SNOW IN ARMANDII'S RETREAT

Most of the timber was already in my Garage as leftovers from other jobs and the Willow Trellis sides were meant for another job that I never seem to get around to.
The main wooden pillars are 4" x 2" placed in quick setting concrete, while the back of the seat and roof are made from 2" x 2" timber, with the rear faces of the roof are made out of half inch marine plywood. The seat is also made of two pieces of 2" x 8" by about 43" in length placed side by side. I did have to buy a bit more 2" x 2" wood from the local Timber Yard as I ran out of it three quarters of the way when finishing the roof!!
It's very solid and everything is screwed in placed rather than nailed just to make sure.
To be honest it's very easy to make....it must be as I'm no wood worker or craftsman. It is very satisfying to sit there in the Spring, Summer and Autumn [and even sometimes during the Winter] and watch the birds on the feeders and all the goings on in the Garden I must admit. I did post a thread on the building of the Arbour as an encouragement to any one else who might be thinking of building an Arbour just after building it. I had no real plans just an idea in my head which got changed time and again as I progressed with the building. The idea of the bird box in the roof came as I was already building some bird boxes so the two seemed to go together. The piece of tree trunk that originally sparked the idea of a natural seat ended up being placed by the side of the pond as a shelter and refuge for any wildlife....just shows how things start.....and finish

 

Thanks, GA. The Owl seems to fit in quite nicely on the East side of the garden and the other birds take no notice of him. He was also a "return" as originally he was a present from me to my sister. She moved from her House to an Apartment with no garden last year so she gave the Owl back to me One of my neighbours has a fake Owl on a tree stump in the middle of his front garden and the birds use it as a place to perch

 

No, I call the neighbour "Steve", Mum ............Oh, I see what you mean , actually I haven't really got a name for the Owl. I just think of him/her as "the Owl", but I might get around to christening him.