Bird Feeder

Sometimes it's hard to find a way to spend the day. Most days Tom has thought ahead and has his day planned. Depending on weather and mood.

But when it's hot or a rainy day, it's sometimes challenging to find something constructive or fun to do that's appealing to him. You NEVER know what that will be.

On one of these days, to his own surprise and mine.... Tom wanted to build a bird feeder. Projects like that usually turn out to be NOT too much fun for me so I wasn't doing any cartwheels over this idea. "Not that I can do a cartwheel anyway."

He took a short trip over to the neighbors and came back with some boards for this project. I said WOW! He said "why are you just standing there. Get the saw, nails, hammer, measuring tape"...........

I said under my breath while smiling and saying I was already on it honey....."G**!@!!^%*###*&*%# rrrrrrrrrrrr!

I felt better after getting that off my chest and the rest of the project went rather well. Tom would tell me how he wanted to do it and I would show/tell him how to accomplish it and than he would follow through. ONE step at a time.

He was really pleased when he got done but now we need a post to put it on. He wanted a cedar that had a crotch in it. So off he went to find the perfect tree.
We have a small grove of cedar on our property. One winter he thinned them out by cutting them down for the deer as he thought they would starve to death if he didn't. So I've been trying to protect what's left from Tom and his "chain saw"

He come back so excited.... "I found the perfect tree! Come on I'll show you!"





"OH MY!..... a little big isn't it. Kind of a shame to cut that one down. Think of how many years
it took it to grow that tall. Besides we just need something small."










He agreed and together we found a not so great tree that had a crotch.



Next year I'll strip the bark off and stain it and paint the feeder....It will be fine the way it is for this year. "The Blue Jays LOVE IT!"













After I posted this Tom said he thought of something that he thought was funny....
I asked what? He said he had no clue he ordered me around like that...Like I said in the blog about get this and get that. He than went on to say he was sorry.

I explained that I knew he wasn't aware and that right now he was just having a clear moment and realizes it is wrong and totally unlike the old Tom.

Well than as he thought about it more he said it wasn't even funny and said he was really sorry! He was feeling bad even though I explained it was the disease and I don't take any of it to heart.

This is the Tom I fell in love with and hold in my heart.