Well at least the weather was a little milder yesterday. It was lovely to get outside. Even though I have lived in the country all my life I’m still a fair-weather person as far as the great outdoors is concerned.
The ‘green bin’ took the rest of the Christmas tree. It wasn’t a conventional one, at least not this year. It was one which had been growing over many years in a 3’ diameter pot on the lawn. It was small enough many years ago to warrant a festive seasonal place in the house, but had grown out of all proportion. (Not quite as big as the Griswald’s even so!!)
About a month before Christmas the rough winds had managed to topple the pot over and snap off the root as it had pushed its way through the bottom of the plastic as we had suspected. A sad end to a lovely fir!! It must have grown to about 10 feet high! And each year supported brambles which snaked their way through the branches and provided us with luscious blackberries.
Having been given some odd bits of wood recently I decided to do a bit more recycling, turning them into bird’s nest boxes. Having found a pattern in a gardening magazine I proceeded to draw the templates and cut them out of cardboard. Having drawn around the templates onto the wood the next job was to cut out the pieces with the electric jig-saw. (Donning the obligatory safety gear!) Sanding them down was the next job...and I now need to shop for nails and screws to assemble the pieces into the finished article! Trouble is I’m like the late Freddie Mercury, ‘I want it all and I want it now’!! Once I have an idea in my head it has to be executed as soon as possible, if not sooner. But, like me the birds will have to be patient!
Speak soon!
The Bumpkin Rambler xx
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