It’s the return of “what’s in that pile” – the series that SO MANY PEOPLE (maybe 10 or 20) have been asking me to bring back! This time I dig into the pile, pull out one of my favorite kinds of wood (a trash piece of aspen), and decide to make a platter to help me make friends with a Scrub Jay.

Will it work? Will I need to go back to the drawing board? Do you want to see me continue on this quixotic quest to make one of these grumpy birds my best friend?