I stopped by a barn sale last weekend, and was about to leave after disappointedly poking about the rusty tools and old gardening things when I spotted this guy peeking out from behind a flowerpot. Yay: a
vintage troll! I'm always on the hunt for those, and they're getting harder and harder to find.
Once I picked him up, it made sense that he was with the gardening things after all, as he is actually a
planter. The ceramic troll, about 5 inches tall, is hollow, and was meant to hold a small plant, the foliage of which would eventually form his "hair." Brilliant, really...
So are you going with rye grass or something more crazy? Haha.
ReplyDeleteUm, petunias? Daffodils? I'm sure I can't imagine what you might be referring to...hey, wait a minute: are you suggesting my troll has a drug problem?!
ReplyDeleteYou didn't hear it from me!! I'm just the messenger. That troll there is a bad influence. Just kidding. I was thinking of plants to go in it as a planter.
ReplyDeleteYou know, now that I consider it, I feel it is entirely possible that my troll may have had, in the past, "crazy" substances planted in him: the barn sale I got him from was run by an ex-biker guy and a former hippie chick. (Actually, although they were in their 50s-60s, they still looked like a biker and hippie chick.) It was a bit odd to see them living on the beautiful country estate the barn was part of. He told us they had opted for a quiet country life now that they had "retired".
ReplyDeleteAnywho...I'm going to go with your first suggestion, and plant him with rye grass. I think that will look most like troll hair. :0)
omg... what a FIND!!! so many plant hairstyles he can have. how bout herbs? the legal kind i mean :)
ReplyDeleteYou're right, pp: (legal!) herbs would look great in him, too. I'll post a picture of him all planted once I've decided.
ReplyDeleteThe original Chia pet?I wonder.
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