Friday, February 05, 2010
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How high’s the water momma?
I don’t think we’ve ever seen this much water in the 5 years we’ve lived in this house.
We designed and built a birdhouse for a charity auction this weekend. Gerry pretty much designed this one on the fly. He really likes the asymetrical roof line.
Friends have been giving us things to use in our quest to make our birdhouses unique. This one has two pieces of silver-plate, a tray under the house and a footed piece under the center post. The tray has been drilled so it won’t hold water and breed mosquitoes. I placed bicycle gears on the front and on the side roof and then I hung crystals hoping the bluebirds would be attracted to the “shiny things”. The center post is a leg from an old table, the feet are old drawer knobs. The bird perch is a very scuffed up finial. On the right there is a brass light fixture base. I slapped that distressed aluminum on the front because I wanted to hammer in some more copper nails. I love to put those copper nails all over the place. The white porcelain knob on the side is for the clean-out. This house is functional and decorative. I hope it brings as much as the one we made last year, but this event is in danger of being postponed due to the CRAPPY weather!
