Do you want to help me find a garden gnome?

[steppemum]

It is my birthday on Monday, and I will get some money and I would like a garden gnome.

Now don't be like that, each to their own, I'd just like one.

We have a fish pond and I'd like something old looking and natural colours, fishing into the pond. When I was a kid, my mum had a brown stone teddy with a red scarf who fished into their pond. It was nice.

I don't want cute. I don't want cartoon. I don't want bright colours.

I don't mind what it is (but actually not that keen on a teddy) quite like the idea of a frog etc. Old gnarled, ancient looking, and preferably with a fishing rod.

To give you an idea, Jeremy Fisher from Beatrix Potter would do it.

Price is max £30.

examples
love this one

hate this one

no smiley faces!

surreyornamentalstoneware.co.uk/products/large-fishing-garden-gnome

There you go

no, sorry, don't like him!

he doesn't have a fishing rod either!

Here you go

Fishing Gnome

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Large-Aluminum-Mama-Frog-And-Baby-Frog-Fishing-Garden-Statue-Pond-Edge-Sitter-/273358158431

Weedsnseeds1

That's lovely but it's £84

How about this one? No idea of price though.

@Houseplantmad

How about this one? No idea of price though.

That's definitely, 100% haunted.

www.etsy.com/uk/listing/217535929/eric-garden-ornament-sculpture-statues?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_uk_en_gb_ds-b-Home_and_Living-home_and_living-outdoor_and_garden-garden_decoration-outdoor_statues-other&utm_custom1=k_EAIaIQobChMIoMeyvPb27gIVhobVCh22Ag5wEAQYBSABEgKA2PD_BwE_k&utm_content=go_6479345241_77722653757_380846433034_pla-307621832618_m__217535929engb_144072932&utm_custom2=6479345241&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIoMeyvPb27gIVhobVCh22Ag5wEAQYBSABEgKA2PD_BwE

He ain’t fishing but he’s relaxing like a happy fisherman.

Otters? www.etsy.com/uk/listing/913327946/otter-pups-stone-garden-ornament-eela?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_uk_en_gb_ds-b-Home_and_Living-home_and_living-outdoor_and_garden-garden_decoration-outdoor_statues-other&utm_custom1=k_EAIaIQobChMIkoat4ff27gIV4u3mCh0PgQROEAQYAiABEgLYBfD_BwE_k&utm_content=go_6479345241_77722653757_380846433034_pla-307621832618_m__913327946engb_144072932&utm_custom2=6479345241&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIkoat4ff27gIV4u3mCh0PgQROEAQYAiABEgLYBfD_BwE

Today I have learnt that you can get gnomes for all occasions & not just the garden. Esty site

Hang on, this sounds familiar

Are you looking for something for that “fucking nailed it this time” style?

www.wayfair.co.uk/garden/pdp/happy-larry-torrington-gnome-fishing-u001795755.html

Admittedly not actually fishing ( but thinking about it ) .

@ShirleyPhallus 😂. OP don't let anyone know where you got it from or what it cost when you do get one!

What are those links @steppemum? First one redirects to a news site and second one says it's unsafe.

www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08FZY2XVR/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_0YCDNE27QK4W0EZAQVRE?tag=mumsnetforu03-21

@ShirleyPhallus

Hang on, this sounds familiar

Are you looking for something for that “fucking nailed it this time” style?

I saw that thread!

This is an odd admission- but I spent my teens and 20s stealing gnomes. I stole the first, then felt guilt but couldn't remember where I took it from. So I put it in another garden. But impulse meant I took one too. I spent a decade taking gnomes from one garden, and leaving a "new" gnome in its place. I did this at least 30 times. Stopped (children and therapy) and a decade later my new neighbor showed me her favourite gnome- it was favoured because she didn't buy it - "he arrived". I'd left him there. She hasn't noticed the stolen gnome and just loved the mystery one. I spent a lot of time feeling guilty. That made me feel better (a bit)

Thanks for all these, they are mostly too nice and too cute/happy.
I like the grumpy old man vibe.

I do like weedsandseeds frogs, but can't afford those.

@JaneJeffer

What are those links *@steppemum*? First one redirects to a news site and second one says it's unsafe.

really?

they are both images.
I've just clicke don them on this thread to check, and they send me to the pictures.

OK, here are 2 gnomes.

I like the old man on the right, but would prefer him even grumpier
I can;t stand the one on the left.

@JaneJeffer

What are those links *@steppemum*? First one redirects to a news site and second one says it's unsafe.

I clicked, they are fine, first one is a photo of a nice gnome. Second one is not.

@mrurddhasabitpart

This is an odd admission- but I spent my teens and 20s stealing gnomes. I stole the first, then felt guilt but couldn't remember where I took it from. So I put it in another garden. But impulse meant I took one too. I spent a decade taking gnomes from one garden, and leaving a "new" gnome in its place. I did this at least 30 times. Stopped (children and therapy) and a decade later my new neighbor showed me her favourite gnome- it was favoured because she didn't buy it - "he arrived". I'd left him there. She hasn't noticed the stolen gnome and just loved the mystery one. I spent a lot of time feeling guilty. That made me feel better (a bit)

This is really funny.

Gnome?

Try woodland wilf
He’s coloured but they fade quickly