Garden Grumbles and Cross Stitch Fumbles
Blog Header for the second half of April
Row #1: The Primitive Hare, "Ostara"; The Prairie Schooler, "Woodland Sampling" - "Rabbit"; The Cricket Collection, "Letters Part 3" - "Ribbony Rabbit".
Row #2: The Prairie Schooler, "A Prairie Year" - "April Rabbit"; Mosey 'n Me, "Hares Another Rabbit"; The Prairie Schooler, "April" - "April Rabbit"; JBW Designs, "The Bunny Collection" - "Striped Flowered Bunny".
I decided since Easter was so early in the month, to switch out the blog header midway through April.
Most sunny days there are at least 10 Violet-green Swallows flying around and checking out the available bird houses.
I'd noticed that a couple of the bird houses were not getting any takers. When I looked at them more closely, the entrance holes were smaller. So we took the houses down and drilled the holes to be 11/2 inches and immediately we had avian interest!
I am seeing more House Finches.
The males are every shade of orange and red imaginable.
Most days I see and hear a Sapsucker. I've lowered the domes over the feeder in the backyard in an effort to keep out the Band-tailed Pigeons. It means that I have lower quality photos of the mid-sized birds, but it is worth it to keep out the pigeons.
Il tuo header รจ bellissimo!
ReplyDeleteI love all the precious little rabbits! I've actually stitched one of those Prairie Schoolers--they are so much fun to stitch.
ReplyDeleteYou are smart to make those entrance holes larger!! I think I've already posted that I have a sweet birdhouse on my patio and a fat squirrel went out there and chewed around all the holes (it's a three-story condo!!) and ruined it!! Yours is much neater! HA
I love your new blog header - so wonderful and spring-y! Literally!
ReplyDeleteHow lucky the birds are around your house. We ended up replacing that woodpecker-enlarged birdhouse so now we hope we will get nesting chicadees again ...soon hopefully.
Love your headers!
ReplyDeleteLove your headers!
ReplyDeleteI think all our birds have nests around the neighborhood. My neighbor has a couple of houses but haven't seen any activities. Our house finches made a nest in the crook of our downspout, and did I just hear babies chirping yesterday?? The pesky grackles and starlings have REALLY quit coming around--and starting Tuesday, a neighbor is having 7 huge pine trees taken out from his yard across the street from me, where they roost... Will be interesting to watch. I only have about two bunny stitches so far... I get sidetracked so easily!
ReplyDeleteLove the new header -- good to let the bunnies have their turn. Very well worth lowering that thingie on the feeders -- don't want those pesky pigeons! Also very interesting on making the entrances to the birdhouses bigger. Who knew?
ReplyDeleteA great new header!
ReplyDeleteThese are all great little bunny pieces. Most of them look like the ones in your yard too!
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