SAme old Same Old

Design - "April Rabbit"

Chart - "April"

Designer - The Prairie Schooler

Fabric - 32 count Lambswool linen

Fibers - DMC - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 27 April 2014

Completed - 27 April 2014

I know I've posted Flicker photos like this before.

But gosh, it does show off many of the different feathers and patterns.

Also the way the bird is bent around the feeder, the tail feathers providing support, and that she seems to be holding on with just one claw! Can you see it?

Enjoy the seed lady. You've worked hard for it!

Sunday's Hummers

Five years ago (March 2020).

See him perched on a blackberry vine?

Friday was the first day I had a good, prolonged look at a returning male Rufous Hummingbird.

As you can see, he looks very different from the Anna's...

all brown and glinting copper. 

The feathers on his gorget are all flared out. 

Looking right

Looking left

Welcome back sir!

 

Saturday's Critters

A squirrel - that is all~

 

Almost the Weekend

Design - "Alphabet with Hare" (freebie)

Designer - La-D-Da

Fabric - Unknown

Fibers - Crescent Colours - Eve's Leaves & Hunny Bunny, 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 21 May 2014

Completed -  9 June 2014  

The weekend is almost here.

How to celebrate?

Peanuts seems to be the answer.

At least for this California Scrub Jay.

Happy Day!

Design - "Small Blue Motif 1" (freebie)

Designer - Windy Willows

Fabric - 32 count cream linen

Fibers - DMC - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 23 April 2015

Completed - 23 April 2015 

Oh Happy Day!

The Return of an Acorn Woodpecker

A mature male bird

And here he is in profile.

I am hopeful that he will come back on a regular basis. 

Bring your friends by too!

Wednesday's Wet Walk

Saturday night the rain began and continued for most of Sunday. 

The creeks all filled to the edges of their banks.

This is the smallest of the three seasonal creeks.

This is on the far side of the road.

And here it is on our property after it passes under the road.

This is our Big Creek.

It too was full to the brim.

Water rushing

And topping the banks.

And finally here is Dorothy's Creek.

Normally you cannot see it from our driveway.

That gives you an idea of how full it was - how much water there was.

It too was rushing down the hillside. 

Lots of flooding in western and southern Oregon

and lots of snow in the mountains.

Winter is not over yet.