Retirement Plinth

Background:

Retired engineer with a bandsaw and an empty tree stump in the front yard - what could go wrong? Here is a display beginning with the latest installation.

I needed to bring back levity for Halloween 2023 and the M&M Pumpkins

I repurposed my Pandemic Heart. This piece will stay up for a while!

In honor of the care givers

A visit to Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum gave me the inspiration. Junk in my basement gave me the materials.

A variation of Bernar Venet's "Angles".

I enjoyed making this - note wine bottles. Art with a puzzle.

Could not find little white gloves so I had to make them too. Lots of felt here.

I originally wanted to build a nest but could not find materials. I was surprised at what I found in the box when I took it down after three months on the stump.

No glue used and all pieces are unattached, but there is a trick.

I finally found something to do with all of the packing peanuts I've saved over the years - stuffed hats with them.

Found the hat at Christmas Tree Shop and everything else fell in place.

All courtesy of Job Lot.

I had these round rocks left over from a landscaping project many years ago but never knew what I would do with them.... voila!

I admit, I just threw this together with stuff I had in the attic. But I was pressured.

As my first display, I learned everything must be fastened down. Between the wind and the squirrels, I was constantly restumping pumpkins.

Walking around the neighborhood the other day I spotted this yard. Ooooooooooooooooooooh.