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Wasn't sure where to post this so I decided here was best...

this is what David brought home yesterday; an impulse buy



a few weeks prior he brought these fellas home


we are a safe haven for Gargoyles

awesome! The most recent one reminds me of this lovely lady.

Might as well plant this here too.

http://youtu.be/pEeGIxYnBcc

ETYMOLOGICAL PEDANT ALERT!


Those aren't Gargoyles - a Gargoyle has a water spout in its mouth as they're part of the guttering, spitting water away from the side of the church/cathedral/etc walls to avoid erosion*. What you have there are Grotesques

As indeed are These lovely ones on a Chapel in France....




*a quick rummage around the internet to make sure I had my facts straight reveals that the building of Gargoyles in the UK has been banned since the 18th century as although they stopped the brickwork from being eroded, the rainwater eroded their own bases instead so they had a tendency to fall off and kill people

@tim I really hope you're installing those around your roof

hah! Love this @static! I remember staying up and watching this late one night when i was young.

@lazyben, these are scattered around the front and back yard

currently the big guy is at the end of our drive on a pile of pavers we plan on using for our future patio. I have no idea how we are going to get him where David wants him, he weighs a ton


this guy is at our front door stoop


this guy is watching over the corner of our garden


these are guarding our backyard water feature


and our another big dude guards our backyard vegetable garden