Laurie Perry Vaughen is a mother, a poet, a birder. Her home, she said, is her nest.
Ms. Vaughen has held a lifelong love of birds, an appreciation that was fostered by her mother. Birds, she said, are hopeful.
“Emily Dickinson speaks of hope as “the thing with feathers,” Ms. Vaughen wrote in an e-mail.
Throughout Ms. Vaughen’s home in historic Ferger Place, she has weaved imagery of birds and nests
Strands of origami cranes hang before a window in front of Laurie Perry Vaughen’s home in historic Ferger Place. The cranes, which symbolize peace, were made by students at Normal Park Upper School, where Ms. Vaughen’s children attend. Ms. Vaughen said she likes how the wind catches the strands of cranes.