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Another item from 23 years ago. I honestly have no memory of stitching this and having it framed.  It's a good thing I have photographic evidence!  I gave this to a high school classmate upon the birth of her second child.  It makes me wonder whether I stitched something for the birth of her daughter too.  I have no idea what the name of the design or designer is.  In the mid-1990's I often stitched designs that were in the popular cross stitch magazines of that time.  I'd guess that's where I found this.

I can't let a week go by without checking in on my woodpeckers. 

This week a Red-breasted Sapsucker stopped by one morning.

Personally, I'd have named it a Red-headed Sapsucker if it had been up to me.

The bird probably does not care one way or another.

The Hairy Woodpeckers are my most 'regular' woodpeckers.

I have both males...

...and females at the feeders and in the trees nearby.

The Acorn Woodpeckers are AWOL most of the time.  I hear them in this distance, but am back to seeing only a single bird, and that infrequently.

The Flickers help to make up for the Acorns' absence.

I've seen males in the trees...

...and females at the feeders.

And I briefly had a Pileated Woodpecker stop by.  Note how brown the sky morning sky is from the smoke of forest fires. We got about 0.4" of rain from Friday through Tuesday and the air is now clear and the skies are blue once again.  

I hope to get the September Blog Header made and up today.