Birdhouses

And his birdhouses have spread even farther, to people who have visited him from places like Minnesota and Montreal.

But all is not well among the baskets, birdhouses and earthenware bowls.

He and his wife Marilyn Thompson also collaborate on building birdhouses.

Ouellet, 69, has been making birdhouses for close to 20 years, ever since he retired from installing drywall in Boston and moved to Maine from Nashua, New Hampshire.

Take a drive along the Ross Road in Saco and Old Orchard Beach, look up in the trees, and you’ll likely see birdhouses.

This year the auction, BACKYARD BEAUTIES 2023, includes entries of birdhouses, birdbaths, bird feeders, and garden art to enchant the birds, and delight home-owners.

How long did it take him to make the birdhouses?

Open Space hoped for bluebirds since it is a species that has historically nested in tree cavities excavated by woodpeckers, but Tree and Violet-green swallow, Ash-throated flycatcher, and House wren were all reported to have used the birdhouses, as well.

The “It Never Rains in California” and “Messaging Birdhouses” exhibitions are open in the Fallbrook Library through Aug. 23, hosted by the Friends of the Fallbrook Library.

Using the basic geometrics of circle, triangle and cube, painted with his preferred crisp primary colors, Bayer said the birdhouses would add color to the stark, early-spring gardens of Aspen, where flowers bloom late at altitude.

He also made candle holders and birdhouses.

Artists come from all over the valley and beyond to sell their handcrafted items: metal “farm art,” handmade lotions and soaps, spice mixes, one-of-a-kind birdhouses, wildlife photography and paintings—and more.

He loved woodworking, handcrafting caskets, birdhouses, bird feeders and many other crafts.

Her painting “Open Doors” depicts a colony of colourful birdhouses.