Final August Themed Stitch

Design - "Baubles - August"

Designer - Sam Sarah Design Studio

Fabric -28 count Zweigart Newport natural / cream linen 

Fibers - GAST & WDW - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 2 September 2016

Completed -5 September 2016

The fish buttons remind me of a couple of large fat pink plastic bubble blowing fish my grandmother had on the wall of her bathroom. Anyone else remember those?

Let's take a look at my Woodpecker World this past week.

No sign of any Downy Woodpeckers, but a female Hairy has been semi-regular.  She works on trees...

...and also comes to the back feeders.

My Acorn Woodpeckers are more in evidence as of late.

Here's the male...

...and the female.

They spent Wednesday afternoon hanging out together.

Just the two of them.  I am starting to wonder if they did not successfully raise a family this year as there's been no sign of fledged birds. 

A young Acorn has blue eyes, while mature birds have pink eyes.  

The Flickers have been talking and squawking in the trees, but have not been visiting the feeders much.

Thrillingly, a female Pileated Woodpecker came by this week.

She chose a tree quite close to the house...

...so I was able to click off some nice shots.

She's a young bird - she has teenaged bed-head!