Wrapping Up the Week

Design - "Jenny Bean: Harvest"

Designer - Shakespeare's Peddler

Fabric - 36 count Buttercream Lakeside linen

Fibers - Crescent Colors - Belle Soie - 1 strand over 2 threads 

Started - 29 November 2011

Completed - 1 December 2011

I'm glad you (Followers) talked me into stitching both of the Jenny Bean: Harvest designs.  I particularly like this one.  I did go out on a limb (for me anyway) and I redesigned the bottom story of the house to make it more symmetrical, and to my taste.

Thanks so much for all the positive comments on my December Blog Header.  I've really enjoyed putting together a thematic collage each month of 2011. 

I do have to apologise - I got trigger happy on Wednesday as I was drafting the Nature portion of this post, and it ended up on my blog for an hour or so before I caught my error.  So if when you look at these photos you think Deja Vu - It's all my fault.    

I caught this female Hairy Woodpecker as she grabbed a bit of peanut.  She pounded on the peanuts to break them into small chunks which she then could finesse out of the wire cage.

The mullein made a nice perch for this Oregon Junco.

I was able to zoom in and get the texture of the soft downy belly feathers. 

Everyday that I'm outside, I either hear and/or see a couple of Anna's Hummingbirds.  In fact I need to boil up another batch of sugar water and refill the feeders..