Bears

Design - "Hiss"

Chart - "Eek Boo Hiss"

Designer - Lizzie Kate

Fabric - 30 count Chestnut linen

Fibers - GAST & WDW - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 28 October 2011 

Completed - 31 October 2011

Earlier this month a bear tore through our deer fence (front yard). The bear pulled over my basic set up and all the feeders on it. Then climbed on the front porch and took down all the feeders hanging there. I am fortunate that only a couple of feeders were damaged. My Dad discovered that the electric fence component had shorted out making it easier / safer for the ear's incursion.

I had stopped feeding in the backyard, and as soon as I restarted, this happened.

He took down a couple of feeders and feasted.

I've waited over a week and have now restarted in a small way in the back. 

My Dad re[aired all the torn wires on the deer fence and it is electrified once again.

I still have more work to do before the front feeders are operational again.

Wednesday's Walk - 5 Years Ago

More autumn color to share!

Vine Maple

Vine Maple

Blackberries

Osier Dogwood

After several good rains, the ground is green again.

I keep coming back to Vine Maple. 

Snowberry

Oregon White Oak

Raindrops on roses

Oak leaves

Cottonwood

Honeysuckle

And lastly, catkins on Hazelbrush. 

Back Again

Chart - "Night Watch"

Designer - Heart in Hand

Fabric - 32 count Dirty Belfast linen

Fibers - GAST & WDW - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 6 October 2014

Completed - 7 October 2014

Back again and worth showing off more photos!

A Varied Thrush

A more quietly colored female

Working the backyard looking for bugs and insects

This time just one bird.

But that's enough to celebrate. 

Special Birds

Design - "Whoo's There?"

Designer - Barbara Ana Designs

Fabric - 32 count cream linen

Fibers - DMC - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 23 October 2016

Completed - 24 October 2016

What's up you ask?

A wonderful seasonal surprise that's what.

For three days running I've had Varied Thrush in the backyard. 

They, like American Robins, are members of the thrush family.

Their behavior and diet is similar to Robins...eating worms and other insects on the ground.

Got a bug!

Female are a bit lighter colored.  This might be a female.

And this brighter colored bird is probably a male.

 

Sunriver Adventure Part Two

Design - "Hoot"

Chart - "Autumn Smalls"

Designer - Lizzie Kate

Fabric - 32 count Natural Light linen

Fibers - WDW - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 24 October 2017

Completed - 26 October 2017

 

We took a walk around the Sunriver Nature Center.

They have a pair of mated Trumpeter Swans.

The birds do not migrate.

They had cygnets this year, and the babies when mature are sent off to Klamath Falls or Malheur to join other swans and migrate.

Other birds along the pond included Song Sparrows

A female Wood Duck

And a Coot.

There was a Little Library at the edge of the pond.

And I always find this display so informative...and scary!  See how far a cougar can leap?

Sunriver Adventure Part One

 

Design - "Calendar October"

Designer - Ewe & Eye & Friends

Fabric - 32 count Raw Belfast linen

Fibers - Anchor - 1 strand over 2 threads

Started - 2 October 2010

Completed - 4 October 2010 

We spent the weekend in the Sunriver-Prineville area of Oregon.

I was thrilled to see a small group of Clark's Nutcrackers on the ground foraging Pine seeds.

They are pretty brazen, one of their nicknames is Camp Robber as they are not shy about begging for handouts.

This is an eruptive year for them, and though they hang out on the east side of the cascades, they've been seen in the Willamette Valley.

I think this was a group of Clark's Nutcrackers flying over my house in late September.

They're a corvid so they have a big brain and good memory of where they cache seeds.

 

I saw lots of Red Crossbills, Jays, woodpeckers, and deer.