Garden gnome returns home after 7 month world tour

Hey, my garden gnome has been busy helping me garden this summer (he was, after all, manufactured holding a trowel!)  and when I told him about the abduction of a fellow gnome and he was incensed.   My gnome is quite adept at pulling weeds and clover from my lawn AND chasing the rabbits out of my flower beds. I keep him quite happy by feeding him Lucky Charms and letting him have weekends off.

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This little guy appeared in Wahpeton, North Dakota, just hours after a (possible) tornado hit town. Since I'm from Oregon, I can't be sure about weather in the northern prairie. It's possible he fell out of the sky like Dorothy and Toto. I don't really know...

(go) Bunny Owen

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This happy little guy is a new addition to the garden this summer.  He is one of the "cheerful" gnomes that helps to keep the yard critters under control and keeps me smiling!  :)

My Garden Gnome resides in a potted spoon daisy plant on my apartment balcony in St. Paul MN.

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the phillips gnome is not a traveler... he is too busy for such worldly things and must keep an eye out for pesky weeds and unwanted nibblers of the bounty.

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This is Gus, he's the mascot of our real estate company. For all of your real estate needs in the Austin area. www.iLoveGnomes.com

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I had just broken up with the love of my life after a 4 year transatlantic haul, and I was trolling around the South Lake shopping district in nearby Pasadena, California, snapping shots to get my mind off the heartbreak.
I popped into one of my favorite stores, Smith-Hawken to have a look around for gardening tools, boots, and such to cheer myself up.
And there he was, in the Garden Gnome section.
I gravitated towards him, took this pic, and took him home. -

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in addition, many people say those photos were faked and photoshopped. Remmber that story first appeared in the UK press, the UK SUN to be exact, a tabloid full of BS,,,,and then the other media picked it up from there......a totaly NON story that did not happen that way....a 22 year old visited 12 countries in a year, is he rich or what? No way. wake up peoppel we been had!

the UK media is full of crap

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Text : Pink Floyd, The Gnome.

"I want to tell you a story
About a little man
If I can.
A gnome named grimble grumble.
And little gnomes stay in their homes.
Eating, sleeping, drinking their wine.
He wore a scarlet tunic,
A blue green hood,
It looked quite good.
He had a big adventure
Amidst the grass
Fresh air at last.
Wining, dining, biding his time.
And then one day - hooray!
Another way for gnomes to say
Hoooooooooray.
Look at the sky, look at the river
Isnt it good?
Look at the sky, look at the river
Isnt it good?
Winding, finding places to go.
And then one day - hooray!
Another way for gnomes to say
Hoooooooooray.
Hooooooooooooooray."

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These two gnomes live at my woodland's edge. One is a very hard worker keeping up his little gnome/fairy house that my daughter made while the other one is lazy and doesn't do much work except for the occasional tick chasing. He doesn't like big animals, therefore my garden is getting eaten. Hmmmmm......... He always sits in contimplation, thinking about where he would travel to if he could just find his way into a suitcase!

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Well, our garden gnome told me that gnomes often discuss the dangers of abduction. My gnome practices judo and evasion techniques, so that he could fight off any possible attackers. My gnome also likes to lay low at night after he does the weeding and he usually crawls deep into our salvia plants which are thick and can disguise him quite well.

He is so glad that Eve's gnome has returned home safely.

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my friends finnish garden gnome in berlin.

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he's been living in our back yard for 4 months.

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Our gnome is the protector of the gardens. Here he is looking over some hydrangeas.

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I thought my Garden Pig was stolen, however, with shovel in hand and the look of guilt on his face I am inclined to believe that I'll find my pig burried under those impatients......can't trust those Garden Gnomes. He's being held without bail.....

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Hi this lil Gnomie is Zesiel he is an indoor gnome due to our apartments. he is gots lots of adventures awaiting him.

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Our gnome, Nepa, looks over one of the many terrestial views in scenic Greenwood in Seattle, Washington.

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He's cool, he's laid back, he drinks malt liquor.

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Hey Everyone! I'm doing an extensive research project on collecting garden gnomes and you all seen very familiar with them. If anyone is a collector or has any information/stories about gnome collecting or gnomes in general, I would love to hear about it so that I can feature it in my paper. In addition, I'm looking for a place where gnomes are sold and need recommendations. Thank you!!