Gifts and Gadgets

Lately, when we pull into our driveway, I have been noticing a bird nest that remains from the spring.  It is not really a pretty sight. However, it was once home to some baby birds who have long since flown farther south.  Contemplating that birdhouse set me to thinking.  What is our fascination with birdhouses?  Is it a memory for  us “used to be” little girls of the doll houses we once had?  We find birdhouses in all designs.  Some are definitely not to be put outside.  They might just scare the birds away.  But I like them.  A lot of other people like them.  They are cute or pretty or handsome or whatever you want to use to describe them.  If we did not already have a plane for our curio cabinet, I might just fill it with birdhouses. That is enough theorizing about birdhouses.  You either like them or you don’t.  If you do, you want a sturdy one outside or you have a place inside for the pretty ones.  Just enjoy those you have and if you don’t have one, maybe you just need to get one to place in that empty corner cabinet…or outside on the patio.