Wren Nest

 We had a windy storm that knocked down this

wren nest last weekend.  The little eggs were

so sweet and tiny.

Since they were already abandoned,

I transferred them to a second next that also had blown down.

So that you can see how teensy they are.

Working On The Little House In The Ozarks -- May 16

Indigo Bunting, taken from my sun room window.

My favorite bird of the week.

Because spending 3.5 hours trying

(and failing) to get my car air conditioning fixed,

does not lend itself well to pics.

And a cute nocturnal visitor

on my kitchen window.

Working On The Little House In The Ozarks -- May 15

I planted the pink yarrow and lambsear this morning

on the west side of the house.

This rose bush is the neighbor to the plants I put in this morning.

I am not a rose person,

in fact I am an anti-rose person.

But he gets to stay (for now) because he is healthy and 

grudgingly beautiful.

And I planted all of the iris I brought from up north.

It might be hard to see, but a bird started to build a nest at the top 

of one of our porch arches.

I hope he gives it up, there is not much foundation for it to rest on.

Last Weekend's Vintage Finds

I went to a farm house estate sale last weekend that was organized by a friend of mine.  I have personally done estate sales before, and I know what a daunting task it was.  This sale was HUGE, and encompassed the house and several outbuildings.

 I got three of these American Poultry Journal magazines from the 1920s.

I may frame them and hang them in my future chicken coop.
(Doesn't everyone decorate their chicken coop interior?)

UPDATE:  Two were used on a cabinet in my Ozarks bathroom.

The last one I framed and it graces a shelf in the Stonecrest Cottage guest house.

 Speaking of chickens -- I also bought two large egg baskets

(purchased for $10 each, sold for $24 each)

and a great scale for $5.

I already had the basket, but purchased the 

"grocery cart" and owl #1.

It is the perfect time of year to be selling owls.

Paid $5 for this owl, sold it for $15).

 Owl #2 inside a milk crate "cage".
Paid $1 for this owl, sold it for $15.

+ 6 more metal milk crates with gallon jars included,

for $5 a crate.  And paid $5 for the sled on the right, later sold for $36.

Giant ball of twine for $1....

and the cutest little birdhouse for $1 (keeper).

 Bird nests.... they are a weakness of mine.

 These had sat in cardboard box in the barn for years.

 I also bought a garden windmill,
but had to make some repairs on it.
You will have to check back in a couple of days to see it.