Hi everyone
A couple of years ago we used to have a great interest in crafts that members did but it seems to have fizzled out, there was quite a bit of knitting and crocheting that the ladies used to show on the site. Don't worry men, you can do some too, it's definitely not just for ladies.
I vaguely remember that when I was around the ages of 4 to 10 years old, so that's almost 60 years ago, my mum showed me how to knit a few items and it doesn't stop there, I can remember that I was fond of little rug making kits. I made a little bedside rug by following instructions and in the mornings when I got out of bed my cold feet landed on a cosy woollen rug. Those kits were very common, anyone remember them? Maybe they're still around, anyone seen them lately? Wool shops, as we called them in Belfast, were plentiful in every town and city.
I haven't made any woollen items but I have been working with wood a little. For my wife's last birthday in May I made her a little easel as she likes to paint now and then. This is it
For Christmas past, I made a few little bird feeders for some close family members, you pull the cork out at the top and fill with nuts or whatever. My wife did the paintwork, I was a little worried that she used grey wood preservative because I thought that made them look like a pigeon and small birds are afraid of pigeons but to my delight little birds were abundant and soon scoffed the lot! We don't have any squirrels in this area unfortunately although I have seen the occasional one a mile or so away. Hopefully they'll come to the little wood of 1500 willow trees I planted in the field opposite. Willow trees are great for attracting wildlife, I was told. The photo below is of one of the birds that I kept for myself
So let's get making folks, it's a wonderful activity and let's see what you've done/what you make.
Tvman xx
That's a great idea SiT, lying in the shade sipping our piña coladas.
Tvman
Hi , Pet1968 and friends
The much awaited photos of the Eucalyptus tree are below. The first one shows a little bug hotel that sits about 5ft(1.7m) from the base and then the second one shows the whole of the tree and you can see the bug hotel and that'll give you an idea of the overall height of the tree that is only 5m from the house. I love trees but I would advise everyone not to buy one unless they own a couple of acres. I'm sure Norberryi it looked cute at only 4 inches tall in a hanging basket! I bought mine at about 5ft tall and it looked lovely with its pretty little round leaves. Now the leaves are oval shaped and it's a monster. I still adore it though!
A strange thing is that when our tree was around 5 years old, my wife and I and our 3 young children came home from a local restaurant celebrating our 30th wedding anniversary to find another one on our doorstep. We still don't know who left it! Unfortunately (or perhaps luckily), it blew down in a gale some 10 years later..
If you zoom in on the base you can just see the bug house at the bottom.
Tvman xx
How lovely to have a robin on your husbands hand
Ruth
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