Tonight I built another bat house, hopefully for sale! I guess my crazy bat personality has been getting around and people are asking about purchasing them from me. Well, Ihave never made bird or bat houses professionally, but this might be a new direction. Well, I actually bought new wood for this project instead of just cutting up old bits of scrap I had lying around. We'll see hot it pans out when the glue is dry and it is painted. I may even add a nice carving detail to spice it up a bit.
As Promised, Here are the pics of the houses. I had to edit a few to show them off, since the bat houses were painted black and did not stand out much against the tree. Obviously I did not take a picture of all the houses, but as you can see in the area shot, I have a lot of them stacked on top of each other. As for tonight, My origami special is a robber fly. Have a great Weekend!
So tonight I worked on some birdhouses and my Bat houses. I was making them out of old carved panels that where destined for the burn pile. As you can see...they are rather colorful. ( check out the Koi!) But it won't matter after they get painted black and put 20 ft up in the trees. The good thing is that I made them tonight. I had enough bracket's for four and that should be enough. I still have a couple of panels and a bunch of scrap wood left. My next project will be an owl house, a woodpecker house and a wood duck house. We have a barred owl that hangs out around here but I think he has a nest down the street. We also have a Piliated woodpecker and I would love to get him to investigate a house in our woods. If you are wondering why I don't buy good wood and make a pretty one....well that is not the point! I have small scraps of lumber I want to use instead of burn. Maybe the bats will find it exciting as well. Oh ! and with keeping the barbershop tradition. Here is a group I think Has a great sound. I don't know if they are champs...yet!
I built another bat house, hopefully for sale! I guess my crazy bat personality has been getting around and people are asking about purchasing them from me. 
Well, Ihave never made bird or bat houses professionally, but this might be a new direction. Well, I actually bought new wood for this project
instead of just cutting up old bits of scrap I had lying around. We'll see hot it pans out when the glue is dry and it is painted. I may even add a nice carving detail to spice it up a bit.
Promised, Here are the pics of the houses. I had to edit a 
few to show them off, since the bat houses were painted black and did not stand out much against the tree. 
Obviously I did not take a picture of all the houses, but as you can see in the area shot, I have a lot of them stacked on top of each other. As for tonight, 
My origami special is a robber fly. 
Have a great Weekend!
birdhouses and my Bat houses. I was making them out of old carved panels that where destined for the 
burn pile. As you can see...they are rather colorful. ( check out the Koi!) But it won't matter after they get painted black and put 20 ft up in the trees. The good thing is that I made them tonight. I had enough bracket's for four and that should be enough. I still have a couple of panels and a bunch of scrap wood left. My next project will be an owl house, a woodpecker house and a wood duck house. We have a barred owl that hangs out around here but I think he has a nest down the street. We also have a Piliated woodpecker and I would love to get him to investigate a house in our woods. If you are wondering why I don't buy good wood and make a pretty one....well that is not the point! I have small scraps of lumber I want to use instead of burn. Maybe the bats will find it exciting as well. Oh ! and with keeping the barbershop tradition. Here is a group I think Has a great sound. I don't know if they are champs...yet! 
