Tuesday, August 15, 2006

The saga continues

Tragedy has once again struck here in Flushing Meadows at Gnome Hill. Once again evil stalks the roadway and we cower in our house, too frightened to set foot out the door.

It started so innocently. The first time it happened, the theft of our gnomes, we blamed the usual suspects: teenage pranksters, the contract tree clearers hired by the electric company, etc. We sort of laughed it off, you know? Gnomes are funny, right? Surely whoever took them had to have a sense of humor. I expected postcards from my gnomes as they traveled the globe.

But now I know there is something more sinister going on.

As is the custom, many guests that have visited us in the past few weeks have brought housewarming gifts.

JAG and Trasherati were no exception this weekend. Knowing about our unfortuate gnome incident this winter, they wanted to help me replace the gnomes that were stolen.

Since we already had your basic garden gnome, thanks to our friends April and Steve (who I also need to thank for picking out some wonderful wine for me this weekend), JAG and Trasherati decided to find a gnome that would be unique.

And so they searched far and wide to find



a tranvestite gnome!

















We like to represent all walks of life here at Gnome Hill and so Loretta was placed proudly on our front porch.




















No one would have the nerve to walk right up to the house to take our gnome. We'd hear their car, after all, and the dogs would bark.

How could we be so naive?

The next morning he was gone. Not a hint of blue eye shadow left behind, not a streak of lipstick.

But we can't figure out how this occurred. All we have is this blurred photograph taken by our security cam:



Other pictures are being developed . . .

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Heh.

White Trasherati said...

"Transvestite gnome". Two words that you don't often see together.

Except in Oz. Or New York City.

OMG, that's totally my next Halloween costume!

jon said...

Perhaps when the theif is caught, you can charge him with a hate crime as well!

Rainypete said...

Gnome-be-gone rocks! I never ealized that they could roam though. I guess once they'd eradicated the midgte menace from your yard they have to keep eating though right? You'll have to install powerful magnets in front of your garden to keep this enace in check!

Old Sidney and his 8 Track said...

We will get to the bottom of this!

Katrina said...

Ominous.

mrhaney said...

i love a person with a sense of humor. have a great weekend.

Anonymous said...

You're sure that it hasn't gone to any Pride Festival somewhere....?

Anonymous said...

Any word? I've been losing sleep over this, see....

Karen Schmautz said...

I would check out the people that gave it to you. Isn't there some kind of saying somewhere about giving gifts you would like to receive yourself?