Tell me exactly how a having an image as a reminder of someone in your yard (or anywhere else) equates to worship. By that measure, the Lincoln Memorial and Mt. Rushmore are objects of worship.
“Tell me exactly how a having an image as a reminder of someone in your yard”
So, I take it you have a statue of your dead grandfather where you offer prayer and incense on a daily basis? The Asians do that. It’s called ancestor worship.
Nevertheless Catholics worship Mary. Deny all you want. I was raised a Catholic. Catholics will say whatever it takes to get Christians to not question their unbiblical practices. I used to do the same thing.