See Dick. See Jane. See Dick & Jane’s House…
I love Dick & Jane’s house; talk about an offbeat beauty. However, first let me digress because I owe some props.
I was surfing about and where I first saw Dick & Jane’s house is a blog called Mid Beacon Hill. Now this is a blog worth mentioning and believe me, I see many blogs. This blog captured my attention for far too long (when I should have been working). The blogger is sort of like me here — lots of photos, lots of thought snippets and bonus overload mentions of the beautiful Pacific Northwest. Visit Mid Beacon Hill and delight in all it is. It’s a long download but other than that a fine read.
Back to seeing Dick & Jane:
What is this place indeed. This place is Dick & Jane’s House; an art site and home to artists Jane Orleman and Richard C. Elliott.
From Dick & Jane’s Spot:
“Dick and Jane made most of the art you see but we also collect art. The works of over 40 artists are in the yard. Generally, what you see from outside the fence is what you see. The rest is our private yard so please respect the fences.
We have been working on the Spot for 27 years. There are over 10,000 bottle caps and thousands of reflectors. The pieces in the yard are always changing. Old pieces decay and new ones are added. The images you see here represent a small fraction of the art and gardens.”
The Milky Way fence — bottle cap heavy.
The Hidden Garden:
To see more of this offbeat wonder visit Dick & Jane’s Spot.
What do you think? Garden renovations anyone?
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2 opinions for See Dick. See Jane. See Dick & Jane’s House…
JvA
Nov 18, 2007 at 7:17 pm
Why thank you, Jennifer, for your kind words and this nice link. I wish I had the discipline to stick to one awesome theme, as you do here, but my blog is a bit of a mish-mash. Ostensibly it’s about the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Seattle, but it’s really more about the Georgetown neighborhood, plus all the other places I go. Especially gardens.
Since it is a mish-mash, I’d like to be presumptuous enough to point you to a few specific links your readers might like. These are all pictures of weird homes.
1. My pics of the wonderful yard that this post is about.
http://midbeaconhill.blogspot.com/2007/04/dick-and-janes-spot-in-ellensburg.html
2. Rich Art’s yard in Centralia, Washington. Even weirder than Dick & Jane’s spot.
http://midbeaconhill.blogspot.com/2007/05/rich-arts-art-yard-in-centralia.html
3. My favorite house in Seattle. My friends live here. They’re artists, and they’ve done amazing work on their house and yard.
http://midbeaconhill.blogspot.com/2007/08/art-house-and-garden.html
4. Georgetown Castle, also in Seattle. It’s definitely old; it’s supposedly haunted.
http://midbeaconhill.blogspot.com/2007/07/inside-georgetown-castle.html
More here:
http://midbeaconhill.blogspot.com/2007/05/georgetown-castle.html
5. This place, the Bridge Motel, was a short-term residence for many people. My husband’s parents stayed here when they first moved to Seattle. These shots are from the pre-demolition party.
http://midbeaconhill.blogspot.com/2007/09/bridge-motel.html
Thanks again!
Jennifer Chait
Nov 23, 2007 at 7:52 pm
Thanks for all the yummy links! I may have to do a round up of some. Very nice. Also, mish-mash blogs are a-ok. Thanks for stopping by :)
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