Bluebird Of Happiness

Good morning friends!

The countdown begins to my vacation.

WOO HOO!!

My mom is coming down tomorrow night

and will be staying until Christmas.

We are going to make homemade pierogi's

{polish dumpling filled with potatoes & cheese}

Other variations are sauerkraut or just cheese.

We will be also going to the Polish market

for some homemade Kielbasa.

My gramma B use to make her's from scratch,

as did my mom...but I did not learn how.

Any hoot, that will be both our 

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day meal.

Before I start my history story today...

aren't these hooked Indian corns

the cat's pajamas!

I made these for my lil tree.
Cannot wait to make more in reds for Autumn.

I made my bluebirds from blue cardstock,

which again I printed colonial writing on

and then cut into this bird shape.

Now for my Bluebird story.

The Eastern Bluebird or nesting birds 

as they were called in Colonial times

were just as or even more prevalent as

the Robin back then.

The colonists enjoyed putting up birdhouses

made from clay or gourds, and many

birds including the Bluebirds were flocking

to them.

This was a time where most folks raised

 their own food to survive.

Forests were cleared while fruit trees were planted. 

Even though many trees were cleared,

this did create a new habitat for the 

Bluebirds, as they then started roosting

in the overhangs of the colonists log cabins

and many of their farm buildings.

Before the colonist came along,

the beavers tenacious appetite of chewing

down trees allowed bluebirds 

the ability to nest in these fallen trees.

Once trappers realized the value

in beaver hides,

the bluebirds were much more

vulnerable and only those who thrived

were due to our colonial farmers

who hung hallowed gourds and erected

their buildings for them to nest.

Thank goodness they did.

As what a shame it would have been

not to see a gorgeous 

B L U E B I R D

By the way I chose orange lights

for this lil tree.

It's in our back room...

which I called my non-traditional room this year.

Are you all getting ready for Christmas?

Can you believe It is a week away now?

Bluebird Of Happiness Blessings To All!

Janice