dark, but after 4-5 summers in the sun, they dont do that anymore.


old metal butterfly garden stakes. they're slowly rusting away. i used to have more, but now i'm down to only 4 i think. they came a bunch in a set. i ought to throw two more of them out. but they were pretty when they were new!


big blue butterfly with wings on springs.


big purple dragonfly with wings on springs.


sideways view of them


frog on a turtle


side view


glass butterfly. it was gorgeous, but some of the paint has since flaked off.


glass lady bug. again it was gorgeous, but nearly all of the paint has flaked off this one.