Here are a few pics from my yard area.
It’s a small compact area & difficult to photograph so you’ll need to imagine you are standing on flat stepping stones on a shaded grassy lawn area as you view these pics.
I’ve tried to encourage nature to envelope the ‘things of old’ & I simply keep a window trimmed so a viewer may see a naturally framed object, should they pause to look.
Not exactly art, not exactly gardening. Not sure what you call it. Each piece has a story.
Bare in mind these areas were all bare dirt once upon a time so this ‘sculpture’ has taken decades to fill in & always changes.
Near my stone stairs there sits a small Buddha, perched upon a stump, his little offering bowl nearby. I cannot recall how he came to be in my possession but never-the-less he has a place. I’m not particularly religious under any particular faith but this little guy gives me hope that goodness exists.
Nearby is a bench seat my, (late), father used to sit in while enjoying a smoke. No one else sits there anymore so I keep it trimmed like this with just enough greenery to make it look forgotten but not so much as for it to fade from sight.
I miss my old dad.
The rope goes to a bird feeder which in spring is a lively cacophony of bird song while quail clean up the sprinkled seed below.
Elsewhere there are a couple of relics from my families farming past. I periodically clean these up & coat them with rust preventative, lest my garden moisture eat them away to nothing.
One of my favourite little pieces is this ancient machinery jack. It was once sat vertically but as the tree it resides under has gradually leaned into the tree beside it, the ground has moved so much that it now lays nearly horizontal. I’ve been watching this gradually occur for a decade.
The tree itself is special to me as its roots hold the remains of beloved pets that have passed on over the past 30 years or so.
Behind my house is a terranium that once had a little forest scene with a parked (model) car. On a little roadway.
In its ‘neglect’ it has grown into a jungle so it is nearly impossible to see anything anymore.
So none of this is exactly ‘art’ but it is fun to visualise, place & create a space that nature takes over.