The End Zones....

 The rehab birdhouse has two openings for birds now.  I like to call them the end zones because they each are different. I used some of my ideas from the ones that I made new to add to the old weathered house.

 

 

End zone two has the larger hole for the birds to enter.  I think it is too big but I didn't make this originally. 

 

 Just a reminder as to its past and what it looked like when I started the renovation.  I can put the house back up soon but the temps have already dropped to make it a cold job. 

 

This pictures better shows the proportion of the birdhouse. It is interesting the green wood is reflection color onto the front.

We have a gray day today and the temperature is down to 33 degrees F. already.  We had a warmer night.  Headed for 17 degrees F. by night time. 

Thanks......see you tomorrow.

Melting....a Little.

 We are warm enough to melt snow.  It is windy and it still feels cold. The Canadian geese (fake) are out of the snow now and can see brown grass. 

We did get a lot of snow quite a while ago and it stayed frozen for a very long tine too.  I won't be planting tomatoes for two and a half months.  I will need to trim back all my roses now or at least when we get a warmer day than today. 

I stopped building new ones but I did get stuck with this messy project.  I wanted to rework this and new paint is happening now. 

I am not an expert on birds but I decided to divide this large birdhouse into two compartments.  I made another hole in the opposite end and put in a divider.  I am thinking that birds like the spaces just big enough to make a nest. 

Paint is being applied to all outside surfaces.  The roof had growth and mold on it and it now also has a new coat of paint.  I am making outside wood pieces to add to make it less plain looking.  The previous owner made this or bought this and it was made from very thick pieces of redwood. 

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Lunes....

 My wife gave me a pop up card today.  It is from the Disney movie "Up" where the house was lifted by balloons to travel all over the country.  It is a wonderful card with the background being the sky with clouds, stray balloons and hearts  My wife also baked me a cake for today using a sugar free cake mix.  I have had two small slices of it already today. 

We warmed up to 30 degrees F. today.  I dumped fresh seed out there today as there was a cardinal checking out the feeder.  The cardinal never came back but the sparrows and house finches are enjoying the seed.

The house finch is the only bird with red on it out there now.  I like how they fly in at numbers of three to five at a time and then leave for the sparrows to take a turn. 

We inherited the former owner's birdhouse that sits on the top of a ten foot pole.  I figured out how to unscrew it from the pole and got it down while standing on the top of the step ladder.  It is made of redwood and it was heavier than I though when I lifted it off the pole.  I didn't drop me or the house but it was a little shaky for the moment it was freed from the socket.  I have plans to change it completely with new coats of paint and decorations of course.  I dumped out years of nest material from it this morning and it was a mess.  

Taking my wife out for a meal at a Mexican place tonight.  It will be good to get out with the weather being a little bit warmer.  Thanks for stopping by today.

Sunny Sunday...

 The earth has tilted back now so the sun is in view and not behind the neighbor's house.  It is good to see the sun on a very frosty morning.

Side view shows the finished pagoda birdhouse.  I took the base that mismatched one of my first houses and reworked it with a house that matched its design. I have the top house on that base and attached it with four screws.  I can take it apart to clean it out each year.

 

The front view shows the opening for the luck bird that nests in it. I finished this one with another one to be the last of the bird houses that I will make for awhile. 

 

I finished this one with its rustic roof yesterday.  I struggle to fine a roof that worked and then I found this rough painted pieces of wood from an old crate. This house has a platform in front different than all the others. 

 

Being obsessive compulsive in the making of these, one would think I would count them all before I took this final photo.  I counted after the shot and realized that I left one house out of the picture. 

 

The final six and the last I will make for a while.  I need the spring weather so I can dig and plant poles in the ground for some of these.  Others will go nuder the deck.

Thanks for checking in today.  Have a great Sunday day.

Saturday's Stuff.....

 

 

 Six of them are now done and I am also done making them.  Cleaning up sawdust off of everything and closing up all the paint cans securely.  Putting away tools and clearing up will take a couple of more days. 

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Friday's Report...

 It is a hazy blue day with times of rainfall.  The sun isn't shining as the weather is changing to the colder.  

The rain did not last long but the water remains on the deck.  It will maybe freeze dry during the night. It is to be very cold in them morning. 

Work is still in progress for three of these things.  I tore this one apart as the base was not level. You can't have a leaning tower.  Because of the flaw I took steps backward.  I thought I was going to finish it today.  Maybe in another day. 

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Make Doughnuts....Not.

 

It is not a quick melt but it is melting. The reason that it is melting away from the plastic geese is a mystery to me  as it is dong the same around the blue spruce tree.

 

 

We get good clouds like this when it is warmer.  Warmer means the lower 40s F.  We are not this birght today compared to this yesterday's photo.

I took our Christmas wreath apart and removed the star fish and eucalyptus  from the drying greens. It really does make an ugly bouquet but maybe I can find a better vase for it.  The berries were on the wreath and I yet don't know if they were real.

The sixth birdhouse is under development. It may be my last one to make now and I maybe can find something else to do.  Maybe I could make doughnuts.  I have newer done that and I couldn't eat them anyway.  When this one is done the plan is to have everything to be water treated sealed  It will have no painted surfaces. 

It was a great run.  Thanks for checking in today.