In earlier blogs I described the excitement we experienced when we were able to purchase land two miles from the town of Wheaton. At that time, we had no idea of the varieties of activities that the little piece of land would provide our family. Farmer Carl came to the rescue again when I mentioned to him, I was thinking about building a play area for our children. Carl knew where we could get used telephone poles and he helped…..
Standing just outside our living room window next to the patio we have a small “Bird Walmart”. It consists of a six- foot post wrapped in shiny tin to discourage the proverbial squirrel’s attempts to climb the slippery surface and stuff their furry little faces with sunflower seeds. Attached to the post is a metal pole for hanging flower baskets. There are no flower baskets attached however. Instead hanging on one of the hooks is my latest up to date…..
