Ghoulish Graveyards

Cocktails for Two

We LOVE Halloween and promise to bring you the best in local decor and costumes for the next week and a half. 

Flamingo Watching by Kay Ryan

Wherever the flamingo goes,   

she brings a city’s worth

of furbelows. She seems

unnatural by nature—

too vivid and peculiar

a structure to be pretty,

and flexible to the point   

of oddity. Perched on

those legs, anything she does   

seems like an act. Descending   

on her egg or draping her head   

along her back, she’s

too exact and sinuous

to convince an audience

she’s serious. The natural elect,   

they think, would be less pink,   

less able to relax their necks,   

less flamboyant in general.

They privately expect that it’s some   

poorly jointed bland grey animal   

with mitts for hands

whom God protects.

The garden. Shelley's world.

Now I know what to do with my grandmother's plates. It's a visual feast.--R

Side by Side.

More pairs.--R

Lawn Ornament. Wedgwood.

Gnomes, mushrooms, and ducks. I guess they

all make good lawn ornaments!

Well Done Duck.

Woodfish

A lovely woman on Decatur Island makes these curious little

colorful driftwood fish.

Well Done local sculpture.

Talk to the Trees

I'm not always a fan of this kind of folk/kid

art, but for some reason this works for me.

The recycling of paint samples and

magnet letters is clever. The mom who

created this piece with her kids is always up

to something creative and it's a joy to walk

by their home and discover a new surprise.

Put your heads together.

I wandered to the backyard of a friend the other day

and noticed how simple and lovely this idea was.

Alone, a primitive bust sculpture can feel like its judging you,

together, two feel like a glorious secret is being shared.

Well Done!

So Much More than a Plant Stand, Seattle

Cool Concrete: Take 303, Seattle

Well Done Concrete Work. -R