Mud. Muck. Mulch. Mow.
That’s been the theme of the last few days. More skidding in the mud (will I ever learn?) and trying to mow over ruts in the lawn that haven’t been filled in. The more I look at the whole lawn expanse, the more exasperated I get. It feels like a losing battle. Heaven knows if the seed will germinate. But you know what? I’m going to leave it all for the time being. Can Don be trusted to water? I’m not entirely convinced he can. Rain is forecast for at least 3 days next week, so that helps!
Mulching is done with, for the time being. I don’t remember finding anything but mulch in the mulch before, but this year I’ve found some interesting things. I’ve found a piece of red plastic, a little nozzle, and this:
It’s made of some sort of clay/ceramic. Initially, it was completely covered with dirt. Whatever it is, it’s broken off at the neck.
This is a bit blurry, but here it is cleaned up a little. Is this a swami/genie kind of thing? Or is that a bun in the back? I don’t think it is old, but who knows? If you look at the first photo, there is a smaller piece under the neck – was it a bottle stopper or was there a cloth body attached?
Any ideas? It’s intriguing.
I have to get going as I’m off to Manhattan this early morning.
That IS an interesting find! It looks to me like hair pulled back. It must be very small if you think it was part of a bottle. I hope all your hard work pays off and you are greatly rewarded with nice green grass.
Betty
Now that’s a really unusual thing to find in the mulch. Was it in your dirt?.. or actually in the mulch wherever you got it from?…Hmmm….
By the way, thanks for the drop caps tip… I absolutely love it.
and so easy to do.
What a fun find! Makes all that hard work worth it, doesn’t it. :-) Who knows…maybe it was part of a secret ancient tribal ritual…or the top of a 1980s syrup bottle.
How cool is that?! Can’t wait to see if you find out what it is/was. Living near the beach, I always find sea shells in the dirt, even 17 years since we built our house, definitely confirmation that our land was once under water! Have a wonderful weekend, hugs, Nan
It looks like a Disney doll head maybe? Aladdin? How weird to have that in your mulch. Was it bagged mulch or from a farm? I have been getting over wintered manure from a farm for years and never had a problem. Last year I got some from a neighbor who has cows and horses. The rotted manure ended up having plastic pieces and tons of small rocks and weird looking mushroom spores…I was really disappointed. I won’t use them again. Happy Easter to you and Don and the pups!!!
Maybe it’s a GRASS GENIE and will make your grass green and cut itself all summer long!;>) What a funky thing to find! It looks kind of like a 70’s doll to me with a bun in the back…but who knows? Not me- maybe someone will identify it! xo Diana
It’s a cute head , I like Diana’s idea.
No worries about the scarf. I will order it for Mothers Day.
Have a safe trip.
Maybe it will turn out to be something so precious that your yard will be taken over by a crew of experts (can’t remember what they’re called) for an excavation dig. Hahaha! Anyways, I hope Don will be a good boy and water the lawn! Hope you have a nice trip!
When we seeded our yard (after replacing weeping tile and digging up the yard all around the house) my (now passed) father-in-law told us to put down burlap over it (secured with golf tees to hold it on the ground). Then spray the burlap with water and it holds the moisture longer – allowing to seeds to germinate – kind of like the paper towel seed experiment when you were a kid. My father-in-law used to win awards for best yard in his town – and he was right. The lawn came up beautifully and we didn’t waste money on buying seed over and over. You can reuse the burlap too – we saved it and use it whenever we have to seed an area. Burlap comes in rolls and is quite cheap for this purpose.
Such a sweet little head, I have no idea what it have been used for, or the age, but I would certainly have taken it with me inside,also, and saved it as a special thing to display.
Claudia, dear I hope your grass will be beautiful in the summer to come.
Happy easter to you.
Hugs,Dorthe
I’ve found the occasional glass marble in my backyard, but never a body part! What a mystery.
-Karen
Well, isn’t that interesting. It was in the dirt on your property or the mulch you had brought in?
We’ve found a bunch of different things on our property the most interesting was when we found a cannon ball.
-Pat
I believe you have the head of the grannie doll of an 1980’s Fisher Price family that belongs to a doll house, I think they were know as ‘Loving Family’.
Hope this helps!
What a sweet little face it has! And it looks happy to be found, whatever he/she used to be….