Texas

Thanks to our great Project Birdhouse friend Frank, three birdhouses made their way to Austin over the holiday season.


In Austin we have a couple photos at the Moody Theater the home of Austin City Limits shown on PBS:

Willy Nelson statue

Sign explaining the founding of ACL

Wouldn't be secure there so we decided to place the church birdhouse at the Fort Hood entrance in Killeen TX. 

This church birdhouse seemed appropriate here in bringing a sense of peace to the recently troubled base.

The Houston Zoo was another appropriate place for a bird house:

Finally the National Funeral Museum in Houston seemed appropriate:

This is the only such museum and brings the perspective of death as just another phase of life and not at all morbid.

One display focused on the Mexican tradition of Dia De Los Muertos. The tradition has it that the souls of the departed loved ones return on November 2nd to visit the family they left behind. 

 

Interesting history in the fact that it is the day after All Saints Day. This was a compromise between the Roman Catholic Church and the  indigenous religious practices. On this day the surviving family members set up a table with items enjoyed by the departed loved one welcoming the soul back into the household. The birdhouse being left here seemed appropriate.