Boomdeeada got me rolling this week, when she shared this clever (empty) chair from Pinterest with the term Eastwooding.
Cactus Chair Made by Valentina Gonzales Wohlers
(Thanks Boomdee)
Eastwooding
Someone coined the term “Eastwooding” after actor Clint Eastwood addressed an empty chair at the Republican National Convention. He was pretending to address President Obama. Memes are spreading across the web, parodying the awkward, at times rambling, unscripted speech.
A meme is a cultural item that is transmitted by repetition in a manner analogous to the biological transmission of genes.
In his book The Selfish Gene (2 ed.) Richard Dawkins states “We need a name for the new replicator, a noun that conveys the idea of a unit of cultural transmission, or a unit of imitation. ‘Mimeme’ comes from a suitable Greek root, but I want a monosyllable that sounds a bit like ‘gene’. I hope my classicist friends will forgive me if I abbreviate mimeme to meme. If it is any consolation, it could alternatively be thought of as being related to ‘memory’, or to the French word même. It should be pronounced to rhyme with ‘cream’.”
I will leave the clever memes to the talented folks that create them, but thought it would be fun to share empty chairs with a gardening flare. Be sure to let me know if you have a favorite in the comments below.
Garden Chairs with Flare
Artistic garden chairs by De Castelli
(This chair is really growing on me)
Debra Prinzing Planted Chair
(What a ferny arm)
Dragonfly Garden Bench
(Heavy duty bench won’t fly off in the wind)
Leaf Chair and Bench
(It might be best to just leaf this one alone)
Artscapes Garden Furniture
(Is it your turn to mow the lawn?)
Of possible interest:
Cheers my friend, thank you for this!!
How brilliant to weave your post from our inside giggle..clever girl. I’m torn between the aqua butterflies bench and the Artscapes Lawn Furniture. I think I shall be spoilt and say I would have them both…ha. One on the front porch and the other in a secret garden that’s just for my garden friends and me. I can’t imagine how they do it, but I love the lines of that furniture…It’s so Alys in Wonderland (hehe). I can imagine a little rabbit with a big watch….I’m off to visit your links. 
I’m glad you had more than one favorite. I love them all. I’ve always wanted to create a little garden in an old chair, wagon or some other worn out object. Wouldn’t that be fun?
Almost anything goes, I had a rusty old baby buggy at the lake…filled it with moss and then garden soil…couldn’t bring it here so offered to a friend. I’ll look for a picture.
Oh…I’m reading these in reverse order. Well, you have a lucky friend then. What a charming planter.
They do, they do!
http://www.picture2life.com/Explore/Sunnydaye/17745645
The last year there, I didn’t plant too much because I thought we might move, but added color to a empty corner (we’d removed an shed).
I love it! You are so clever. Did you leave it with the house, or do you have it in storage. Did you find the pram antiquing? Thanks so much for sharing the pic. I’m inspired.
Thank’s Alys. I got it at a garden center I worked at. The owner dug it out of a junk pile and rigged it up with chicken wire so I could plant it…I gave it to a good friend and hopefully she’s enjoying it. It wouldn’t have fit in the locker, I think I’ll miss it. I’ll just have to find something new…maybe Kijiji…or do you have kijiji in California?
I don’t know Kijiji but it makes me dizzy typing it. That’s a lot of dotted i’s and j’s. It’s amazing what you can pull out of a junk pile. I used to have the cutest little shelf in my apartment many years ago, snagged from a junk yard. I hadn’t thought of it till now.
Oh yah, you’re right, HA dizzy. It’s a ‘sell it on line’ site that you can search by City. Probably like eBay but more like a garage sale on line. Once a year at the lake the County would pick up large items..I got a couple of things curb shopping before pickup hehe…..Trash Diva!
Trash diva! I love that. I used to volunteer with an organization called Design Response (now defunct). One of the volunteer designers redecorated an entire office using trash and recycled items. I wish I had photos. It was spectacular.
Beautiful and fun choices but I like to sit in my chairs so I think I’ll vote for the Leaf Chair and Bench!
Great choice, Sheryl. Those pieces are really elegant, aren’t the?
I can’t decide between the artscape garden furniture, the dragonfly bench, or the leaf chair. Hmm–I think that my favorite is the dragonfly bench.
It’s beautiful, isn’t it? My friend has a similar bench made to look like a butterfly.
Thanks for reading and commenting, Sheryl!
I’m partial to dragon flies so I’ll have to pick that one!
Good pick, Sharon!
Has anyone picked the basket chair? – I think I will pick that for the vintage / creative factor and because I just love basket chairs although I couldn’t plant one myself as I like to sit in them.
My dad (sadly passed away now) was the biggest up-cycler I have ever known and well before it was fashionable – he turned bedheads and old dressing tables into new pieces of furniture and he made everything in his garden including his Greenhouse and propagator. He had a shed full of bits and pieces all waiting to be made into new items one day nothing was trash in his eyes!
What an amazing man your dad was. I’ll bet you learned a lot from him. I’ve always admired people with those talents. And yes, he was ahead of his time.
You’re the first to pick the wicker chair. I’m fond of that one too.
Thanks for commenting.