Everyday lovely – a carved owl down my street in Bristol

Today I’m joining in with a new feature called Everyday Lovely that’s hosted over at my blogging friend Monna’s site Teacher meets world. The idea is to post about some small thing from your daily life that made you smile – those little details that we enjoy and add to our cup of happiness.

My contribution is a carved owl made by my neighbour Joe in his front garden. Joe a resourceful sort of guy who’s always busy with something on his house – if he’s not renovating the stonework, he’s painting the windows or laying some paving.

He told me that the beautiful silver birch in his front garden had died and had to be cut down, so he thought he’d make this owl sculpture out of the tree stump. He started high in case he made a mess of it and had to start again lower down. Luckily it turned out well and so now the owl stands gazing down the street, framed by the magnolia tree behind.

I love to see art and sculpture that’s woven into it’s environment like this. Do you have any artistic touches in your neighbourhood that you enjoy?

See the other Everyday Lovelies at Teacher Meets World

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