While digging a trench for the downspout pipe in Studio Gardens, I found treasure! My shovel hit something hard as I got to the end of the trench which is by the lake. At first, I thought it was just a rock or chunk of concrete or a brick because I had been finding them all around already. But then I couldn’t pry it up with the shovel. Just a few weeks ago, I was upstairs digging out a troublesome bush and accidentally chopped through the satellite cable, so this time, I was more delicate about digging this trench.
I found this “rock” to be big and my mind started working in overdrive. We don’t have big rocks like that just under the surface like some places do. Sometimes I wish we did, I have to buy pretty rock like that! Anyway, I began to think about what it was. Like I said, I figured it was a concrete chunk so I started to just dig around it for the pipe then I swept off the dirt with my hand and thought it was too smooth for that. So my imagination went from 0 to 60 in about a nano second. Is it a human skull?! Oh cool, what if it’s a grave?! Am I desecrating someone’s grave? Surely we would have been told if there was a family graveyard on the property! Wouldn’t we? Maybe it’s a dog, no… (as I continued digging) is it a large femur bone? What if it’s a dinosaur bone! Then I imagined the “bone police” coming and digging up our property to find more. Do we own the mineral rights?
You see how this is going. I tend to get a little excited quickly. My son doesn’t get his flair for the dramatics from his father you know!
As I dug and brushed away dirt with my hand, I see curves and form. Wait. Is that a butt? Are those cheeks? Yes! It’s a woman, looks kinda like The Venus de Milo. Could it be a grave marker? I pulled her out, headless and limbless.
I started poking around and found another stone… I excitedly dig but carefully… It was looking like a base… or a marker! Turned out to just be a round stepping stone. Dang.
Apparently, the place has got a lot of “junk” buried. But you know what they say… one man’s junk is another artist’s treasure! I have more to show you that I’ve found on the property, too. This was just so exciting I had to share the story right away. But really, isn’t she cool?! She will soon have a proper spot in my Studio Gardens.
Another thing that is kinda funny, I think the round stepping stone is actually mine. I used to have a garden down here about ten years ago but tore it all down, I think it must’ve got left over without being found by the mower. It’s pretty amazing that this statue was only a couple inches away and I never found it before. Then a few years ago when we built the koi pond, we just missed digging her up with the backhoe by a couple feet. I think it’s serendipity that I find her now as I’m developing Studio Gardens and take it as a good omen.
Now, if you’re wondering why I got so excited about the grave thing, I just can’t help myself. Must be the paranormal junkie in me. In fact, I love graveyards. They are so peaceful and gorgeous. I love to walk or just drive through them and I have many photographs that I’ve taken of different cemeteries that I’ve visited. I love to read the markers and see the beautiful statues and gravestones. I’d love to see some of the famous ones like in New Orleans and Europe. Maybe someday.
That is awesome! All I ever find is river rocks. Our ground is so Stoney we had to bring in soil for raised beds because you can’t go down. We live alongside a stream that was once a river.
What a find! Definitely a good omen 🙂
Well I would like to find river rocks occasionally but I guess if you had to bring dirt in because there were so many that could be a real drag. I guess on the up side to that, you know you’ve got good dirt since you had to bring it in? Grass is always greener, huh? haha
I wonder what her story is, who made her and then buried her and why? And what happened to her head and limbs?
I have wondered the very same thing Tina. I guess it’s a mystery I’ll never know the answer to! I love a little mystique though, it adds charm to my garden for sure, and I will have a great story to tell! Besides, my story may be more interesting that what actually happened to her, I’ll just have to make up all the details of her sorted past 😉
She is AWESOME! That is so cool! She is lovely. I live in Gold Country, so I’d like to dig up a big gold nugget! hahaha My soil is all rock and clay 🙁 Dig Dig Dig! Find some more!
Have a great week.
Blessings!
Now if I lived in Gold Country Jana, I’d be digging all the time! Ha ha! Not much in the way of rocks here on my plot of earth, but plenty of clay soil. I will be digging for more you can count on that! I’ve even thought of getting one of those beeper things that finds stuff under ground, hah! I’ll be sure to post whatever I find!
You can come dig in my yard anytime you want! You are so sweet. My Bobbi is actually not doing well at all so your prayers are very much appreciated. You need a metal detector how fun would that be!
I really hate to hear that she’s not doing well. If you get a chance to speak with her, tell her prayers from Indiana are being sent to the Big Man upstairs for her.
If I had a metal detector, I might become like those crazy people on TV and not ever get anything done cause I’d be looking for treasures! 😉 I’m already 3 paintings behind this summer, my gardening evil twin has taken over me and has been abusing me for hours on end each day in the blazing hot and humidity on gardening chores! haha
Have a beautiful day ❤
Thank you I will! I have been drawing/doodling & sewing too bummed to paint lately. Those metal detectors are a little heavy so your arm would get really tired or you’d get some really good guns! haha
Well, my “guns” are descent, but I probably wouldn’t last too long! Ha ha! A good shoulder strap would help 😉 I know what you’re going through, do whatever it takes to take care of you. xo
How cool is that J. 🙂
A great Omen indeed 🙂
Are you going to name her?
Have a lovely week, cheers, T.:)
I know, right?! Yes, I’m going to name her… I’ve already been thinking of names but haven’t found the perfect one yet. I thought of Venus, but it’s not terribly imaginative… her name hasn’t come to me yet but I’m sure it will. I’m looking for something different. For now, I’m calling her My Lady when I talk to her (yes, I’ve been talking to her. I may be a little nuts) Thanks T!
Venus was sent to you. Love the serendipity of it. And you aredn’t alone with graveyard facination. Is it the spirit undercurrent that we mear mortals don’t acknowlege but subconciosly sense? Maybe. 😉
“Is it the spirit undercurrent that we mear mortals don’t acknowlege but subconciosly sense? Maybe.”
Oooo I love the way you put that R! I think we “mortals” sense much more than we want to acknowledge or perhaps aren’t trusting of ourselves enough. I agree with you and I do think She was sent for me. I didn’t know you too have a graveyard fascination, does your beautiful blog feature any graveyards with your gorgeous photographs? Are there any beautiful old graveyards there in the Seattle area? So glad to see you stop by 🙂
Oh yes I have my favorite graveyards. One I visited as a teenager is still around even though houses are being built around it. Plus I visit my grandparents not as dramatic as the one in Orilla. Guess I have to go do a photo shoot. I feel the draw don’t you? Robin
Oh yeah, I do feel the draw, too! I’d love to see photos when you take them. Looks like you have an assignment Robin! ha ha!