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Thank you everyone for all the great comments and warm reseption .

I am already learning a few things and i am getting lots of ideas :yes:

Thanks again everyone

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Your birdCastles are truly works of art! I have been staring at them in awe! I would be very proud to have one sitting on my property! All of your pictures are really pretty (backgrounds). Welcome and stay warm up there!! :wave:

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John...those are some pretty awesome birdhouses !!

You must have a bodacious back-yard.

I expect you'll be using your creative skills to create unique dollhouses for that grand-daughter.

Bill

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Hello and welcome. I am in complete agreement with everyone else--those are some awesome bird houses. I was feeling cold today but our low temperature so far has only been 38 so I guess I have no right to complain. BTW, I know about those old farm houses, so I hope you have a nice big fireplace and lots of wood.

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Thank you Bill and Peggi for the warm welcome .

I am really looking forward to building a few doll houses , it,s a nice change from birdhouses.

Today was much nicer then it was a few days ago .I took this picture just after Christmas.

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The second picture is my front yard in the summer. I live on a 100 acre farm so the backyard is much bigger.

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Thanks again everyone

Havanaholly : I built the sitting area out of 70 year old barn wood. I almost lost it a few days ago , we had a really bad wind storm and a large tree right behind it snapped and fell right on it. Somehow it didn,t do any damage at all .I sure got lucky this time. :whistle:

I am going to cut the remaining piece down a little more then put a 4 ft birdhouse on it.

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If your old barnwood is anything like the old lighterpine they used to build the old tobacco barns around us, neither wind nor falling tree will hurst it!

Much as I love the Greenleaf kits, my rather prolific imagination is nearly bursting with anticipation for the palatial dollhouse I can "see" you "scratch"-building for your little granddaughter!

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Hi John, what beautiful pictures. Your birdhouses are amazing! Being in Ontario as well, I know how bad that wind storm was the other day. We were fortunate not to have any trees destroyed. It's times like that I'm glad to be a city girl.

I can't wait to hear which dollhouse you intend on starting with. That's one lucky granddaughter you have.

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Most of the barnwood that i use is hemlock , it looks a bit like cedar and last a very long time .

Hi Wendy and thank you . I love looking at all the kits , they are all beautiful but i will probably design my own dollhouse the first time around. The second one i do will be from one of these kits and it will probably be one of the hardest kits that i can find. :whistle:

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Hi John, I'm new too, and a fellow Canuck! Since you have a little experience in minitures, I was wondering if you know of Canadian websites etc. to get supplies from? Is Cranbrook close to Ottawa? I'll be in Ottawa for a few nights later this month, and I'd love to get a little house shopping done........

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