Williamsburg Bird Bottle and Texas Mosquitos
I have had this bird bottle for many years now, and in all of the moves and places we have lived - never once hung it up. I lived in Williamsburg, Virginia for one year when I was 20, and I loved the Colonial area, and walking through the Governor's Palace Gardens.
I bought the bottle on a return trip when as a family we traveled there to show our girls where we had once lived. And for them to experience Jamestown, and Colonial Williamsburg.
I do not know why I have moved it to so many places and never hung it in a garden. Or under the eaves of the house. Maybe this says something about me not ever really feeling at home at the other addresses. I do feel more at home here, and perhaps it is because I have had much to do with the choosing of the main properties and decor of the house. It has also been a stable and calm period of life, and my children and I do feel comfortable and peaceful and at home here. The bird bottle is supposed to attract wrens, and help with downsizing the mosquito and insect population. This is what the colonials used it for - pretty smart I would say, and more earth friendly than pesticides.
We will see if it attracts any birds. We now have three bird houses in the back and we have a finch nest under the eaves on the front porch. It is so fun to watch the mom feed the babies and to watch them grow. I also enjoy sitting and listening to the bird songs of the evening, as the sun is going down. The symphony of nature. A sustainable home for the birds, and a way to enhance my own sustainability mentally, visually, and emotionally. And as a special note of interest: I took one of the twigs remaining from the branches of the fig tree pruning last winter, and used that for the twig in the bird bottle. I think that is appropriate.
I bought the bottle on a return trip when as a family we traveled there to show our girls where we had once lived. And for them to experience Jamestown, and Colonial Williamsburg.
I do not know why I have moved it to so many places and never hung it in a garden. Or under the eaves of the house. Maybe this says something about me not ever really feeling at home at the other addresses. I do feel more at home here, and perhaps it is because I have had much to do with the choosing of the main properties and decor of the house. It has also been a stable and calm period of life, and my children and I do feel comfortable and peaceful and at home here. The bird bottle is supposed to attract wrens, and help with downsizing the mosquito and insect population. This is what the colonials used it for - pretty smart I would say, and more earth friendly than pesticides.
We will see if it attracts any birds. We now have three bird houses in the back and we have a finch nest under the eaves on the front porch. It is so fun to watch the mom feed the babies and to watch them grow. I also enjoy sitting and listening to the bird songs of the evening, as the sun is going down. The symphony of nature. A sustainable home for the birds, and a way to enhance my own sustainability mentally, visually, and emotionally. And as a special note of interest: I took one of the twigs remaining from the branches of the fig tree pruning last winter, and used that for the twig in the bird bottle. I think that is appropriate.
Comments
Post a Comment