We call this statute the “Gay Head” because we bought him in Provincetown, Mass., and the owner of the shop said he was a Gay Head, named in part after a lighthouse called the Gay Head Lighthouse in Aquinnah, Mass, Martha’s Vineyard one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever seen.

Bud has taken a liking to the Gay Head, he often sits next to him while he scours the landscape for mice or rats or his nemesis here, the chipmunk in the stone wall.

They do seem connected to one another, the Gay Head is serious about his garden work, Bud is serious about keeping chipmunks at bay. This always makes me smile.