Up High

Design - "Fruit Sampler"

Designer- unknown

Chart - "Prizewinning Mini Samplers" 034819

Better Homes and Gardens

Fabric - 28 count Khaki Jobelin

Floss - DMC

Started - 5 March 1997

Completed - 8 March 1997

My cross stitch selection is an older stitch - 29 years old now, wow!  Have you been stitching long enough to remember buying cross stitch magazine and the charts featured in them?

Up high!

An Osprey

Only the 2nd time I've seen an Osprey flying overhead. 

A small kettle of Turkey Vultures

There were seven in the group.

A California Scrub Jay

A Steller's Jay

Female Black-headed Grosbeak

A male Black-headed Grosbeak

And look!

A female Evening Grosbeak! Hard top top that!

Sunday's Hummers

 I think everyone is nesting.

I've only seen the male Anna's for the past 7-10 days.

Saturday's Critters

 The usual suspects!

Migration is Marvelous

Design - "The Cat Sampler"

Designer - The Goode Huswife

Fabric -32 count Muffin linen

Fibers - DMC - strands over 2 threads

Started - 17 May 1998

Completed - 20 May 1998

Migration is marvelous!

I had a small group of Evening Grosbeaks pop by.

And look!

The first sighting this spring of a male Western Tanager.

Such a pretty bird.

And melodic too.

And look again!

The first sighting of a Bullock's Oriole!

This bird chattered and chattered.

See? Chattering!

Then it flew to another tree.

And then flew away.

I'm hoping that they will nest nearby as we have lots of Cottonwoods down by the Big Creek.

 

What's Going On

Design -Briar Rabbit

Designer - La-D-Da

Fabric - 35 count R & R 18th Century Rook

Fibers - Needlepoint Silks

Started - 28 July 2009

Completed - 5 August 2009

I am very pleased with the finished product. I used 35 count 18th Century Rook linen and the Needlepoint Silks as charted. It is a lovely little sampler and it fit perfectly as part of my "Rabbit Summer of 2009". I think this one needs to get framed.  

 What's going on?

Crows are out and about

A California Scrub Jay comes by most days.

Lots of American Goldfinches now at the feeder.

I expect the Golden-crowned Sparrows to leave any day now.

They're sporting bright breeding colors.

I think there are two nesting boxes that will have residents this spring.

Violet-green Swallows are a summer sign for me.

Wednesday's Walk

It's a lovely day, off we go! 

Big Leaf Maple

Hazel

Buckbrush (Ceanothus cuneatus) an Oregon native

Native Dicentra

Hawthorne

This tree is FULL of blooms this year.