Gnomes like to wander. You've heard the stories. You've seen the movies: Amelie, who sends her Dad's garden gnome on a voyage around the world with a flight attendant.

Gnomes get to go to the best places. They show us humans where the fun is. They show us that there are places out there, beyond these particle board walls.

But they can't get there alone. They need good people to do the heavy lifting. You may have noticed that they have stubby legs? As a person without stubby legs, I'm doing my part to get Gnome's out into the world.

When I travel this land, for business and for pleasure, I bring a few of my tiny friends along for the ride. They hop off where they want, in potted plants or shopping mall green areas with heavy foliage. They want to be found, but only by people who will get them where they want to go.

You have found one of these little guys and took the time to visit this website which you noticed written on the bottom of their boots. This means you are a conscientious person, observant and willing to help out the smallest among us. Perhaps, also, bored. Please visit Where Am I and log your find. I will add it to the Map shortly after. If it's not asking too much, could you please take a picture of your new friend in your natural habitat and send it to me via email so that I may include it in a picturebook of Gnome adventures?

Keep him around for a while, show him off to your friends and family. Let him see how you live and get to know what your experience is like. But don't let him hang out for too long. Gnomes are easily bored and may try to hunt your cat or seek adventure in your tumble dryer. After a period of time, return him to the wild, far from where you found him, in a quiet nook obscured by underbrush where another curious and kind fellow might discover him and repeat the process. Help the Gnome you found make it around the globe.

I thank you and the Gnomes thank you.