{"id":14649,"date":"2016-09-24T09:28:54","date_gmt":"2016-09-24T16:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/?p=14649"},"modified":"2016-09-20T12:50:29","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T19:50:29","slug":"bowling-ball-yard-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/2016\/09\/24\/bowling-ball-yard-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Barbee’s Bowling Ball Yard!! It’s Full of Bowling Ball ART!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Next time you’re headed through Oklahoma, do yourself a favor and stop by Chris Barbee’s\u00a0Bowling Ball Yard<\/a> in Nowata<\/a>!!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\"chris-barbees-bowling-ball-yard-art-flag\"\n

As the story goes, Chris’ wife wanted gazing balls<\/a>\u00a0to decorate her rose garden but they weren’t sturdy enough to withstand the harsh winters in Oklahoma. So, Chris started using something that would: BOWLING BALLS!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

After Carol’s\u00a0death in 1997, he wanted to make\u00a0more bowling ball art to keep her memory alive.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Soooo…. since\u00a0then, he’s been transforming his yard into something EXTRAORDINARY\u00a0with ordinary\u00a0bowling balls!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

via Roadside America<\/a>,\u00a0images\u00a0via Facebook<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Take a LOOK!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is a small house that has bowling balls and pins for “shingles!”<\/strong><\/p>\n\"chris-barbees-bowling-ball-yard-art-house\"\n

Hello,\u00a0friendly bowling ball ROBOT!<\/strong><\/p>\n\"chris-barbees-bowling-ball-yard-art-robot\"\n

Here’s a GIANT pool table complete with painted bowling balls!!<\/strong><\/p>\n\"chris-barbees-bowling-ball-yard-art-billiards\"\n

Here’s Mr. Barbee playing pool on it… see how big the table is!<\/strong><\/p>\n\"chris-barbees-bowling-ball-yard-art-playing-pool\"\n

photo by Fred Scruton<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Maybe Croquet is more your thing? Here’s a giant set!<\/strong><\/p>\n\"chris-barbees-bowling-ball-yard-art-croquet\"\n

The second major project, after his wife’s death, was this bowling ball ALPHABET!!<\/strong><\/p>\n\"chris-barbees-bowling-ball-yard-art-alphabet\"\n

I recently posted about a\u00a0bowling ball pyramid<\/a>… here’s Chris’ version. Look at the LOCK!<\/strong><\/p>\n\"chris-barbees-bowling-ball-yard-art-pyramid\"\n

How can you not LOVE this place?! It’s truly a labor of LOVE!<\/strong><\/p>\n\"chris-barbees-bowling-ball-yard-art-heart\"\n

When you visit, be sure to make a WISH in this special WISHING WELL!! <\/strong><\/p>\n\"chris-barbees-bowling-ball-yard-art-wishing-well\"\n

And don’t forget to take LOTS of PICTURES!! There’s LOTS more to see, be sure to visit! It’s Free!<\/strong><\/p>\n\"chris-barbees-bowling-ball-yard-art-signs\"\n

Got bowling balls to donate? Leave it in his yard. Chris writes<\/a>, “Just kick ’em out- I’ll find ’em!” <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Chris Barbee’s Bowling Ball Yard<\/a> is located at:\u00a0E021 Rd, Nowata, OK 74048<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Next time you’re headed through Oklahoma, do yourself a favor and stop by Chris Barbee’s\u00a0Bowling Ball Yard in Nowata!!\u00a0 As the story goes, Chris’ wife wanted gazing balls\u00a0to decorate her rose garden but they weren’t sturdy enough to withstand the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,16,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14649"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14649"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14667,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14649\/revisions\/14667"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}