Feeding / Fledging

Design - "Honey Label"

Designer - Cedar Hills

Fabric - 28 count natural linen

Fibers - DMC - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 9 June 2012

Completed - 9 June 2012

Design - "Honey Label"

Designer - Cedar Hills

Fabric - 18 count cream Aida

Fibers - DMC - 2 strands over 2 threads

Isn't it interesting how different the same pattern can look when stitched on different fabric?  My mother stitched the above photo several years ago.  She used an 18 count cream Aida.

I had two active Violet-green boxes.

 

This one hatched first and I've heard loud chirping for a couple of weeks.

Now I think the babies have fledged, as it is quiet. 

This box is still got stuff going on.

I can hear chirping and have been watching the parents swoop in and out with food.

Baby Crow

Design - "Honey Label"

Designer - Cedar Hills

Fabric - 28 count natural linen

Fibers - DMC - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 9 June 2012

Completed - 9 June 2012

I'll be featuring my mother's take on this stitch tomorrow.

Here it is!

The baby crow fledged on the 20th.

It spent the day on our driveway near the house.

See the pink on it's mouth - that's a sign of a newly fledged baby bird.

It did A LOT of talking.

The parents were nearby - up on the deer fence.

And in our front yard.

Since then, I've heard it yelling at its parents, but have not seen it.

With Ajax outside, it's better to have it a ways away from the house.

Saturday's Critters

I am working more hours this week, so fewer photos to share.

An alert squirrel

"I'm here for the peanuts!"

The is the doe with the cloudy eye - she is not bashful.

Friday Flickers

Design - "Bumble Bee"

Designer - Sisters and Best Friends

Fabric - 25 count Vintage Country Mocha Lugana

Fibers - DMC - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 19 June 2014

Completed - 20 June 2014 

Lots of Flicker activity.

I had a total of four birds.

Here's two females.

And a Steller's Jay swings by.

Now there are three females!

Nice to see them all.

We Are Not Happy

Design - "Bee Happy"

Designer - Homespun Elegance

Fabric - 28 count French Country Blue

Fibers - WDW, GAST, & DMC - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 23 June 2013

Completed - 28 June 2013 

So our outside feral cat now has a name.

Ajax

As you can see our indoor cat, Luna is NOT happy.

Actually, neither cat was happy - they both yowled and hissed at one another.

If we ever hope to introduce them, it will be a long slow process. 

Those eyes!

Change of pace.

Here's the Crow Couple.

And a California Scrub Jay.

Wednesday's Walk

This week's walk features photos I took earlier this spring that I've not yet displayed. 

The last of the Iris tenax

Cat's Ears

Ninebark

Cow's Parsnip

Nootka rose

???

Nootka rose

Cascara?

Ash

Ninebark

Ninebark

Lichen

Walk on!