Remember the movie from which that quote was taken? It was all about hope.
I'm hoping that birds will be atracted to the suet mix:
2 + cups yellow cornmeal
1/2c. peanut butter
1/2 c. Crisco (vegetable shortening)
handful of raisins and/or birdseed
Do not add flour as it gets moldy
The particular amount of cornmeal is determined by greasiness of the peanut butter and Crisco you use.
(Too little cornmeal and the chunks are too big)
I know it's going to take a few days before the woodpeckers and bluebirds find this, but I know they will come, and photographing them on a log, rather than a bird feeder might look a bit more "natural".
I am going to search for a log with a nice branch on it. Might be a bit better.