Wednesday's Walk

After days and days of cold and fog, it's nice to have rain return.

Raindrops on Douglas fir.

Dorothy's Creek was dry in October.

Look at it now!

There are droplets of water everywhere.

The small seasonal creek across the road looks like a fierce alpine stream.

The leaves and oak galls gleam with water.

The Big Creek is broad and brown. 

Perfect weather for mushroom.

The Big Creek is brimming at the banks!

A Mahonia leaf.

Foam - an indication of a fiercely flowing stream!

As a native Oregonian, I will not complain about the rain. 

Just a Couple of Photos

Design - "Reindeer"

Chart - "Christmas Past" #51

Designer - The Prairie Schooler

Fabric - 32 count Black Zweigart linen

Fibers - DMC - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 21 December 2012

Completed - 26 December 2012

The black linen was challenging, but I like the effect.  The reindeer appears to be floating across a dark moonlit night sky. 

Between bad weather and my work schedule, I've not taken many photos of  late.

But hey, here's an American Robin.

WE are lucky enough to have Robins all winter.

And here's a nice female Flicker.

She was interested in some suet.

Quietly striking I think.

December Birds

 

Design - "Wee Santa 1997"

Designer - Heart in Hand

Fabric - 30 count R & R Holly linen

Fibers - GAST & Anchor

Started - 4 October 1997

Completed - 9 October 1997

I'm especially proud of the bit of beading - it usually gives me a hard time!

Who's up atop the tree?

Terrible phots because of distance and low light.

It's a Varied Thrush with its haunting morning song.

Here's a mixed flock of Pine Siskins and Lesser Goldfinches.

The Lessers are the brighter yellow birds.

And a study in muted colors.

An Junco - Oregon subspecies.

Sunday's Hummers

Just one bird Sunday morning.

I'm pleased to see him, as I've not seen a male for a couple of weeks now.

He's a bright boy

A male Anna's

Happy Sunday! 

Trail Camera Photos From November

 No much to share from last month.

Here are the photos from the backyard.

A skunk came by two nights in a row.

Some raccoon activity

A beautiful fox!

Deer

We have three bucks for sure

Doe and fawn

A hard to see bobcat

Sow

Cub

Final bear sighting of the month.

I'm going to try leaving my feeders out and see what happens.

An Eruptive Winter

Design - "Four Reindeer"

Chart - "Reindeer Roundup" #182

Designer - The Prairie Schooler

Fabric - 32 count Lambswool linen

Fibers - DMC - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 20 December 2014

Completed - 21 December 2014

This has a pretty simple finish for an ornament suggested. Maybe after the holidays I should try it! 

It looks as though it's going to be a Pine Siskin Winter.

These little finches hang out in the boreal forest of Canada.

If the pine seed crop is less than stellar, thousands and thousands of birds winter much further south than normal.

The last time Oregon had an eruptive winter was in 2020/2021.

This looks to be another one.

They generally come into the feeders in large groups.

Notable are their small, sharp beaks, and bright yellow wingbars. 

I am going to buy a couple of more feeders to help with the activity level.

I think that I briefly had somewhere around 70-80 birds.