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I’m a 60-year-old Aspergic gardening CAD-Monkey. Sardonic, cynical and with the political leanings of a social reformer, I’m also a toy and model figure collector, particularly interested in the history of plastics and plastic toys. Other interests are history, current affairs, modern art, and architecture, gardening and natural history. I love plain chocolate, fireworks and trees, but I don’t hug them, I do hug kittens. I hate ignorance, when it can be avoided, so I hate the 'educational' establishment and pity the millions they’ve failed with teaching-to-test and rote 'learning' and I hate the short-sighted stupidity of the entire ruling/industrial elite, with their planet destroying fascism and added “buy-one-get-one-free”. Likewise, I also have no time for fools and little time for the false crap we're all supposed to pretend we haven't noticed, or the games we're supposed to play. I will 'bite the hand that feeds', to remind it why it feeds.

Monday, February 10, 2020

G is for Gnomes G'down-under!

Also from Mr B, and also hanging around in Picasa, these were shot at a garden-center or tourist-trap gift shop, I can't remember which, in New Zealand while he was there a year or so ago.

Dwarf Figurines; Dwarf Toys; Dwarves; Elf Toys; Elf Village; Fairy Garden; Fairy Toys; Garden Ornaments; Gnome Toy; Gnomes; Leprechaun Toys; New Zealand; Pixie Toy; Pixy-Eared; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Toy Dwarves; Toy Elves; Toy Faries; Toy Gnomes; Toy Leprechauns; Toy Pixies; Toy Trolls; Troll Toys; Village Folk;
Gnome-Gnapping! Who'd of though it? Two mechanical, near-nano robot alien froglingtons with their egg-shells still attached have grabbed an unsuspecting Gnome, in the middle of his break-fast and pushed-off with him over their wiry, metal-robot shoulders, and I used to want to move to New Zealand - it's clearly a madhouse of unrestrained crime and debauchery!

Dwarf Figurines; Dwarf Toys; Dwarves; Elf Toys; Elf Village; Fairy Garden; Fairy Toys; Garden Ornaments; Gnome Toy; Gnomes; Leprechaun Toys; New Zealand; Pixie Toy; Pixy-Eared; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Toy Dwarves; Toy Elves; Toy Faries; Toy Gnomes; Toy Leprechauns; Toy Pixies; Toy Trolls; Troll Toys; Village Folk;
Meanwhile, and unbeknownst of their possible fate; a family of Gnomes wait for the staff to mow their grassy-clothes, gently growing in the warmth of the sun!

It's funny but you can see that passing potential customers pick the Gnomes up by their hats/heads as their flocking hasn't worn off, but the more people who pick-up the snail or hedge-pig the less likely they are to sell, as the tattier they get!

Do they have them (hedgehogs) in NZ - probably a pest of ground-nesters aren't they? They should collect them all up, and send them back here, ours are endangered! Also - that's one snail the Hedgehog isn't going to eat, it could smother him!

All larger items, included here to 'make' Ger'nome-day! Cheers Brian!

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