✨ The 11th community highlight! (#16859)

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+title: "Community Highlights: 11th edition"
+description: "Automatically take snapshots of movement on your camera, build your own birdhouse with a weather station or get started with your lighting in the garden."
+date: 2021-03-05 00:00:00
+date_formatted: "March 5, 2021"
+author: Klaas Schoute
+author_twitter: klaasnicolaas
+categories: Community
+og_image: /images/blog/2021-03-05-community-highlights/social.png
+---
+
+The 11th edition of the Home Assistant Community Highlights! Some interesting
+things popped up around our community, we thought was worth sharing.
+
+From now on we will also highlight a cool blueprint that we encountered on the
+[Blueprint exchange][blueprints]. Do you want to share something for the next edition?
+Information on [how to share](#got-a-tip-for-the-next-edition).
+
+./Klaas
+
+## Blueprint of the week
+
+Do you have an IP camera in Home Assistant instance and do you no longer want to miss
+who is at the door? Then you could try the camera snapshot Blueprint from 
+[vorion](https://community.home-assistant.io/u/vorion). You can also indicate to which
+device you would like to receive a notification with a photo.
+[Try it out!](https://community.home-assistant.io/t/send-camera-snapshot-notification-on-motion/254565)
+
+<div style="margin:0 auto; text-align:center">
+    <a href="https://community.home-assistant.io/t/send-camera-snapshot-notification-on-motion/254565" target="_blank">
+        <img
+            src='/images/blog/2021-03-05-community-highlights/blueprint.jpeg'
+            alt="How this blueprint works"
+            style='border: 0;box-shadow: none;width:70%;'
+        />
+    </a>
+</div>
+
+## Solar weather station in birdhouse
+
+Spring is approaching, so it's a good time to start building a birdhouse 🐦, so why not
+immediately turn it into a weather station? With [the manual](https://www.martinvdm.nl/2020/08/03/solar-weather-station-in-birdhouse/)
+from Martin, you can make your own weather (birdhouse) station that works with ESPHome.
+
+<div style="margin:0 auto; text-align:center">
+    <a href="https://www.martinvdm.nl/2020/08/03/solar-weather-station-in-birdhouse/" target="_blank">
+        <img
+            src='/images/blog/2021-03-05-community-highlights/birdhouse.png'
+            alt="What the birdhouse will eventually look like"
+            style='border: 0;box-shadow: none;width: 70%;'
+        />
+    </a>
+</div>
+
+## Outdoor pathway light
+
+Do you have a garden and do you want to create lighting along the paths? Maybe the
+garden lighting tutorial from [KidA001](https://www.reddit.com/user/KidA001/) will give you some inspiration to
+[get started](https://www.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/lt40gb/made_my_own_outdoor_pathway_lights_with_esphome/) with this.
+
+<div style="margin:0 auto; text-align:center">
+    <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/lt40gb/made_my_own_outdoor_pathway_lights_with_esphome/" target="_blank">
+        <img
+            src='/images/blog/2021-03-05-community-highlights/garden.png'
+            alt="Example of the garden pathway light"
+            style='border: 0;box-shadow: none;width: 70%;'
+        />
+    </a>
+</div>
+
+## PoE powered stack light
+
+Looking for a creative way to display the status of your Home Assistant instance?
+For example: there is a new Core update, too much RAM is being used or your instance
+is no longer online? Plenty of options to bind to each color segment.
+
+So let yourself be inspired with the PoE stack light from Karl and start
+[building](https://karlquinsland.com/2021/02/poe-powered-stack-light/).
+
+<div style="margin:0 auto; text-align:center">
+    <a href="https://karlquinsland.com/2021/02/poe-powered-stack-light/" target="_blank">
+        <img
+            src='/images/blog/2021-03-05-community-highlights/stacklight.png'
+            alt="The PoE stack light in operation"
+            style='border: 0;box-shadow: none;width: 70%;'
+        />
+    </a>
+</div>
+
+## Got a tip for the next edition?
+
+Have you seen (or made) something awesome, interesting, unique, amazing,
+inspirational, unusual or funny, using Home Assistant?
+
+[Click here to send us your Community Highlight suggestion](/suggest-community-highlight).
+
+Also, don't forget to share your creations with us via Social Media:
+
+- Twitter it! Be sure to mention [@home_assistant][twitter]
+- Share it on our [Facebook group][facebook-group]
+- Post it to our [subreddit][reddit]
+- Tag [@homeasssistant][instagram] on Instagram
+- Or via chat, drop us a line in the [#lounge at Discord][chat]
+
+See you next edition!
+
+[chat]: https://www.home-assistant.io/join-chat
+[facebook-group]: https://www.facebook.com/groups/HomeAssistant/
+[instagram]: https://www.instagram.com/homeassistant/
+[reddit]: https://www.reddit.com/r/homeassistant
+[twitter]: https://www.twitter.com/home_assistant
+[blueprints]: https://community.home-assistant.io/c/blueprints-exchange