{GNOMES and Rose Stepping Stones}

As promised in my previous blog, I will tell you more about our GNOMES! Also about our Rose Stepping Stones... Glad to know now, that I am not alone having to deal with difficult to reach windows for cleaning. As read in all the comments. Well, this is a chore that is not done very often but once in a while we have to tackle it. And thanks for the well wishes about my sciatica. It did go away after a couple of days. A hot tub and staying inside, that means, staying 'dry' did cure it. 

But now about our GNOMES... As I wrote already about them, they are LAZY as hell! Really, they don't care at all. You have met them in a previous post about: HEAR - SEE - SPEAK NO EVIL. Well, that is great but if they are needed for pitching in and doing some 'little' chores, they DO NOT HEAR! So what do I do? The link to the previous posts you will find below the last photo.

It gets even worse than NOT wanting to HEAR. We received one more GNOME from our German 'son and daughter-in-law' (yes, we have more adopted children...) and grandchildren. This fellow looks cute but have a look at him:

He lies on this wall and is too lazy to even climb down! 

He could, if he is careful but no: he lifts his legs and 'FARTS' at us when asked to help with little chores...

What do you say, how would you handle that?

The other three stand there and dance; YES they bounce around on that wall, they are wobbly DWARFS or WACKELZWERGEN. 

I did not HEAR you; I did not SEE you... I don't SAY anything about the big one farting at you!

Is this common for this time or is it only here that they show such behavior?

PLEASE let me know what you are encountering with your GNOMES.

I just cannot stand anything THAT LAZY...! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Maybe our boot scraper dachshund will get them!

This is our Patio with the private entrance door to our Rose Suite...

Okay, let's forget about them!

Do you see those weathered bronze Rose Stepping Stones to the right of the patio?

They are made of cast stone and we got them from Home Depot.

First we had them in a single row, shown here (before that last GNOME arrived in the mail...) Grrrrrrrrrrr

This photo is from May.

In a previous post I've shown already the Rose Stepping Stones, see link below...

Our cat-man Spooky is not LAZY and you see him here inspecting Pieter's painting job in the weathered bronze color. 

A clear coating sprayed on, makes them really shine.

Now we can reach the gazebo as well as the planters with jasmines without soiling our shoes.

Under the huge live oak tree the grass is not growing due to the shade and to the lack of nutrients and water, that the tree takes away.

Related links:
{Cleaning Windows} | previous post by me
{HEAR - SEE - SPEAK NO EVIL} | previous post by me
{ROSE STEPPING STONES} | previous post by me