Art

Although I am still hoping someday to have one of Dr. Evermore's large metal snake sculptures, yesterday we found this nice piece by Dave Senkbeil. He is a machinist in Sheboygan, and he was one of the artists selling things at the arts and crafts fair in Bowman Park this weekend as part of the Taste of the Dells. It is about 40 inches high (101.6 cm) and fits perfectly into a section of the flowerbed between the sidewalk and the garage near the front door. That section is always in shade, and Tom has filled the space with rocks. The heron picking its way through cattails is a great addition.

A bit down the road is a small pond near which Tom's ancestors built the first farm house when they came to the area in the 1840s. They soon learned about mosquitoes and relocated further away. From time to time in the last few years, we have seen a Great Blue Heron on the edge of the pond. So it is nice to have at least an image of one now at our front door. (It probably seems a bit classier than our diminishing flock of flamingos!)