Several years ago I was at a local auction and saw what I thought was a really nice foot stool. I think I paid $10 for it and when I got it home it was not so nice at all-plastic leather and China made. So I have been pushing it around since that time always thinking what I could do with it. We had this very neat "Army" blanket that was somewhat the worse for wear and I thought "why not". Since the winter has been snow less here I went up into my woods and picked up some leaves and began. Towards the end I thought it needed a little boost so I put a bird on it! I like it and so does my old cat who has begun camping out on it.