Faith Finish

Design - "Faith 1708"

Designer - The Chartmakers

Fabric - 40 count R & R Autumn Gold linen

Fibers - WDW - 1 strand over 2 threads

Started - 24 September 2013

Completed - 28 September 2013

Another little stitch - very pleasing.  As you can see I changed the date to 2013.

The Turkey Vultures are gathering as they prepare to migrate south.  Tuesday afternoon I counted 12 of them soaring in the air.  I read that 'our' birds fly as far south as Venezuela and Ecuador.  The stories they could tell!

This Sharp-shinned Hawk looks as though it has but one leg.  I can assure you it has two.  I don't know why it was acting like a flamingo.

The Acorn Woodpeckers are becoming 'semi-regular' customers at my peanut feeders.  Can you see how he has grasp the peanut between his tongue and bill? 

They certainly have a 'bill that means business" - thick and sturdy.

And I'm pleased, after a very long respite, to see a male Hairy Woodpecker at the peanut feeder.

I've said before that I have a love / hate relationship with mullein. On the one hand it is a horribly aggressive self-seeder.  On the other hand, having some plants near my peanut feeders seems to create the perfect mini-ecosystem for my woodpeckers, and many other small birds like the Chickadees.