Share the Love

Design - Make Do #11 - "Love" (kit)

Designer - Shakespeare's Peddler

Fabric - 32 count Rosy Pink linen

Fibers - unknown - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 28 February 2013

Completed - 5 March 2013

I  changed the color of my initials - the a, c, and e to purple to make them stand out, and did the same with the year '13'.  I also ended up changing the color of the crown to a darker gold from a bright yellow which I did not think went with the rest of the colors used in the stitch.  The two small heart buttons are from my stash.

I hope you can spare a second to 'share the love' with Padma (on the right).  He went to the vet yesterday very sick, and was diagnosed with pancreatitis.  We will hear more later today after the blood-work is done.  He won't be home any sooner than Friday, perhaps Saturday.

The other morning this small hawk found a perch right by my Big Bird Feeder.

While that put paid to the bird action for quite a while, later in the afternoon my quail showed up.

The group of eleven is still hanging out together.  I expect them to pair up in the next month or so.

I warned the two bunnies that the backyard is not a good place for bunnies...

Eating sunflower seeds deep in the brier patch is much safer. 

I go three or four days without seeing my Grosbeaks, then several show up at the feeders. 

They are pretty good Cardinal substitutes.

I read that Anna's Hummingbirds court in February, and soon after build a nest and sit on the eggs.  I haven't seen my Anna's much lately, but if they are nesting perhaps that is why.  Our local newspaper has an Anna sitting on a clutch of two eggs just outside one of their windows.  They set up a live camera. Take a look at their Anna Camera.