Watching the cardinal feasting from our bird feeder on Sunday, the cardinal being decked out in his brightest red finery of the season, made me think of decorating the bird feeder for Christmas--I held that thought for only a nano second...any longer and I would have acted on impulse.
I can imagine our bird friends gathering at the feeder (aglow with tiny blinking lights, oh, and a wreath), enjoying their sunflower seeds, chirping about their decision to stay here for Christmas this year rather than flying south. Maybe next year I will festoon the feeder, but the idea did inspire me to search for Christmas bird houses this morning, and viola:
From the More Chic Than Shabby blog:
From Yard Envy, the Gingerbread bird house:
This picture is from the Christmas market in Hamburg, Germany and I like the grouping of the houses...posted on Diary of a Mad Hausfrau blog:
Ah, snowy and serene, from Melody Maison:
From Happy Together, the Sugar Plum bird house!
--Fortuitous Observer
