Wednesday's Walk

It's an especially lovely day today. 

The sun is shining...

...the sky is blue and plants are blooming!

Pussy Willow

Turkey Tails

Oaks Galls

Thalictrum - Meadow Rue

Osoberry

Trillium amongst invasive ivy.

About to bloom

In bloom

Osier Dogwood

Cow's Parsnip

Rosehips

The natural world is really greening up!

Spring Flowers Spring Bird

 

Design - "Sweet Violets"

Designer - Cedar Hill

Fabric - 28 count R & R Irish Cream linen

Fibers - DMC - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 20 April 2008

Completed - 31 May 2008

I changed the DMC colors for the violets as I thought the original choices were too blue and I wanted true lavender shades.

While we have Robins all year, in many parts of the US, their return is a sign of spring.

There were several stomping around the front yard this morning.

And doesn't the grass look green, green, green?

My father thinks it's too long and will probably mow today.

Are you having nice spring weather today?

He's Back!

Design - "Luck to You"

Chart - "Spring Things"

Designer - Lizzie Kate

Fabric - 28 count Light Mocha Cashel linen

Fibers - WDW & GAST - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 20 March 2016

Completed - 21 March 2016

Lots of Downy Woodpecker action.  

A female in the backyard.

A male in the front.

And spring marches on. I heard Violet-green Swallows late Friday evening and spied 6-8 birds flying high in the sky.  Saturday morning they were back 0 flying low around the house.  That same morning I thought I caught a glimpse of a small copper-colored fellow.

When I came home Saturday afternoon, my sighting was confirmed! 

He's back!

The male Rufous Hummingbird. 

The females should be arriving shortly.

February Trail Camera Phots - The Backyard

I'm late presenting these. 

March trail camera photos from the backyard. The dates are correct, the time stamps are not. 

 

Western Gray Squirrel. 

My favorite photo.

Two skunks - one with tail upright confronting a pair of glowing eyes! 

Skunk

And again.

An opossum 

Just walking along doing his thing.

Only photo of a raccoon

A doe

Barry when he still had his antlers/

Two deer

Two fawns

All the bobcat sightings were in the night.

Meow!

February Trail Camera Photos - Dorothy's Creek

 Nothing much happened down by Dorothy's Creek in February.

A couple of raccoon one evening.

one-antler Barry the Buck

A couple of does

Barry again

Prowling bobcat

At night

This was probably the same event as the first two photos.

Hoping for more variety in March.