May's Blog Header and More

Garden Grumbles and Cross Stitch Fumbles May 2018 Blog Header

This header is a throw-back from April 2013 - five years ago.

Row #1: Lizzie Kate, "Love My Cat"; Mosey 'N' Me, "What's for Dinner"?; Birds of a Feather, "Curious as a Cat"; Just My Imagination,"Cat Tails".

Row #2: The Goode Huswife, "Minerva"; Parvati Patel (real live Cat Princess); Tom Cat (real live Daddy Cat); Bent Creek, "White Cat";Hog River, "Old Mouser"; Little House Needleworks, "Kitty Cottage Sampler".  

Row #3: The Goode Huswife, "The Cat Sampler"; The Goode Huswife,"Gracie"; The Goode Huswife, "Old Friends"; Solomon (real live Beautiful Cat), Cleo (2000-2010 - the Queen and mother of our Cat Crew), Barrick Samplers, "Patchwork Cats"; Bent Creek, "Fur and Feather"; Padma Patel (real live Big Boy).

 I hope this helps sort out the Blog Header.  I am happy to answer any questions.

And now on to the birds.  I am behind documenting my spring arrivals.

For the first time in my memory the Black-headed Grosbeaks and Evening Grosbeaks arrived on the same day - Wednesday 4/25.

Here's a male Black-headed... 

and a female Black-headed showed up on 4/29.

The male Evening Grosbeaks are SO handsome! 

This one was preening, thus the fluffy feathers.

That yellow-eyebrow!

Black and white and brown and yellow - stunning.

And I love the chirring sound they make.

Here's a female.

I've counted 20-24 birds. 

This photo reminds me of a party shot - males on one side of the room, females gathered on the other side of the room...

...and when a female attempts to hang out with the guys, she get's the bum's rush!