Area gnome tours town

By Michael Gorman

THE VANGUARD

NovaNewsNow.com

A local gnome might be the first of his kind to take a tour of Yarmouth.

The lawn at Carol Davis's home on Vaughn Avenue is filled with garden gnomes and other small statues and figures. Recently, one went missing and was returned, all without Davis and her husband knowing.

"We were away camping," she said. "My daughter found (the gnome) on the front step."

The gnome, who usually enjoys a shaded piece of real estate along the side of the house under a fern and in the company of a troll, was sitting on top of a note when Davis's daughter discovered him.

In the note was a series of pictures documenting the gnome's "get-away," as the author called it.

The pictures show the gnome with no name driving a car and stopping to visit such well-known Yarmouth landmarks as town hall, the Milton horse, Lake Milo and the Trefry farm. Judging by the photographs, the gnome worked up quite an appetite during the trip. Photographic evidence shows he stopped at McDonald's, Subway, Tim Hortons, a grocery store and for a slice of pizza. It would also seem that he feels 49 cents for a pound of bananas is a good deal.

Davis said she and her husband, whom she credits as having the green thumb in the family, got a laugh from the photos and were pleased to see the gnome, which Davis made in a ceramics class 10 years ago, was unharmed.

"I thought it was kind of cute," she said. "It wasn't broken or anything. It was all in one piece and the note was neatly written and the pictures were neatly taken."

Davis and her husband have lived in their home for close to 20 years. In that time, she said, they've never had a problem with their lawn ornaments. She said neither she nor her husband takes the gnome or any of his lawn mates for drives.

"They usually stay in the garden."