You can almost hear the voices of Munchkins warbling their The Wizard of Oz song as you walk the bricks in Russell Moser's Raubsville garden.

Moser, 72, was in his garden one day in 2005 when he looked around at the small field between his home and Dutch's Deli on Raubsville Road.

"I was tired of mowing it, so I thought a yellow brick road would be neat," he said while giving a tour along the thousands of bricks he pulled from buildings renovated years ago.

Using a four-inch-wide paintbrush, Moser got down on his knees, installed, and painted each brick in the 700-foot-long winding walkway.

"I had just had two knee-replacement surgeries," Moser said. "It was tough, but I moved 500 loads of dirt and made raised gardens with it."

The yellow brick road is more than just a pleasant garden diversion. It's full of entertainment, too.

An archway covered in greenery and magenta morning glories serves as the garden's entrance. Other flowers include ultramarine spider plantsand simple daisies.

Bare-branched gnarly trees seem to grab visitors.

Smooth river rocks from the nearby Delaware, painted cream, and fastened atop sapling stumps he had driven into the ground, create the illusion of a mushroom garden.

Then there are the shoes.

His wife, Margaret, "found some in the attic," he said, "and I painted them red."

Moser had created Dorothy's famous ruby slippers.