---
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 [@homeassistant][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