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This tree face was on the other side of the yard.

We just lost two trees in the backyard because of a huge storm, so this feels like a good way to let our trees in the front yard know we still care.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Well that’s fucking horrifying.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I feel it's high time trees get to let us know how they feel.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.

-Jack Handy

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Do you ever worry about them getting angry and starting a revolt?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

By worry, do you mean hope?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

These things crack me up

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

This is funny and horrifying at the same time :D

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

That is what we were going for!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I wanted to buy these and use them as Halloween decorations. I have glow in the dark paint. So, I planning to enhance them some.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Ok this is straight up only scary now. I like the idea tho!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I have tried multiple brands of glow-in-the-dark paint for Halloween things and I have always been disappointed, so if you know a brand that works, please tell me about it. Because everything I've used does not glow as much as, say, a glow-in-the-dark shirt.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What I bought was something basic from Amazon. My trick was using a dedicated UV flashlight strategically placed. It wasn't an amazing effect, but it worked.

FolkArt glow in the dark Acrylic paint, 8 oz, Neutral 8 Fl Oz

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

The UV flashlight is a great idea! Thanks for the link!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I got these for my dad as a kid and later he cut the trees down. Always felt partially responsible.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

Did he laugh maniacally as he did it?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Careful, you may have just started an Entmoot

[–] Danquebec 4 points 3 months ago

I started seeing them in my neighborhood. What's going on?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Why put up a Green Man face when instead you can add this unsettling collage.