Gift for my mom...

Hi Everyone!  I hope you all had an enjoyable Mother's Day.  I did some work out in the shop today and then I went to my parents to spend some time with my mom.  The first thing I did for my mom was to buy and plant flowers in her raised brick flower bed.

 They will look much better when they adjust to being there and grow a bit.  But it's a nice start.

At this point, Mom thought this was her gift.  But I had to borrow the pick-up truck and head back to the farm for the second part of her gift.

 This is what I made for her for in front of their house.  It is made entirely out of reclaimed/recycled cedar.  I didn't spend a penny on this.  The reclaimed cedar was in the barn (thank you Grandpa for saving it) and my brother moved it to my wood shop (the old wooden corn crib) about 6 years ago.  I've used some of it to build my sister-in-laws bench but I've been saving all of it for something really special.  I decided to use it for my mom since it was from the farm that my mom grew up on.

 I added the birdhouses to the end posts since my mom loves birdhouses.  The back looks like an old picket fence, but it wasn't.  I got the cedar boards from my aunt and cut them down to make this. 

 The seat is made thick and solid.  It's an actual 2" x 13" piece of board.  They don't cut them like that anymore.

 The birdhouses are removable so they can be painted a different color then the bench easily.  I didn't drill the hole completely through either since my mom doesn't want a bird to try to move in.  It's just indented so she has a place to glue the nesting to.

And here it is out in front of my parents home.  I gave it to her unfinished because I didn't know how she would want to finish it.  I didn't know if she'd want to stain it or paint it or what color.  I think she's going to paint it to match the front door.  And then paint the birdhouses a different color.  So I'll have to wait to show you the finished product.  And I can't wait to she how she finishes it.  Thanks for stopping by.

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Happy Mother's Day....

Hi Everyone!  Happy Mother's Day to all you wonderful Mom's out there...and especially to my mother!  

 I picked up these roses yesterday at Wal-Mart.  Aren't they pretty?  But they aren't for my mom.

My mother is a wonderful Mom.  I'm so blessed that my parents decided to adopt me.  Thanks for always being there for me and our family.  I will share with you later the gift I'm giving my mom...but she's not getting it until early evening and I don't want her to see it here first.  But I thought I'd share a picture of my mom with you.

This is one of my favorite pictures of my mom.  (She's probably going to hate me for sharing this.)  This was taken on one of their trips to Florida.  I always thought the expression was because of the cool water, but as it turns out, she is shrieking because my dad caught her with more shells.  They decided that they had picked up enough shells and in her bag, she has more shells.  Happy Mother's Day Mom!  Now I'm off to the shop to work on some orders.  Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Mother's Day....

Happy Mother's Day to all the mom's out there and especially to my mother.  I will be spending the day with my mom and dad to celebrate Mom!

Thanks for being such a great Mom!  Enjoy your day!