De-Stress With a Bird Bath in Your Yard

Of the many ways to relax after a long day at the office, a surprisingly easy way is to sit on your backyard patio and take in the scenes from a relaxing bird bath. Whether you have a shady or sun-soaked backyard, wild birds and even a persnickety cat can just take your day down a notch and give you a sense of inner peace. Setting up a bird bath takes virtually no effort. If however you are a big time gardener, and you are looking to create a serene santuary, you can continuously improve upon your bird bath area until if becomes a destination you have to visit daily.

Consider these awesome looking bird baths that I found pictures of on Flickr:

I love the wild, somewhat uncontrolled look of this birdbath, with plants surrounding it, and in someways overtaking it. I would bet the birds in my backyard would almost view this birdbath as a hideaway. The birdbath itself looks like the kind you can find at your local hardware store. If not the hardware store, then a local lawn ornament shop would surely carry this. The photo comes from ChristaJoy42’s photostream.

How about just putting a birdbath on top of a stump? It sure looks like the approach the owner’s of the next birdbath did.The bath portion of this birdbath resembles a flower top, but if I am not mistaken the base is a nice wide tree stump, or just a cut piece of a tree.This is a very natural way to enhance your viewing pleasure. The benefit of a wide base like this is that your cat surely can’t tip this birdbath over. On occasion a cat in our neighborhood has actually knocked over our birdbath (big cat). Thanks goes to madaise for this cool photo.

The last birdbath photo I found that I liked was this kind of hidden garden basic birdbath. The birdbath itself is very simple. It is the setting that makes it stick out to me. I have to believe that sitting in this area with a cool glass of lemonade would nearly put me to sleep it looks so sirene. A special thanks to hoyasmeg for this birdbath picture.

While creating a bird sanctuary like the bird bath areas pictured above offers a great way to de-stress, there is a practical benefit as well. Adding an area like these will definitely add to the resale value of your house. Potential buyers will surely fall in love with your sanctuary should you ever sell your house.

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