The Spontaneous Birdhouse
Birds, Building, nature study (7)
The conversation over breakfast this morning went like this:
Mommy: Seth would you like to help me build a trellis for our birdhouse gourd vines today?
Seth: I know mommy, let's just build a birdhouse!
That was really all he had to say to light a fire under my boot. I mean after all, what use was that pesky degree in industrial design for if I can't even whip up a simple birdhouse! So we set about borrowing some tools from grandpa, and foraged for wood in the back of the garage. We found some mud spattered lengths of redwood fence board that ...