Saturday's Critters

Just deer~ 

Finally Friday

Design - "Long May She Wave" (kit)

Designer - Lizzie Kate

Fabric - 28 count Picture This Plus Relic Cashel

Fibers - DMC & GAST - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 30 June 2012

Completed - 2 July 2012

It's Friday

I think I feel like this scraggy molting Steller's Jay.

There was a large flock of Bushtits in the Hawthorne, but I only managed to capture one before they flew off.

I dd better with the Chestnut-back Chickadees.

And the Black-capped Chickadees.

Happy Friday! 

Goldfinches

Design - "Long May She Wave"

Designer - Val's Little Stuff

Fabric - 32 count Summer Khaki linen

Fibers - WDW - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 18 July 2014

Completed - 22 July 2014

Lots of Lesser and American Goldfinches

A trio of Lessers

A female American Goldfinch 

Originally, I thought she might be a female Western Tanager, but alas...

She's just a little Goldfinch.

Anyway, she's a pretty little thing.

Wednesday's Walk - 5 Years Ago

Road Trip!

We spent part of Saturday afternoon at the coast in Florence, Oregon.  

We started out  just past the Oregon Dunes Recreational Area at the South Jetty of the Siuslaw River.

 

I was surprised to see a ground squirrel there.

Lots of Pearly Everlasting.

Not sure what this is.

Gentle dunes merging into the shore line. 

The Jetty

Close up

Windy, sunny at 65f - typical Oregon summer coastal weather.

Gull and Brown Pelican

Crab minus legs

The tide was coming in.

Lots of shells whole and broken.

And lots of bird action along the jetty as the Siuslaw River met the Pacific Ocean.

Brown Pelican.

Common Murres

Brown Pelican and Gull

Common Murre

Double-crested Cormorant and Gull

Double-crested Cormorant

Common Murre

Pigeon Guillemot 

A most pleasant afternoon. 

Hey Birdie!

Design - "Wave"

Designer - Bent Creek

Fabric - 30 count linen

Fibers - GAST & WDW - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 11 July 2014

Completed - 13 July 2014

I usually get bored become impatient while stitching an alphabet, mentally counting, "Okay we're at 'M' - half way done now - 13 more to go!" This however, was a fast and fun alphabet, circling around the chart. Notice the letter 'O' is a taupe button.

Up high and far away...

I finally spied my first Cedar Waxwing of the year.

I've been hearing them, but not seeing them.

Usually they are in a flock, so a single bird is unusual.

More usual is a single female Flicker.

She struck several poses for me.

She's now got a pretty good portfolio of work!