So, in my neck of the woods, people having been dressing up their porch geese for as long as I can remember. It's always been a goose. Even if there are deer and frogs and bunnies on the same porch, only the goose gets the outfit. Is this an Ohio thing? How long has it been going on?
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
I see these critters in several of my catalogs all the time. [Edit: Specifically, the one you linked to. But others too, I think.] I don't know how or when or why it started. And I think it's rather odd.
Don't think I've actually seen them in person. Not around here, anyway.
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
You have "porch geese"?
Posted by Jamio (Member # 12053) on :
You're making me think I've spelled something wrong...
Posted by ricree101 (Member # 7749) on :
Some people a couple houses over from where I grew up (Illinois, nearish to Chicago) did this. That's about the extent of my knowledge on the subject, though.
Posted by Darth_Mauve (Member # 4709) on :
Its done by some people here in Missouri. My parents did it for a while. They had a July 4th outfit, a Christmas outfit, a halloween outfit, a Easter outfit and of course, a Thanksgiving Turkey outfit.
Posted by Dead_Horse (Member # 3027) on :
Yes, here in Ohio there are a lot of dressed porch geese. It's the gnomes that are naked LOL. I do have a friend with a dressed sheep in her yard, but she's kinda weird.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
It's a midwest thing, I think. I saw a bunch of them in Michigan and Ohio, but not outside of that region.
Posted by Catalyst (Member # 12119) on :
The first time I saw them was in western Pennsylvania. I have noticed them in West Virginia as well, but not anywhere outside that region.
It is a strange hobby, but less obnoxious than the collections of hubcaps one sees in the rural south. I suppose every region has its own oddities.
Posted by Jamio (Member # 12053) on :
I kinda want one.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
I did see a house with no flowers or bushes in the flower beds at all - the house was ringed with and the flowerbeds full of nothing but lawn ornaments.
I took a picture.
Posted by Philosofickle (Member # 10993) on :
I wont be impressed until I see them juggled.
Posted by RackhamsRazor (Member # 5254) on :
There are lots of them in Western PA
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
My mother in law thinks hers is adorable. (She's in the Dallas, TX area.)
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
All around Indiana and Kentucky, saw two in Iowa (wearing john deere stuff) this weekend.
Posted by paigereader (Member # 2274) on :
We have a goose, but he's naked! He is on the front porch, hiding behind one of the post. His little head is poking out like he's going to attack. It scared the mail lady the fist day. lol Also, another big trend in Ohio is the big aluminum star hanging on houses. My husband says, "look, they must be in some kind of star gang."
Posted by Jamio (Member # 12053) on :
Yes, the aluminum stars, and don't forget the barn quilts.