Ducks & Sketch of Firewood Rack & Work Station

The sketch shown above is one that I did that will be the firewood rack that I will be building with my friend Steve's help. I don't have the dimensions for it as of yet because I am terrible at that. But I am thinking that it will be as tall as a normal table top. The bottom left hand side of the rack is where the big logs will go, surrounded by lattice work to keep them contained & also add some visual stimulation. The bottom of this structure will be a pre-made piece of palette. The top of the structure will also house a palette for the floor. This area will be for sticks, brush, etc. To keep this contained I will construct a door that opens & closes. Also with lattice to help contain the sticks. To the right of structure is a work station, this area will be for cutting word, potting plants, or just another surface to sit something on. This will be held up by pieces of wood that will also add visual stimulation (inspiration from previous post). Hooks on the side will add functionality. This will be housed in front of a wood fence near the Chiminea. The circles hanging above the work station will be like the ones shown in the previous blog about firewood racks. This will house supplies for the fire or misc. tools. Such as lighter fluid to start fires and or pots for potting plants. This will also add a nice modern/visual effect. I need some suggestions those. Since I am all about making things on a low budget. What about if I made everything out of tree branches & stumps. Something like shown above sketch. (the bench). I couldn't find any pictures that I was looking for, so this will do. The problem that I am facing is that if I make it out of branches & stumps, will it last as long as something that it pretreated? Like lumber? hmm... I would really appreciate your feedback on this!!

Since I haven't blogged for a couple of days now. I am going to talk about another thing that I enjoy. My ducks! I have always wanted ducks, I don't know if I thought they were just cool animals or I just wanted some to see if they would follow me & I came to the conclusion that it was because I wanted to have them follow me. Which they don't! I have done alot of research on ducks in the past couple of days because I want to know what I am talking about when I blog about these interesting little creatures. What I have found out that ducks most generally won't follow you unless you are there during hatching. Which in my case, I am keeping that excuse. Haha. They aren't very clean pets/animals either. Atleast mine aren't. They are crazy about hoping into my hand tho. Once I get a hold of them they are pretty much calm. Oh almost forgot. I have a 'farm' duck (Donnie) which is the whitish, yellow dude, whom is a giant compared to the little Mallard duck(Gus/Gussie). Gus I think is a female so that's why I call him/her Gussie, gender neutral name. I am in the process of making them an outdoor pin to be in during the day. I found some examples online on kind of what I want to do. Mine won't be as big as the ones shown considering I only have two & these owners have many more. These pictures are at the top of the page. These are pictures that I have found by just searching the web. The woman that posted these did a great job on a budget. Since I only have two, I think that this should work perfectly. I am working on getting pictures of them up. But the camera that I borrowed to take the pictures is says batteries are exhausted. I hate that message. Grr. Frustrating. I am seeing about getting the charger so all of you can see Gussie & Donnie.

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Until next time friends!