My wife and I were on vacation last week, staying with some close friends we don't get to see enough of at their house in Eastham, MA out on THE Cape (as opposed to Cape May down here in Joisey!). Yea, I'm one of those dyed in the wool New Englanders even though I've lived here in NJ more than any other place on the planet.
The weather wasn't great (it rained for the first 6 days we were up there) but it was a wonderful time. One of the days when we didn't have torrential rains, we went to The Cape Cod Lavender Farm and it was just amazing! Aside from acres of ten different types of English lavender (I had no idea there was ethnic lavender), there was a wonderful enchanted garden complete with a Fairy Castle that had been made by Ed Foisey from North Harwich, MA. It was amazing!! Complete with leaded glass windows, oaken doors with [tiny] brass hinges, cedar shake shingles on the turrets topped with copper flashing and a tiny weathervane. This castle was so much fun that we called Ed as soon as we left the lavender farm to see if we could stop by his place and take a look at it. He’s an amazing artsian/craftsman/gardener/herbalist/sculptor/woodcarver/mason! And as every New Englander does, just about everything he used was made from found objects!
We probably wasted about two hours of his afternoon as he showed us around his backyard garden that he’s been working on for eleven years. It was gorgeous with winding, gravel paths, multiple Fairy Castles and several Toad Homes and all sorts of other garden sculptures he has made.We probably wasted about two hours of his afternoon as he showed us around his backyard garden that he’s been working on for eleven years.
It was gorgeous with winding, gravel paths, multiple Fairy Castles and several Toad Homes and all sorts of other garden sculptures he has made.I want to make these!! I have SOOO much to learn though! I have never done anything that comes close to masonry, and I've never done anything with art glass (although I do have a close friend from long ago who was a fantastic artist with it, won all sorts of awards down in Texas!); but buildings are just too cool not to try my hand! I don’t imagine that the doors will be too difficult but I have no idea how to treat the stone work so that it’ll last longer than I do.
This particular one was about four feet tall and probably wighed about 100 pounds, it wasn’t going anywhere!
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