Bowling in the Garden

 

In his youth Prince Charming was quite the bowler.  Well at least according to him.  There must be some truth to this legendary tale since when I married him, he moved in with his own bowling ball and its impressive leather carrying case.  Growing up in a small Canadian town I did my fair share of bowling but did I own my own bowling ball?  No sir.  I didn’t even know anyone who owned their own bowling ball!

After looking at that  forgotten case in the garage cupboard for at least 20 years of our married life, I decided it was time to put that ball into play again.  No, I didn’t give it back to my man nor did I head to the local bowling alley to brush up on my game either.  I had much bigger plans for it!  I love blue accents in our garden since our house is red brick and we have gardens walls in a terra cotta color.  Blue just pops against these colors.  How perfect the  famous bowling ball was blue!  I turned a metal pedestal planter upside down and used this as a shrine, um I mean,  base,  to display the famous bowling ball in a bed of perennial plants.  It now shines as garden art, much like a reflecting sphere.  Strike!  So far it has not been discovered by any garden prowlers with a passion for bowling….