Many stores have taken to employing gnomes as a deterrent to shop lifters. To a casual browser who has no ill intent, the gnome’s expression seems friendly and appealing, but a more particular look ought to deter any potential miscreant who knows what’s good for them.
Don’t believe me? I’ll adopt an attitude of air sneck and leave you to browse the other pictures in peace.
Shared for HeyJude’s Colour2021 Challenge.
Susan Rushton 
Oh, well found!!
It’s funny what we have when we look! I see you managed to find some too.
I did!
Fun series of photos!
Thanks, David.
I look at these with your comment about red and invisibility fresh in my mind, and there is a whole new dimension to all of this. I love the suspended red Legos, which to me appear to have spattered from the dress, and I enjoyed the renewal of “air sneck” in my memory; I’d remembered the rite but forgotten its name.
I am not too sure those who decide to circle traffic warning signs in red have heard of the invisibility idea. Perhaps gnomes and traffic signs have less in common than we might think.
Brilliant and surprising choices.
Choices determined very much by availability!
Brilliant is right! And I had forgotten all about “air sneck.” Had to reread to acquaint myself with the concept. 😉
After several years my sweetheart and I have less propensity to find our noses going skywards, but ‘less’ should not be read as ‘no’.
Tee-hee!
I’m quite taken with the red dress. Whether it’s assembling or disassembling is hard to say, but it’s delightful!
I liked the suspended bits. We are invited to imagine wind tearing the dress at the seams.
Your comment about gnomes guarding shops brings to mind coulrophobia, a fear of clowns: fun for some but really scary for other people.
If I ever share a clown, I preface it with a warning.
An interesting quirky selection! Love that lego dress and your gnome remarks made me smile ❤️
I suppose it is a strange assortment, viewed in retrospect.
Magic 🤣💕
Thank you! I hope your trip is going to plan.
Fabulous, thanks 🤗💕
The gnome was really fun Susan (because I’m not a shop lifter!) . And his shoes would be a nice fit for our challenge this week!
It would make a good personality test, wouldn’t it? You’re right, most of them would have worked if I’d have thought of it.