Hodge Podge Posts

     These posts are a bit like summer cleaning----you find stuff where there doesn't seem to be a rhyme nor reason.  Still, it is fun to find it all!
I came across the picture on the top today.  It was taken half my life ago-----I think exactly 30 years ago, give or take a week.
The picture on the bottom is within the last year.  My hair was disheveled due to a nap but I kind of thought it suited how I was feeling about life that day....sort of carefree and wild, after a long season of heavy burden.  It is obvious that 30 years came and went. ha ha

 

 



                            

Now on to other things.

I went back to the Amish Bird Guy and asked a few questions about birdhouses.

It is so wonderful to be able to talk to knowledgeable people when you are trying to gain information. 

I asked him about house finch birdhouses.  No such thing, as house finches tend to nest on ledges, or in open sort of boxes.

Then I asked him about the cute wren houses he had (quite cheap).  Not a problem....but they won't eat my birdseed.  (They eat bugs.)

It seems the house finches I can feed, but not house.

The wrens I can house but not feed.

I found this sublimely humorous.

I left with a wren house (pictured below) and am hoping I am not too late in the season for them to nest.  BTW, the purple martins are in jeopardy tonight-----it was a cool day and they can only handle cool temps. for about 24 hrs. before the baby birds freeze to death (as well as adults?).  So I'm hoping for a warm evening!

I also made a second bed for Faith as her other bed stays on my bed.  I think it a tad small but she doesn't seem to mind.

 

Repurposed wood/plastic, the kind they make patio furniture from....

cleanable wren box, to clean out when they all leave for the winter.

Wish I could join them. :(

 

Faith is snuggling down in her new bed.  I have since put it in a pillowcase (dedicated to the dog) to help keep the bed clean-ish.  Of course it is washable. 

All set, Mom....what're we doin' next??