Wide Open Door

And then, after six years,  finally some action....

 Once there was a time we needed a cat flap for 'our' stray cat Mobli.

Our back yard was Mobli's territory.

He already lived here when we moved into the house in 2006.

Just now and then we spotted him because he was very shy.

He left the premises as soon as he spotted or heard us. 

Then one day I noticed he was wounded and lost weight quickly.

It was obvious he wasn't able to take care of himself,

or at least as good as he normally did, so we intervened.

We started to feed him, bond with him and 15 months later he was on my lap.

We couldn't invite him into the house itself because of our two indoor cats.

If you want to read all posts about Mobli, find it here

Mobli was such an adorable and cool cat! ★

Already it's been six years since we lost Mobli.... time for action.

Some adjustments before filling up the gaps...

Painting isn't the biggest amount of work but preparation is.

I'm really glad with the result. The colour is a blueish/lavender grey.

Dependig on the weather and light the colour varies.

I might change the colour in spring to a bit darker tone.

The door needs a second paint coat but if it will be done next spring... (smile)

Never Enough

We already had quite a few nest boxes...

You can my earlier posts here:  

bird pot, dormouse, dormouse boxes, 

great-tit, great-tit, leaving the nest, nestboxes,

common swift, bee boxes and nest box recycled material

but there's enough space left for a couple more...

We've added several common starling bird pots... the opening is 45 mm

the one with the smaller opening (35 mm) is a sparrow pot

new "terra potta" on the side, weathered wooden swift boxes on the front facade...

Bird Pot

In the early days ceramic bird pots were used to harvest young birds to eat them.

We are only trying to provide some extra nesting opportunities.

There are terracotta bird pots with different sized openings.

Our first ceramic pot is for great tit, blue tit, sparrow

or whatever bird decides to come and live with us...

Pan

I spooked Pan (big smile)

While he was strolling through the long grass, I sat down and waited...

I scared the living daylights out of Pan when he jumped out of the long grass!