I was surfing around tonight and I saw some really cute country garden decor items that are right up a bird-watchers alley.

That link takes you to a page with a Cardinal faucet spigot for your garden hose and a chickadee hose reel, but there’s actually piles more bird inspired, garden art, type products on that site. If you use the search feature for ‘bird’ you’ll find sparrows and chickadees, hummingbirds and more there. These are really nice pieces that fit right into your garden and make it special.

Wow, I just kept clicking through the link at the bottom of the page that says “country living” and I found bird inspired shower curtains too. Like this one that is all song birds – okay, I have to run and see some more, but I did want to tell you about the site and see if you find any great bird lover’s gifts there.

Veronica

It has been said that when God made the bluebird he wished to display attributes of both the sky and the earth, so he gave the bluebird the color of the one on his back and just a hint of the other on his breast.

The bluebird has been known over the years as the peace-harbinger. In him the celestial and terrestrial converge. But the bluebird brings more balance than that he is all that is soft, all that is color and light, and he brings with him the promise of spring in one appearance and the retreating of warm weather on the other.

If the bluebird is migratory in your region you’re likely to first spot this gorgeous splash of color on a bright March or April morning. Listening closely you’ll hear him nearby almost as a whisper, so tender and so prophetic, a hope tinged with a regret.

John Barrows said that the bluebird seemed to Continue Reading »