So I'm thoroughly enjoying my time off and finally managed to organize and update a brand spankin' new 'gnome family album' on kodakgallery.com, complete with captions detailing the gnome timline, and in perfect chronological order ;) This is by all means an exhaustive compilation of every g'nome pic in my possession! You can check it out here: http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=6ro274n.707qevxz&x=1&y=-z1cw46
And, now, because pleople are always asking, "Hey what's the deal with the gnomes?" I thought it's high time I post a not-so-brief history of our little g'nome operation.
It was the spring of 2005. Natasha's birthday. Xine and I had no idea what to get her, so we hit the dollar store armed with a gift basket and a 20 and went crazy. That's when I saw him standing there on the shelf with his little green hat, holding his beard with one hand and saluting me with the other. I had to have him. I bought multiples, and we added him to the bday basket. Natasha loved him, and so did everyone else. The craze began. This also happened to be right around the time that a huge group of our friends graduated from UAB. Everyone was getting ready to go their separate ways for jobs and grad school, so we came up with the great idea to send identical gnomes out with everyone and take pictures of them in their respective parts of the country. The gnomes also accompanied us on many road trips and even Europe trips, though some people (cough *KP* cough cough) forgot them... Many pictures of course resulted.
Not long after, travelocity took their 'roaming gnome' campaign national, resulting in their red-capped guy gaining huge popularity. And then these guys made the headlines for kidnapping a neighbor's lawn gnome and taking him on a whirlwind cross-country spring break road trip, where he met Paris Hilton of all people (eww). After that, we got a lot more cooperation on the road, and our gnome has now met a few celebrities himself, and while the fanfare has died down considerably, we do still enjoy a good gnoming when given the opportunity. Thanks to some lovely friends, I now have quite a little gnome collection. But I still love Gunther, the original, the very best and have even immortalized him as a Christmas ornament for my tree. Tee hee!
And there you have it folks, the complete gnome story, once and for all!
p.s. Yes, I have now finally seen 'Amelie' and I get why everyone asks me this everywhere I gnome... ;)
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