I mentioned to my dad yesterday that the birdhouseon the back porch was looking asthough it might fall apart with the nextCarolina Wren landing,and before that last word got out of my mouth,"Rod Parrish Do It Now!"was out there making the necessary repairsand additions.He built this about 5 years ago,but it has been througha lot of traumas, with the crazy raccoons, the pesky squirrels(some white ones, yes)and even a bearknocking it off its increasinglyhigh perch.Now that the pole has been lubed (!)the squirrel guard added, it is mostly safe, unless youinclude the ice storms and high winds up hereon the ridge.Tools & SuppliesThe new "runners" to stop the torque.The also are great for the birds to land on.All done....Wait! I added the front perch rail.Pops thought it would make it off balance,but it didn't.(Why? Mountain magic....)Rietveld meets Olden WhitebreadReady for diners!(There were birds literally waiting for us to finish.)I tried to get a shot,but they were much tooshy.