There she would have a little garden, some chickens, perhaps, a tall pole with a pretty bird-house on it, and flowers and trees and green grass everywhere about. ❋ Unknown (2004)
The children have made a box, fire truck, bird-house, helicopter, sled, Mickey Mouse bookends and snowman napkin holder. ❋ Unknown (2003)
Above, in the high bird-house, starlings were chattering and looking down inquisitively from their airy home. ❋ Unknown (2003)
In whatever vicinity we may reside, whether in the clearing or in the heart of the village, if we set up a little bird-house in May, it will certainly be occupied by a Blue-Bird, unless preoccupied by a bird of some other species. ❋ Various (N/A)
Her family, who might have told the hour of day or her passing mood by the action of the chair, knew by her pacific gait that she would lament the unbuilt bird-house no more that night. ❋ Marie Manning (N/A)
It is not improbable that, if she had been asked to name the chiefest disappointment of her wretched married life, she would have mentioned the bird-house that was never built. ❋ Marie Manning (N/A)
Mrs. Rodney remembered the unbuilt bird-house and indulged herself to the full of melancholy. ❋ Marie Manning (N/A)
He could see the papery walls blown apart like scraps of cardboard -- Aunt Elsie falling, falling with her bed from her little bird-house under the eaves, giving vent to one deaf, terrified "Hey -- what's that?" as she sank like Lucifer cast from Heaven inexorably down into the laundry stove, her little tight, white curls standing up on end .... ❋ Stephen Vincent Ben��t (1920)
If a bird-house isn't set with its door facing the sunrise, every decent bird will think twice before taking possession. ❋ Waldemar Bonsels (1919)
Mr. Ranny came out with his machine laden with priceless treasures from the ten-cent store, or later when Quin Graham dashed up the lane with anything from a garden-spade to a bird-house in his hands, and with an enthusiasm and energy in his soul that communicated themselves to all concerned. ❋ Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice (1906)
Crawl into some hole or bird-house, maybe? or dive into a snowdrift? as many native birds do. ❋ Ernest Thompson Seton (1903)
He admired the expeditious fashion in which the keeper of the bird-house handled his dangerous charge, coming out of the brief tussle without a scratch. ❋ Charles George Douglas Roberts (1901)
Never forget to add the bird-house or bird shelter to every gateway you make; it is more important than the gate itself. ❋ Daniel Carter Beard (1895)
And he found that no more faithful sentinel ever stood on guard than the boy who had a bird-house all his own. ❋ William Temple Hornaday (1895)
In many yards a tall pole with a toy house at top was erected; in this bird-house bee-martins built their nests, and by bravely disconcerting the attacks of hawks and crows, and noisily notifying the family and servants of the approach of the enemy, thus served as a guardian for the domestic poultry, whose home stood close under this protection. ❋ Alice Morse Earle (1881)
A few years ago I put up a little bird-house in the back end of my garden for the accommodation of the wrens, and every season a pair have taken up their abode there. ❋ John Burroughs (1879)
Olvera said he got the idea to make birdhouses for the faculty and staff from the second grade's bird-house project. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Later the home was owned by a president of the National Audubon Society who used the house's stable into a bird-house factory. ❋ Deidre Woollard (2010)
