This morning I decided Watermelon Man needed a little sprucing up. He had faded over the last few years, and the birds, critters and Florida weather had taken their toll on him.
This was one of the many things I'd gotten of Betty’s after she passed away in 2009.
Originally it had a big slice of blue watermelon in front of it and she’d titled it “Can Anyone Eat a Blue Watermelon?” She'd entered it in a show or contest in the funky art category and won first place.
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By the time I saw it, someone had decided they just wanted the watermelon and left the man behind. Anyone who knows me even a little bit, knows I like odd and peculiar, so I fell in love with Watermelon Man.
Here's what he looked like when I first got him.
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Pete built the "throne" for him to sit on and filled it with dirt shortly after he came to live with us. I placed him there and planted the kalenchoe "flapjacks" around him. This is an old picture from 2009.
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This is how badly he was looking lately . . .
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I first used blue spray paint all over . . .
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But I didn’t have spray paint for the stripes, so I mixed a bunch of colors together and came up with a really nice lime green and painted that on with a brush. I really like the combination of the two.
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I replanted the flapjacks and also added some ground cover that hopefully will spread and run down over the sides. At least that's the plan . . .
I had mixed too much of the green, so I also painted these clay pots and turtles.
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