Recycled shipping pallets

Trying to get rid of the shipping pallets from my patio projects. Most of them are made of hardwood so it would be a waste to just throw them away. My garden gate was made from these pallets so as my birdhouses. But there are still a lot left. We also have firewood just sitting on some of it and thought it would be nice to fix it neatly.

So I built a small simple firewood storage out of the pallet.

can't make it perfectly aligned because of warpage, no biggie

Not bad, I think

And simple planter boxes for my tomato pots.

And still some left. I need to find other ways to use them, maybe a hose holder, more planter box or trellis. I just can't bear to throw them away.

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Birds and daffodils

Spring Poem

Spring, Oh Spring
You make me wanna dance and sing
You bring flowers and birds that sings
While they hop and flap their wings

The sky is pretty and blue
With breeze of wind high and low
Mr. Sunshine is smiling too
Thus, time for winter to say "adieu!"

                      -by lazy Liz

Even though, technically speaking it's not spring yet but I feel springy alright!

took this photo from inside my kitchen

peeking

waiting for Mrs. bluebird to come out of the birdhouse or on guard?

did it passed both your tastes, birdies?

I guess it did, he went inside! but she's still checking, I swear female are always pickier!

My first daffodil blooms in the south!

lots of YELLOW!

I love spring!

can't stop appreciating the beauty, I have to take photos from all directions haha!

Flowers always make a dull room lively!

The "not-so-secret" secret of making a dull or boring room bright and alive is just a vase of flowers (agree or agree? :-) Pin It

Bird bath and bird feeder

One thing I like about Spring is when I wake up in the morning and hear birds singing. Or just sitting on the patio while watching those birds fuss at each other or gather twigs and grass or pick on my tomatoes and blueberries! Sometimes I also think they teases my dog, Uma. They flies to our lawn and chirps when Uma is out playing at the backyard. Uma will try to go and get them but they'll fly away but not far and chirp again or fly to the fence and stay there while still chirping, that really makes Uma so rile up and whines ha ha!

So anyway, I built three bird houses the other day and my husband said I should also build feeder and we'll buy bird bath. So I did, except we didn't buy bird bath because I want to try something different from the traditional concrete birdbath.

This bird bath is an idea of mine that I don't know if it will work as I haven't seen anything similar.
Here it is!

Its built of 4 wood prongs and 2X2 in the middle, all pressure treated

I built it this way because I want flowering vines to climb up the bird bath. I think it will look nice when the sweet pea I planted get big and have flowers. 

I bought the glass bowl from a goodwill thrift store for $3.00 and the marbles just for decor for $0.50.

took this picture from my breakfast area window

For the bird feeder, nothing unique about it. I build it to look like a gazebo. I put an upside plastic bottle in the center for bird food refilling.

I didn't buy any bird food yet so I put old cereals instead, dunno if birds like it

the top roof is a cap that can be removed to refill  the bird food

maybe too close?

View from my mailbox.

evergreen arborvitae I planted when they were about 2 inches small 2-1/2 years ago are now getting big!

Pictures taken from inside.

I placed them by the window so I can watch the birds while sipping coffee in the morning, sounds good?

 Can't wait for the birds to come eat and take a bath then go to their houses ha ha! Pin It

My bird houses

The other day, I noticed two different birds fighting for one of the two bird houses my husband put up in our backyard last year. I think those birds need one more birdhouse.

The crates used for our patio bricks that are just laying around are perfect for this project so I cut pieces that I can use.

 Tada!

Now that I have one more bird house hopefully no more fighting birds in my backyard.

Well, after finishing this white bird house, I got carried away and made another one from twigs and wood barks I gathered all over the place.

top view

the wood bark are glued to a wood so it won't leak when it rains

..And another one..

I made the roof from pine cones I got from GA while visiting.

from the bottom, just like laying shingles

  

Ooooppsss!....I hope I have enough place to hang all these :-) Pin It