Birdhouse Funnery

Since I'm still recovering from a cold 

and it's 0 degrees outside this morning, 

my camera is stowed away

and I'm forced to pull from my archives for a photograph.

I thought about posting something from a warmer season, then decided

to go with this photo I took last winter outside our favorite

breakfast spot, the Meadow Mountain Cafe in

Allenspark, Co.

In keeping with my 2013 theme of "Discovery", 

I researched the history of birdhouses. 

According to eHow.com:

"In America, Native Americans built simple birdhouses out of birch bark and hollowed out gourds. They were designed to not only shelter the birds from storms, but also to help the birds breed and multiply. The Native Americans passed this tradition on to the English and German immigrants."

(Read more: The History of the Birdhouse | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/facts_7526986_history-birdhouse.html#ixzz2HsB3SVaY)

Linking today with Simple Things Sunday, Weekly Top Shot

Rural Thursday - Bird House Love

Birdhouses draw me like a magnet.

Lyons Farmette, Lyons, CO

Meadow Mountain Cafe, Allenspark, CO

Adobe Inn, Ridgway, CO

Fawnbrook Inn, Allenspark, CO

Meadow Mountain Cafe, Allenspark, CO

Estes Park, CO

“How is the birdhouse coming along, Charlie Brown?" 

"Well, I'm a lousy carpenter, I can't nail straight, I can't saw straight and I always split the wood... I'm nervous, I lack confidence, I'm stupid, I have poor taste and absolutely no sense of design... So, all things considered, it's coming along okay!”

--Charles M. Schulz, The Complete Peanuts, Vol. 5: 1959-1960

Blessings,

Nancy

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