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A family of gnomes hat have slowly appeared under a tree on the grass verge in Norton Cross, Runcorn. Not a clue what its all about but it makes you smile when you drive past.
4th August 2023, they have been vandalised and therefore removed. Sad day!!
wrong car though, I think a vintage volkswagon would be more appropriate :)
song by Ambrosius - "Gnome"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE-LD2EcASo
seen on the streets where I live and wander ...
Trafford Road Bridge, Salford Quays
I hope everyone has had a good Christmas and Santa has been good to you all. Without going all Basil Fawlty and stating the bleedin’ obvious it’s been a terrible year and only a few days to go before it’s good riddance to 2020!
Apart from the Skye trip “last” February (one for Eddie and Pete) I’ve hardly been out with my camera this year and have been stuck on Quays trip #49 for well over a year… in fact I haven’t been here for the whole of this year. So, when Mrs R suggested a trip this morning to walk off all those turkey butties and chocolates I thought why not. In all my visits I’ve never ventured this far along the Ship Canal… mainly because it’s been blocked off for the new Metrolink extension to the Trafford Centre, but now you can walk the full distance once again.
Good to see plenty of people milling about the Quays once more and the light was pretty good this morning. Nice to post some new images for once as well.
Vandaele M © 2015
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The Manchester Ship Canal...
OPENED IN 1894, THE MANCHESTER Ship Canal linked Manchester to the Irish Sea near Liverpool. After six years of work and construction, the 36-mile canal made Manchester’s docks the third-largest in the country, despite the fact the city is 40 miles inland. The canal remained in industrial use for almost 100 years until 1984 when the docks closed, as container ships and other industrial vessels became too large for the canal.
Even 30 years after its closure, the concrete “islands” that held the structures along the canal remained. It was on one such island that in 2017, the outgrown canal welcomed a much smaller guest than its previous behemoths, a single gnome.
Gnorman, a trailblazer of sorts, arrived on the abandoned concrete island in 2017 and claimed it as his gnomestead. Joining her husband shortly after was Gnorma, at which point the dwarfish dominion was well and truly established. Within no time, the cone-hatted couple welcomed twins, Gnoah and Gnatalie, and enlisted the much-needed help of Gnorman’s parents Gnellie and Gnorbert, who still live with the happy family.
As with many family homes, the island is visited yearly by its very own gnomish Santa Claus over the Christmas period and the pintsized colony continues to grow. Gnoddy and Gneddy, a same-sex gnome couple who moved to the island in 2020 were heavily damaged during an act of vandalism.
Though Gnome Island sits on the Salford side of the canal, it is best viewed from the Trafford banks since this is the direction the gnomes face. They can be seen from the canalside, as well as from the passing water taxis.
(atlasobscura,com/places/gnome-island)
You may well have seen these guys in the past , but this year they have moved to another corner of the garden . Not sure what they are up to but something seems to have attracted their attention .
I am not big on gnomes but these five came out of the garden where my father lived in Cornwall and when we had to clear out his things these five came home with us , so I think we can look after them now .
One of the trail maintenance/makers hid a lot of little "fairy doors" and Gnomes around the new trail they're making.
Seen along a new trail in Victoria Park, in Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada.
The "Mushroom Houses" of Charlevoix, Michigan are an amazing collection of unique homes designed and built from 1918-1975, by self-taught architect Earl Young. The homes, also nicknamed "Gnome Homes", are constructed of local materials like limestone, boulders, and field stone, with cedar shake roofs. They are designed to blend into the landscape. Young built 26 of these homes, and four commercial buildings in Charlevoix.
This house, and other Mushroom Houses, are on Park Street, built with a view of Lake Michigan.
Vandaele M © 2017
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I've been looking for a garden gnome for a while now and this one was perfect. it was brought over from england and was made in 1880. Of course it cost $980.00 so I'll have to look elsewhere...
123 Pictures in 2023 #62 "Little people (eg plastic toys etc)"
Another phone shot taken on my walk through the neighborhood, this is a collection of small garden gnomes in someone's front yard. Average height for these is around 3 - 4" ( 8 - 10 cm).
"Stop, stop, and let me go, and I will tell thee where the King's daughters are."
Macro Mondays - Once Upon A Time
Imaginext figure from the Series 6 blind bags. His accessories are the gnome mask, mushroom shield and a scythe. I found him at Target.
Hello!
My final build for 2023 Summer Joust, entry to Fantasy Heights category.
It's also a final (at least for now) gnome build from me. :D
You can never be too old for Halloween ... dear old Dad here dressed up as a garden gnome :)
Captured by bouncing the flash and CTO gel giving some warm fill light against the blue hour sky.
Saw these in the garden centre of a Waitrose supermarket. I like garden ornaments, but not really Gnomes.
Hey guys!
Look at these sooo spring guys! Would you like to collect your own Easter Holiday collection? ❤
These beautifully colored garden gnomes are super fun and you will fall in love with this irresistible feeling of having fun with them all!
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