Jan Dunn "Feather Your Nest Basket" at the Joyful Jewel 5-26-13

"Feather Your Nest Basket"

Jan Dunn

Hand Dyed Basket Reed, ~ 4" x 5" + hanging handle

$15

          This sweet little basket that Jan Dunn imagined and then created is one of my very favorite things at the Joyful Jewel!  I'll be saving shed cat hair and dryer lint for Jan's next round of Feather Your Next Baskets.  Jan says, "Birds (chickadees, titmice) appreciate fine materials to line their nests with such as pet hair, yarn, thread, string, cotton batting, dryer lint.  In the sprint, fill the basket with any of these materials and hang on a tree limb several feet off the ground -- near a nest box, if you have one.  The birds will thank you!"

          What fun it will be to see who comes to remove the materials and carry them off.  Watch closely and you may discover where the nest is hidden, and which nestlings will grow up inside it comforted within by this softness.

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