I've decided to dedicate one of my small flower beds to my favorite hockey team, the Edmonton Oilers. I have started gathering seeds/plants for blue and orange flowers, as well as blue and orange rocks to go around them. I will also include some broken hockey sticks as decoration and to keep the dog out of the flower bed.
It occurred to me to include a little hockey player in the bed, so I built an inukshuk, or rock person, using two round "leg" rocks, an oblong "body" rock, a round "head" rock, and a piece of aluminum hockey stick for "arms". I added a water-less Oilers logo tattoo to the "body" rock and a couple stickers on the "shoulders". I glued it all together using GOOP, and had to use a black pop bottle cap behind the legs to get it to balance properly, but I think it turned out pretty well.
Happy 4th of July to my American friends and family! Stay safe if you are out to a party - don't drink and drive!
To all my Canadian friends and family: Happy Canada Day!
To hockey fans worldwide: happy free agency day!
To all the NHL players who are now free agents: best of luck finding a new team! Hope everything goes well for you, the teams, and your families!
