Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Simple Switch

I switched two garden decor things and I like it better. For years, ever since we moved in, I have had the Relax sign up against the wall between the two big windows on the east side.  My metal peacock, more recent, has been in a couple locations in the back yard.


I simply switched the sign and the peacock.

The peacock adds a little more presence than the sign in the dining room window garden, and it was a bit lost in the back yard. 

I had it in the open on the deck at first, but tucked it into the potting bench curve where a blank spot was. 

The relax sign is just enough taller and looks better rising above the stuff along the empty wall in the potting bench curve.


The peacock is fuller and more visible in the dining room window garden, and I can see it from inside the house.

Both of these empty spots needed something and I was struggling to think what to plant that would fit the spaces and be tall enough to see. 

But I don't want more plants, I'm trying to edit down. And neither of these empty places has an emitter right there. 

So rather than plants, I need hardscape or decor items to tuck into empty places, without getting too cutesy or over decorated. 

These two metal sculpture things, switched, seem to work.