Please park here, and have some coffee.
KARWAG OF VERSKRIKKER?
Car guard or scare crow?
In smaller premises there are only so much parking space and this scare crow dressed from the cupboards of myself and my daughter is now pointing the parking space – free of charge for our visitors. (Things, plants, pots, etc. move around in our garden and home, therefor the rooster posing next to the vintage car one day may find a new ‘nest’ the next day with all the other ‘chickens’. A garden and home is never complete!)
I have painted the way to the two parking spots for visitors with roof paint on the paving stones so that we and our visitors can easily come and go as we please. The only car allowed directly in front of the house is this vintage one facing the street. An old vintage car grill was fixed to the wall and with an internet image of a the real car it was easy enough to get the image transformed to the wall. Rechargeable sun globes were fixed to old motorcycle lights (scrapyard) in order to ensure a multidimensional vintage car on our front house wall. If you enter the drive-way a bit too late, the car approaching with head lamps on, might be confusing…
When the scare crow (alias car guard) was moved to the vegetable garden, I have decided to paint parking blocks in order keep the drive way open for the rest of the family to easily come and go. Yellow road marking paint and dedicated parking spots for visitors at our home do make them smile…
DIE SON TREK WATER – KOFFIE?
The remains of the day – coffee?
This patch of garden next to our guest parking area is very warm due to the north-western sun and reflection of the paving. Succulents were the only option and the water-wise option. I wanted to also make this a focal point and moved and organized all the terracotta pots I have gathered over years from all over the yard/ garden (many as gifts) and grouped them around a very special (hand-made) gift, sundial.
Chipped coffee mugs serve as containers for succulents on the garden (fence) wall exactly where our visitors will park.
The bin of an old geyser system was used for the stand of the sundial and a tile was cut in the octagonal shape of the face of copper watch, my husband have ordered online. My rain gauge of glass (and copper look) and the amber color old coffee cup and saucer of my grandpa Faan, found a place here – just because I have it and the color is perfect!
