I hope you had a wonderful holiday and have recovered from your New Year Eve reveries. January 2nd at the Woodpile is the traditional day to take down the decorations and store them for next year. We had splurged on a wreath made from real spruce fir branches. It was obvious we couldn’t put it away for next year. The needles would dry out and fall off eventually. On the other paw, we didn’t want to break with 250 years of Woodpile tradition and leave a decoration up past the 2nd day of the new year. This called for a creative solution.
Being environmentally conscious critters, we wanted to recycle our wreath. The kids of course wanted to turn it into a giant bonfire and make s’mores - graham crackers, toasted marshmallows, chocolate and roasted sunflower seeds . What you have never had s’mores with roasted sunflower seeds? They are delicious, gotta try it sometime. Tomato Bob wanted to put it into his compost bin. The general sentiment was we were rather attached to our wreath and wanted to enjoy it for a bit longer. A little chickadee came by and suggested we turn it into a bird feeder. Everyone thought it was a great idea. The new bird feeder was an instant hit.
The new "feeder" quickly became a popular pace to take selfies.
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