This is Demmon Dodo, a garden gnome my darling Dad recently gave to Jeannie. Dad's name is Desmond Joseph, but when he was a kid he could only say Demmon Dodo, and this is who the gnome's named after. There's a whole other story attached to this gnome that makes me weep when I read it; basically he's been sent to protect us all and now lives happily in our garden. Last time Dad visited he brought along someone to keep DD company: Unca Barry.
What a lovely gnome with a story attached. I will look at them in a different light now. I always remember some neighbours we had when living in Tottenham in London. The old man used to hate the birds that his wife would feed, so he'd throw stones at them. He was a poor shot and only managed to knock the heads of the gnomes in the garden.
ReplyDelete(Oh dear, as I wrote that I realised it's not a happy story about garden gnomes, sorry!)