Well Spring has finally sprung here and my birdhouses are done although I have no place currently to hang one of them.  So, the renovated house I mounted on a copper pipe I had in my garage and stuck it in the ground.  I will have to cement it in soon before the birdies decide whether to live in it.  Was testing to see.

In trying to figure out how to mount the birdhouse I decided to go to the hardware store and purchase a flange to screw into the bottom and would fit my pipe.  I couldn't get over the price of the flange being galvanized at $9. 69. plus an adapter for depth.  It was too expensive so I decided to brainstorm something else that would work and be free.  I took two blocks of wood (scraps), cut them square and drilled a hole through the center to be the same size as my pipe to have a very tight fit and not wiggle.  Then I attached each one to the bottom of the birdhouse and voila, it was about an inch or more deep and worked just find.  Here are some pictures.  The flanges I'm taking back to the store.

Now, as for the other birdhouse, I am trying to figure out where to hang it as I have no trees in my yard.  Probably will go on my garage off a hanger but haven't decided yet.  Here are a couple of pictures of it.  I did put in a real glass picture window in the back of it.  Hope they will nest in it regardless and enjoy their upscale home.

Another project I decided to do on Mother's day was to make these cute hummingbird perches.  I saw them in a Birds and Blooms Magazine a while back and remembered them.  So easy.  I only see a couple of them a year here but am hoping I can attract more.  This gives them a place to rest near a feeder if it should ever become crowded.  Ha.  I can only hope.

Wishing all your creative endeavors turn out the way you like.  Thanks for stopping by.