When Grant Yates (pictured) retired after a lengthy career as an auto mechanic, he and his wife, Joyce, sold their home in California and moved to Deer Park.Never one to sit idle, Yates indulged his love of woodworking and began crafting birdhouses in his shop. He placed them in their spacious backyard among Joyce’s lush plants and flowers. But it wasn’t a very satisfying hobby. “I never saw any birds in them!” he said. “I decided the birds didn’t need any more houses.”Instead he unleashed his imagination. Over the years, using scraps of weathered wood, Yates has crafted an entire town in his backyard – a miniature wooden wonderland/Cindy Hval, SR. More here. (SR photo: Colin Mulvany)

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