First Warbler First Goldfinch

Design - "A Little Gray Hare" (kit)

Designer - Lizzie Kate

Fabric - 30 count WDW Seafoam linen

Fibers - WDW - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 13 April 2015

Completed - 17 April 2015  

Some oldies and newbies.

Band-tailed Pigeons

Crow

Sunday I saw this guy.

First of the season America Goldfinch.

How many will I get? Stay tuned.

Going and coming (migratorally)

Golden-crowned Sparrow and White-crowned Sparrow

Better photo of the Golden-crowned Sparrow.

And Sunday I managed to take a photo of a Warbler.

I think this is an Orange-crowned Warbler.

Also first of the season.

Flicker Celebration

Design - "April" (Baubles)

Designer - Sam Sarah Designs

Fabric - 28 count Zweigart Newport Natural / Cream linen

Fibers - GAST & WDW - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 14 May 2014

Completed - 19 May 2014

A Flicker Celebration

What an outfit!

Easter

HAPPY EASTER !!!

Easter 1957

Here are a couple of youthful teenagers in their Easter best.

My Dad is 18 and my Mom 17 in this photo, and they'd been dating for about a year. 

I like that the house address is visible.  It is my maternal grandparents' home at 1479 Moss Street. 

Saturday's Easterish Critters

As it is the Saturday before Easter, I am celebrating bunnies with some of my favorite photos.

Bunny mugs

Paper Mache bunnies

Glass bunnies 

Bunny and quail

Munching a dandelion

Bunny and chipmunk

And a Golden-crowned Sparrow

What a face!

Bunny and daisies

Stretched out

Hope you have a relaxing Saturday too.

White Crowns

Design - "Chicks"

Designer - Lizzie Kate

Fabric - 32 count unknown linen

Fibers - DMC & GAST - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 10 April 2014

Completed - 13 April 2014 

With the changing seasons, I'm seeing White-crowned Sparrows. 

There were two, I managed to capture one.

They have a cheerful song to mix into the spring morning chorus.

Larger Ones

Easter is not too far away.  Here's a design I stitched a couple of years ago.

Design - "Paques"

Designer - Le Chalet des Perelles

Fabric - 32 count unknown linen

Fibers - DMC - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 27 March 2016

Completed -29 March 2016

A bright spring day

A bright bird

California Scrub Jay

Two Steller's Jays

And two Band-tailed Pigeons

Wednesday's Walk

A Walk Around the House

Dicentra formosa - native Bleeding Heart

Osier Dogwood

Fawn Lily

Grape Hyacinth

Trillium

Primrose

Violet (Speckles)

Bleeding Heart

Primrose and Violets

Grape Hyacinth

Flowering Currant

See the bumblebee?

Grape Hyacinth

Flowering Currant

And one last Violet