It isn't Christmas, but ...

[Dennis J Gooding]

For some years, I have been giving a few friends Christmas tree ornaments at Christmas time. One of them, having an artistic bent, decided that her collection of tiny bird houses deserved to be displayed year round. I like the concept that she came up with.

 

[John Torchick]

Now that is: branching out or she is a branch manager? Very creative!

 

[Lamar Wright]

Great idea she's got Dennis, very creative.

 

[Dennis J Gooding]

I’ll pass your comments along.

 

[Leo Van Der Loo]

That’s pretty cool Dennis , maybe some of these style houses would fit into her type of taste

 

[Dennis J Gooding]

That’s pretty cool Dennis , maybe some of these style houses would fit into her type of taste

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Very nice and truly unique, Leo. I am almost afraid to show her these! What is the medium used for the decoration?

 

[Bill Boehme]

Very nice and truly unique, Leo. I am almost afraid to show her these! What is the medium used for the decoration?

I believe it is called lichen.

 

[Dennis J Gooding]

I believe it is called lichen.

Well duh; I was looking at 1 x 1/2 inch images and the lichen look
ed like intricate drawings of some sort.

 

[Leo Van Der Loo]

Very nice and truly unique, Leo. I am almost afraid to show her these! What is the medium used for the decoration?

They are made with wood that has the lichen growing on it Dennis, and it has to be the right size of course, yes all are one of a kind, just what I like to turn, it is fun and that’s what I want it to be

 

[John Torchick]

Lichen is a non-vascular plant like algae, fungi, etc., my major emphasis the last two years of college.

 

[hockenbery]

Wikiapedia
“A lichen is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi[1] in a symbiotic relationship.[2][3][4] The combined lichen has properties different from those of its component organisms. Lichens come in many colors, sizes, and forms. The properties are sometimes plant-like, but lichens are not plants. “

 

[John Torchick]

"Non-vascular Plants" was the class title. Non-vascular as it has no pith for carrying nutrients to the plant. Should have pulled my old college textbook for what you stated. No, the book is not written on stone or parchment or papyrus.