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I enjoy our bird population - so I set up feeders every year . . .
typically I start after the first frost, with the safflower lovers -

which I did yesterday - and the two suction cup window mounted feeders have been absolutely&immediately swarmed!
nutchhatches, titmouses, a finch or two... no cardinals, yet - we had two nesting pairs earlier...

no Carolina Wrens - they are less liked. with their short tail they climb into the seed box and proceed to throw most of the safflower 'out into left field' - curious as to why - but they do tend to empty the feed(ers) in a very rapid fashion.

regrets, we lost "Miss Kittens" to renal failure - she was always fascinated by the birds at the suction-cup feeders. we had one finch who apparently could see her on the other side of the glass, and knew - with the glass - she presented no danger. the finch would peck/tap at the window glass and revel in Miss Kittens paw print . . . a "yeah cat, I dare you!" kind of thing . . .
 
Maybe the Carolina wrens are looking for insects. Woodpeckers do that to bird feeders and they don't usually eat seeds.

From Wikipedia,

Carolina wrens spend the majority of their time on or near the ground searching for food, or in tangles of vegetation and vines. They also probe bark crevices on lower tree levels, or pick up leaf-litter in order to search for prey. Their diet consists of invertebrates, such as beetles, true bugs, grasshoppers, katydids, spiders, ants, bees, and wasps. Small lizards and tree frogs also make up the carnivorous portion of their diet. Vegetable matter, such as fruit pulp and various seeds, makes up a small percentage of their diet. In the northern portion of their range, they frequent bird feeders.
 
My Mother was looking for "Thanksgiving false flowers" in the dollar store with me the other day.
I have three large plastic bins out in the garage filled with different holiday décor.
I pulled out some of my stash and went over to Mom's place to create her "Turkey Day" Center Piece...
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The 'bowl' is from long ago that I thought my sister sent her with a plant in it, but she insisted that I gave it to her 🤷🏼‍♀️
Either way, I think it came out GREAT!!!
 
Finally got the courage up to start wigging Cassina. I have some banana curls drying to put on her right side, then she'll get some kind of fascinator in her hair. Added a bracelet to her left wrist. She'll eventually have an opera glasses style mask.

Her escort has his hose, breeches and vest done. His overcoat is done but for 1 sleeve that is giving me an absolute fit about sewing it in. Got so frustrated I haven't worked on it in several days, just had to put it down. I need to take some in progress pictures of him as well.

I've been working on the display box. The dock is almost done, just needs a couple more planks cut and glued in place. The lighted pilings need to have red stripes added and their clay bases to hold them up need to be painted blue. Then, I'll hook them up plus the lights on the side walls, and that will be the electric done.

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Need some help deciding what to do. With the hair rolls or without, or any other suggestions? The hair rolls are held on temporarily.
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even more difficult to decide, but I think maybe with the rolls. Men were as vain as women to look beautiful and I think he would think it makes him gorgeous, no? Going to all that trouble to look beautiful would include hair.

Unless there is significance in the hood part? Never knew that they used them, thought they only wore/carried masks.
 
They wore all kinds of masks. Thought about making a plague doctor mask, but decided not to.

The hood masks offered total anonymity.
 
My sister was a crafter and quilter incredibly talented (but health wise no longer does anything). Unfortunately due to distance I was not able to participate with her. It would have been entirely to my advantage as she was also gifted mentor.
A box she made with family heirlooms. Padded on the inside with along with a moveable divider to protect the glass decorations.
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they are all glass, including the beads which were originally a very long strand. As I remember they were difficult to "drape" on the tree as they kept sliding around, LOL!. The green bauble on the handle rope, plus the keeper under it (barely visible) are from clothing and jewelry of our grandmother and great-aunts. Sis, used them for many things. Waste not, want not and no need to buy!

(as promised in the Holiday prep thread)
 
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